Structural Technical Specialist III

Hargrove and Associates; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Matching retirement contributions

Job summary

Hargrove and Associates seeks a Lead Designer to supervise a team of designers and direct civil/structural deliverables. You will ensure on-time delivery, budget adherence, and quality while acting as a technical specialist on complex assignments.

The ideal candidate has 20+ years of civil/structural drafting experience, knowledge of AISC/ACI standards, and the ability to mentor junior staff while coordinating with designers and engineers.

Qualifications

• Requires 20+ years of relevant civil/structural drafting experience.
• Experience delivering complete civil/structural design packages.
• Ability to lead a design team and mentor junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide supervision and technical direction to a team of designers.
• Deliver civil/structural deliverables on time and within budget.
• Review drawings for accuracy and quality under engineering direction.
• Mentor entry-level designers and coordinate with discipline leads.
• Produce man-hour estimates and manage scope changes.

Skills

Leadership

Civil/structural drafting

CAD drafting

Project controls

Education

Associate degree in Engineering Technology or CAD

Tools

AISC/ACI standards

Job description

What You’ll Be Doing

Job Summary: Generally responsible for supervision and technical direction over a team of designers when functioning as a lead designer. As lead designer, responsibilities will include total delivery of the civil/structural deliverables and services on time, within performance budget and meeting quality expectations. Duties may include performing advanced design work serving as a technical specialist for a complex design assignment. This level requires extensive progressive experience in civil/structural design and involves utilization of project controls for cost, schedule and quality of projects. This work will be performed under minimal supervision.

This position offers a highly competitive compensation package, including paid time off, health insurance benefits, and matching retirement contributions.

Primary responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

• Familiarity with and utilization of department design and drafting standards
• 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.
• Drafting civil/structural plans under minimal supervision.
• 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.
• Recognizing and communicating scope and design changes promptly.
• 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.
• 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.
• Coordinating & delegating work activities with other teammates and the discipline leads.
• Producing civil/structural construction scopes with engineering review and approval; able to serve in role as a mentor for entry level and new teammates.
• 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.
• Performing front-end layout and design of complex systems and equipment.
• Ensuring compliance with required specifications, tolerances, safety factors, and client requirements.
• Performing specialized geometric design computations and analysis.
• Performing interdisciplinary checks and providing coordination of data to ensure compatible designs.
• Assisting in the establishment or revision of guidelines and standards.
• Reviewing supplier data and supplier/manufacturer drawings, as required.
• 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.
• Collaborating with Engineers and other engineering disciplines to ensure quality of design.
• Providing training to less experienced designers.
• Serving as Lead Designer on projects, ensuring compliance with industry codes, as well as project and company standards.
• Preparing man-hour estimates as required.
• Responsible for the quality and economy of deliverables, and efficiency of detailing.
• As a lead designer, responsible for the design team meeting scope, schedule and budget.

Ideal Background

• Education: Associate degree in Engineering Technology or Computer-Aided Drafting is required.
• Certification: Certification is not required at this level.
• Experience: This position requires 20+ years of relevant industrial experience in civil/structural drafting and design.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge and application of AISC and ACI standard details.
• Ability to produce drawings for concrete and structural steel, and/or civil disciplines.
• Familiarity with specifications and installation details of construction bulk materials and equipment.
• Knowledge and application of company engineering design and CAD drafting standards.
• Ability to create accurate civil/structural construction documents from the information found on vendor equipment drawings.
• 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.
• Ability to