Structural Technical Specialist II

Hargrove Engineers and Constructors • $100K — $120K *
Pasadena, TX 77502In-Person
Real Estate & Construction
11 - 15 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of relevant industrial experience in civil/structural drafting and design required.
  • Associate degree in Engineering Technology or Computer-Aided Drafting required.
  • Extensive knowledge of AISC and ACI standard details essential.
  • Proficiency in CAD software, specifically AutoCAD or Microstation, and Microsoft Office products.
  • Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, required.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design team to ensure timely and on-budget civil/structural deliverables.
  • Draft civil/structural plans with minimal supervision, following design standards.
  • Review project scope and design criteria, ensuring alignment with expectations.
  • Perform field-related work, collecting design information and verifying designs on-site.
  • Mentor and provide technical guidance to less experienced drafters and designers.

Benefits

  • Highly competitive compensation package.
  • Paid time off.
  • Health insurance benefits.
  • Matching retirement contributions.
Full 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 in our PASADENA office.

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.

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

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 15+ 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 accurately estimate completion of assigned tasks.
  • 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.
  • Working knowledge of CAD software, either AutoCAD, Microstation or both.
  • Proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.
  • Good communication skills, both verbal and written.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Developing construction scopes of work.
  • Forecasting hours to complete professional services.
  • Developing staffing plans based on deliverables to be produced and the project schedule.
  • Identifying information required and proactively obtaining it.
  • Coordinating with other disciplines regarding design development, changes, etc.
  • Ability to lead teams to deliver on commitments.
  • Ability to coordinate with other disciplines to provide efficient equipment layouts and space usage.
  • Ability to deliver presentations of Hargrove Engineers & Constructors services.
  • High technical performer, with leadership skills, strong 3-D capabilities, and/or increased client interaction/skills.
  • Virtual team skills and cross divisional relationships are highly developed, and able to provide interoffice execution support with no supervision. Interoffice execution leadership is developed and visible.

Physical Requirements
  • Ability to sit, stand, or walk for long periods of time. 77034


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