Principal Designer (Drawing Office Manager)

Lycopodium Limited; Peru (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Career progression opportunities

Professional mentoring

Job summary

Lycopodium Limited is seeking a Principal Designer for a project-based role in Peru, Illinois. The successful candidate will have over 15 years of industry experience and will develop conceptual plant designs under the supervision of the Engineering Manager. Responsibilities include assisting in man-hour budgets, facilitating design reviews, and managing design team performance. The company offers a culture focused on career progression and flexibility, along with opportunities for professional development and mentoring.

Qualifications

• 15+ years’ experience in a similar role with relevant industry experience.
• Sound understanding of project design stages and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Assist with development of man-hour budgets and design schedules.
• Facilitate design reviews throughout project design stages.
• Monitor progress and performance of the project design team.

Skills

Leadership

Fabrication understanding

Communication

Project Management

Education

Degree or Diploma with focus on Design and Drafting

Job description

With offices in Australia, Canada, USA, South America, Southern Africa, Ghana and the Philippines, Lycopodium proudly delivers high quality professional engineering and project delivery services globally, across the resources, infrastructure and industrial processes sectors. By joining our global team and learning from renowned subject matter experts, we can offer you a diverse career that could take you anywhere in the world.

The Principal Designer is a project-based role and will, in general, work under the supervision of Engineering Manager primarily in developing conceptual plant designs for project implementation.

The tasks you'll perform

• Assist with the development of man-hour budgets and design schedules for Study /EPCM estimates.
• Facilitate design reviews through the development stages of the project design.
• Demonstrate a sound understanding of fabrication and construction techniques in the materials handling industry.
• Review and interpret vendor certified drawings and design data.
• Manage subordinates’ review of vendor certified documentation and the dissemination of vendor information to discipline engineers / drafting resources for interface checking.
• Management of and responsibility for multi-discipline design and drafting resources assigned to allocated tasks to achieve agreed deliverable dates and manhour budgets.
• Responsible for resolving disputes in their given discipline.
• Follow and implement all relevant Company standards and procedures and ensure design drawings comply with all relevant Australian and International Standards.
• Compile project reporting requirements in accordance with Company and Client standards to a high level of accuracy and professionalism.
• Proactively support other team members as required to ensure Project deliverables are met.
• Register and file all relevant project documentation in accordance to the Company approved procedures.
• Contribute to engineers in trainings professional development by providing consistent mentoring and identify avenues of development.
• Monitor the progress and performance of the project design team and give input and provide feedback and support where necessary.
• Develop and contribute to the delivery of improvement initiatives which support business priorities for continuous improvement.
• Suggest methods to improve operational efficiency.
• Ensure a high level of communication is attained within the Engineering - Design team.
• Provide leadership, guidance and direction to the Engineering - Design team as required.
• Travel on an ad-hoc basis to suit the needs of the business and its operations.

The expertise you'll bring

• Degree or Diploma with focus on Design and Drafting
• 15+ years’ experience in a similar role with relevant industry experience.

The benefits we'll provide

Lycopodium has a strong company culture focused on career progression and technical skill development. You can expect to be involved in a wide range of large projects whilst working amongst a team of highly skilled professionals.

We recognise that everyone is different and needs may change over the course of your career. That’s why we :

• Invest in our people for the long-term, building a diverse and rewarding career, mentored by the best in the industry.
• Allow our people to balance work with other commitments, like family or study, offering flexible work arrangements.
• Are undertaking significant people and technology initiatives that will support the workplace of the future.

We encourage and value diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of gender, age, disability and ethnicity, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

Our commitment to equal opportunity is embodied in our values of Respect, Integrity & Diligence. They are inherent in who we are, as individuals, and collectively as a Company.

As part of our commitment to providing the best possible care and service to you the candidate, we commit to respond to every applicant.

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