Drafting Specialist

About Us

Highland Electric Fleets’ mission is to make electric fleets accessible and affordable for all, enabling communities to realize the benefits of cleaner, quieter and healthier fleets. Highland is North America’s leading provider of Electrification-as-a-Service (EaaS). Founded in 2019, Highland partners with school districts, municipalities, and fleet operators to make the transition to electric fleets simple and affordable.

Highland proudly serves as the Official Electric School Bus Provider of the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games and Team USA. From pioneering vehicle-to-grid technology to managing some of the nation’s largest electric school bus fleets, Highland delivers reliable, cost-effective solutions that support local communities and drive the future of transportation.

Job Summary:

The Drafting Specialist produces conceptual design packages that move Highland's projects from a qualified site to ready for engineering, across a large and fast-moving portfolio of EV charging, battery energy storage (BESS), and edge compute sites.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, the Drafting Specialist turns buildable-area findings into template-driven conceptual layouts, prepares the drawing packages required for engineering. The Drafting specialist supports the coordination of Highland's external design partners to sustain a high weekly throughput of completed sites. 

This is a hands-on, high-velocity CAD role for someone who takes pride in clean, standards-compliant
drawings produced at volume and on an aggressive timeline.

• Associate's degree in drafting, design, engineering technology, or a related field, or 3+ years of
  directly related professional drafting experience.
• Expertise in AutoCAD, with the ability to produce site layouts and civil/electrical drawing
  packages accurately and at volume.
• Strong attention to detail and a track record of delivering standards-compliant drawings on tight
  timelines.
• Familiarity with project management and drawing package review software (Procore, Bluebeam)
  and with GIS, parcel, or site-plan data.

• Drafting experience in EV charging, BESS, solar, or utility/electrical infrastructure projects.
• Experience coordinating or reviewing the work of external design vendors.

What You Can Expect from Highland:

• Competitive base salary and performance-based bonus program
• A supportive, highly collaborative, team-oriented environment
• Ability to work with bright, innovative, and forward-thinking colleagues
• Health, Vision, and Dental coverage for employees & their dependents
• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401(k) program and company match

Highland Electric Fleets provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Highland Electric Fleets complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.