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title: 'Drafting Specialist at Highland Electric Fleets'
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# Drafting Specialist at Highland Electric Fleets

- **Company:** Highland Electric Fleets
- **Location:** Beverly, MA
- **Compensation:** $65k–$75k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-08-20
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-05
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/highlandfleets-2/c635cf96-532a-4600-bf22-91240a7a028e

## Job description

## 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.

Responsibilities:

- Set up project design templates and produce conceptual site layouts that translate qualified sites with buildable areas into conceptual designs that identify equipment configurations (EV charging, BESS, and edge compute).
- Support Highland's external drafting partners, reviewing their output for quality and driving the weekly volume of completed layouts.
- Ensure conceptual layouts reflect the site constraints identified in qualification.
- Support the maintenance of Highland's CAD standards, title blocks, symbol libraries, and design package templates so drawings are consistent and repeatable across the portfolio.
- Support with markups, revisions, and drawing production through the 30% and Issued-for- Permit (IFP) design stages.
- Contribute to and maintain a repository of utility and Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) drafting and drawing requirements.
- Quality-check drawings for completeness and adherence to Highland package content and structure before each internal approval gate and handoff.

Qualifications: Required

- 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.

## Preferred

- 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.

## About Highland Electric Fleets

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Highland Electric Fleets is North America’s leading provider of Electrification-as-a-Service (EaaS), partnering with school districts, municipalities, and fleet operators to transition diesel fleets to electric.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Venture-backed; latest round: $75M preferred equity, June 2026)
- **Headquarters**: Beverly, Massachusetts, United States
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Duncan McIntyre

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Transportation Programs, Fleet Electrification, Clean Energy Infrastructure
- **Target customers**: B2G (Business-to-Government) — primarily school districts, municipalities, and municipal fleet operators across North America
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Make electric fleets accessible and affordable for all communities" [highlandfleets.com](https://highlandfleets.com/about-us/)

## Products & Services
- **Electrification-as-a-Service (EaaS)**: A full-service, long-term contract model covering planning, procurement, implementation, and ongoing optimization of electric fleets. Includes vehicles, charging infrastructure, software, and operational support — all bundled at a cost comparable to traditional diesel.
- **Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Integration**: Technology enabling electric school bus batteries to feed power back to the grid, creating an additional revenue stream for fleet operators and supporting grid stability.
- **Major Event Transportation Operations**: Managing large-scale electric fleet operations for events, including serving as the Official Electric School Bus Provider for the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: **Total Funding** — $478M across 4 rounds (most recent: $75M from Galvanize Climate Solutions in June 2026)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**:
  - Galvanize Climate Solutions (lead, 2026 preferred equity)
  - Aiga Capital Partners (lead, prior preferred equity)
  - LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games (official provider)
  - Team USA
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Electric school buses have traveled **over 10 million miles** to date [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/highland-electric-transportation)
  - Active deployments in California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, and Texas
  - 121 employees (stable headcount, +0.6% YoY)
  - 12,934 LinkedIn followers (+10.5% yearly growth)
  - $150M in total preferred equity commitments structured for long-term asset-backed deployment

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-mover scale**: Manages some of the nation’s largest electric school bus fleets, with proven reliability across diverse climates (Florida to Michigan to California).
- **EaaS business model**: Long-term service agreements create predictable, recurring revenue and reduce financial risk for customers by matching electric fleet costs to traditional fuel costs.
- **Vertical integration**: Owns the full stack — vehicles, charging, software, V2G, and operations — making switching costs very high for clients.
- **Major event credential**: The LA28 Olympic selection provides unmatched brand validation and operational experience at global scale.
- **Asset-backed financing**: Capital structure designed specifically for long-term, large-scale infrastructure deployment, a moat against undercapitalized competitors.

## Strategic Focus
- **National expansion**: Deploying electric school buses and charging infrastructure into new U.S. markets.
- **Municipal fleet diversification**: Broadening capabilities beyond school buses into other municipal fleet and energy applications.
- **Energy infrastructure integration**: Advancing projects that combine charging infrastructure with on-site energy resources (solar + storage) for customers.
- **Scaling asset portfolio**: Using the latest $75M capital injection to accelerate vehicle and charger deployments.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven impact**: Directly contributes to reducing childhood asthma, improving local air quality, and combating climate change — measurable community outcomes.
- **Hybrid work model**: Flexible remote/office balance; headquarters in Beverly, MA, with roles listed as hybrid or remote.
- **Exceptional benefits**:
  - **100% premium coverage** for medical, dental, and vision (employees + dependents)
  - Long-Term Disability & Life Insurance
  - Flexible Spending/Saving Accounts
  - 3% Employee-Sponsored 401k Match
  - Stock Options
  - $100/mo Cell Phone Reimbursement
- **Work-life balance**:
  - 15 Paid Vacation Days
  - 10 Paid Holidays
  - 6 Paid Sick Days
  - Bonus week off between Christmas and New Year’s
  - 8 Weeks Paid Parental Leave (birthing parents get up to 16 weeks total)
- **Culture**: "Everybody serves" — each employee gets one paid day of service per year. Innovation and practical ingenuity are core values. In-person employee engagement annually. DEI opportunities available.
- **Current open roles** (as of search date): EV Field Service Technician (Hybrid, Boston), Project Finance Analyst (Hybrid, Beverly), Sr. Manager FP&A and Treasury (Remote, Beverly), General Manager Major Event Operations [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/highlandfleets-2)

## Sources
1. [highlandfleets.com - About Us](https://highlandfleets.com/about-us/)
2. [highlandfleets.com - Careers](https://highlandfleets.com/careers/)
3. [jobs.lever.co - Open Positions](https://jobs.lever.co/highlandfleets-2)
4. [cbinsights.com - Company Profile](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/highland-electric-transportation)
5. [linkedin.com - Company Page](https://linkedin.com/company/highlandelectricfleets)

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