Senior Structural Designer - BIM & Power Plant Structures

Kiewit (Canada); Lone Tree (CO); On-site; USD 133,000 - 139,000; Full time

Job summary

Kiewit Power Engineering, a leader in energy projects, seeks a Senior Structural Designer. You will apply BIM to foundations and steel, review designs, and coordinate with Design Engineers to ensure safety and operability.

You will mentor teammates, help develop department standards, and drive cross-disciplinary collaboration while meeting project deadlines and maintaining high quality in drawings and documents.

Qualifications

• Completion of a vocational training program in Computer Aided Design and 9+ years of structural design experience using Tekla.
• Ability to interpret multi-discipline engineering and vendor documents.
• Leadership and confidence to monitor peers, especially with less experience in drafting and design.
• Basic knowledge of the latest computer operating systems.
• Effective communication with team members and disciplines, verbally and in writing.
• Familiarity with spreadsheets, databases and word processing programs.
• Ability to represent Kiewit Engineering & Design Co. professionally to owners, contractors and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with design group team members to review and exchange project information necessary for design and development.
• Check design for consistency, safety, operability and maintenance requirements before submitting to checking.
• Report task progress to Lead Designer.
• Gathers required information and collaborate with engineers and multiple disciplines to develop BIM models for foundations and steel structures.
• Leverages Building Information Modeling (BIM) to create plans, drawings, and details.
• Assist in the development of department standards and tools.
• Mentors other team members in design and modeling techniques.
• Resolve design issues effectively with input from responsible engineer.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Multi-discipline coordination

Mentoring others

Problem solving

Education

Vocational CAD training

Tools

Tekla

Microsoft Office

Spreadsheets

Databases

Word processing

Job description

Kiewit Power Engineering, a leader in energy projects, seeks a Senior Structural Designer. You will apply BIM to foundations and steel, review designs, and coordinate with Design Engineers to ensure safety and operability.

You will mentor teammates, help develop department standards, and drive cross-disciplinary collaboration while meeting project deadlines and maintaining high quality in drawings and documents.