Structural Technical Specialist III

Description

• Providing training to less experienced designers.
• Recognizing and communicating scope and design changes promptly.
• Checking orthographic (2D) and isometric (3D) drawings prepared by others. May provide direction to a team of checking personnel, ensuring the dimensional accuracy of the drawings produced.
• Performing interdisciplinary checks and providing coordination of data to ensure compatible designs.
• Performing field related work collecting design information and verifying designs for tie-ins, function and clearances to existing facility; on-site assistance during startup; performing field support activities, where assigned, for engineering support during construction; assisting engineers with cost and material estimates and preliminary design studies.
• Preparing man-hour estimates as required.
• Assisting in the establishment or revision of guidelines and standards.
• Ensuring compliance with required specifications, tolerances, safety considerations, and client requirements.
• As a lead designer, responsible for the design team meeting scope, schedule and budget.
• Recognizing and communicating project scope, specifications and design criteria upon assignment to a project task team.
• Reviewing and comprehending the latest information available regarding civil/structural calculations, equipment drawings and layouts or drawings from other disciplines before initiating design effort on specific drawings.
• Performing specialized geometric design computations and analysis.
• Responsible for the quality and economy of deliverables, and efficiency of detailing.
• Developing construction scopes of work.
• Identifying information required and proactively obtaining it.
• Coordinating & delegating work activities with other teammates and the discipline leads.
• Coordinating with other disciplines regarding design development, changes, etc.
• Checking the accuracy and quality of drawings developed by drafters, when assigned, based on information conveyed by engineering direction, equipment and discipline drawings; providing technical guidance to less experienced drafting personnel in the department.
• Collaborating with Engineers and other engineering disciplines to ensure quality of design.
• Completing complex and difficult designs and layouts for complete systems and components of projects. Assignments typically involve design elements for which there may be no clearly established precedents and require anticipation of problems at the outset in order to provide appropriate solutions.
• Developing staffing plans based on deliverables to be produced and the project schedule.
• Reviewing supplier data and supplier/manufacturer drawings, as required.
• Serving as Lead Designer on projects, ensuring compliance with industry codes, as well as project and company standards.
• Performing front-end layout and design of complex systems and equipment.
• Drafting civil/structural plans under minimal supervision.
• Forecasting hours to complete professional services.

Requirements

• Knowledge and understanding of work flow/information flow between disciplines.
• Knowledge and understanding of schedule constraints and information requirements for the production of all civil/structural deliverables.
• Producing civil/structural construction scopes with engineering review and approval; able to serve in role as a mentor for entry level and new teammates.
• Familiarity with specifications and installation details of construction bulk materials and equipment.
• Knowledge and application of AISC and ACI standard details.
• Ability to produce drawings for concrete and structural steel, and/or civil disciplines.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.
• 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 with engineering review and approval.
• Ability to accurately estimate completion of assigned tasks.
• Working knowledge of CAD software, either AutoCAD, Microstation or both.
• Knowledge and application of company engineering design and CAD drafting standards.
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to determine construction material quantities and coordinate with estimating department to ensure that the developed quantities are correctly interpreted and input to the estimate deck.
• Ability to coordinate with other disciplines to provide efficient equipment layouts and space usage.
• Virtual team skills and cross divisional relationships are developed, and able to provide interoffice execution support with general supervision. Interoffice execution leadership is evident.
• Ability to lead a small team to deliver on commitments.
• High technical performer, with leadership skills, strong 3-D capabilities, and/or increased client interaction/skills.
• Ability to sit, stand, or walk for long periods of time.
• 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 of basic civil material specifications to the extent that all information required for material purchase, fabrication and construction is reflected on the finished drawings.
• Ability to create accurate civil/structural construction documents from the information found on vendor equipment drawings.
• Familiarity with and utilization of department design and drafting standards
• Ability to deliver presentations of Hargrove Engineers & Constructors services.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance