Lead Civil/Structural Engineer

Overview

Lead civil/structural engineer overseeing design, estimates, and team delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• design calculations
• project control
• cost estimating
• drafting support
• bid packages
• design review

Tasks

-Assisting the drafting group in resolving routine layout and detailing problems. Ensuring that sufficient sketches and details are provided for completion of engineering drawings. -Planning and organizing the work of your team. Communicating the plan to your team, the project leadership team and the client. -Maintaining control of the project by tracking and maintaining discipline performance budget progress, schedule commitments, and quality standards. Understanding and utilizing the project tools that are in place for project control. -Knowing project scope and deliverables. Initiating timely change notices when deviation is made from project scope, affecting schedule, deliverables or cost of the work. -Develop design criteria and scope of work. -Producing professional service estimates in accordance with the department standards for project deliverables, project studies and estimates, change notices and for the development of new work through proposal efforts. -Participating in the planning of training programs, continuous education opportunities and professional development of staff. -Monitoring drawings in progress to ensure conformance to design calculations and specifications. -Consulting with design leaders from other disciplines in proportion to their technical skills and experience, then following up for support to ensure efficient progress and quality. -Validating professional service and construction estimates at the beginning of a project, and then tracking changes as the project progresses. -Producing estimate level preliminary designs and material take-off suitable for the level of estimate being performed on a project. -Reviewing and checking vendor drawings and other discipline drawings for civil/structural input. -Reviewing and approving all civil/structural deliverables. -Producing detail design calculations and sketches for materials of construction associated with the project. Calculations produced will be neatly prepared and organized for efficient checking by others and efficient use by drafters/designers for preparing drawings and as a deliverable when required. -Developing conceptual layouts and cost studies as necessary to determine the simplest, most efficient approach to solving engineering tasks at hand. -Producing bid packages enabling civil/structural purchase inquiries to be issued for procurement of materials or subcontract pricing. -Establishing the design criteria, incorporating client requirements, estimate and/or scope basis and design basis meeting applicable state, local and federal standards and codes. Ensuring that any requirements for permitting have been established and communicated to the project team. -Producing construction specifications. -Delegating work to engineers and designers in proportion to their technical skills and experience, then following up for support to ensure efficient progress and quality. -Producing project designs with efficient use of construction materials with an overall emphasis on ease of construction and completed product meeting the expectations of the client. -Checking calculations made by other engineers to ensure accuracy, conformance to codes, specifications, design criteria and conformance to good engineering practice.

Requirements

• autocad
• microstation
• cad
• microsoft excel
• estimating
• leadership

What You Bring

-Ability to deliver convincing presentations of Hargrove Engineers & Constructors services. -Ability to lead teams to deliver on commitments. -Working knowledge of CAD software, either AutoCAD, Microstation or both. -Ability to accurately estimate completion of assigned tasks. -Complete understanding of the skills and experience required to perform engineering and design functions. -Ability to develop a construction cost estimate, a detailed engineering schedule and a man-hour budget for a small project or an area for a larger project. -Knowledge and application of company engineering design and CAD drafting standards. -Ability to identify and develop work sharing packages for interoffice execution support. Provide leadership to ensure communication and execution of work within scope, schedule and budget. -Ability to determine construction material quantities. -Excellent virtual team skills and cross divisional relationships. Leader and promoter of work sharing through interoffice execution. -Familiarity with specifications and installation details of construction bulk materials and equipment. -Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. -Ability to develop civil/structural specifications. -Experienced in estimating and scheduling professional service hours and assessing the progress and quality of civil/structural work. -Proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook. -Ability to sit, stand, or walk for long periods of time. -Familiarity with and utilizing department design and drafting standards. -Ability to create accurate civil/structural documents from the information found on vendor equipment drawings. -Ability to lead small to large size teams in coordinating civil/structural efforts and keeping the team focused on scope, schedule and budget.

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About Hargrove Engineers & Constructors

-Founded in 1995 in Mobile, Alabama, the firm began as a small technical services outfit and steadily expanded across the U.S. -Initially rooted in engineering and project management, it evolved into a multi-discipline EPC powerhouse serving complex industrial and process-heavy clients. -Signature work includes contributions to major programs like Airbus's final assembly line in Mobile. -The firm operates through a national network of offices, bringing local presence and expertise to energy, manufacturing, R&D, and process sectors. -An internal virtual teaming system enables rapid deployment of specialists from across its offices, ensuring the right experts arrive at the right time.

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