Senior Structural Designer

# What You'll Be Doing
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* 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. This work will be performed under minimal supervision in Beaumont, TX.
** 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
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* Education:

** Associate degree in Engineering Technology or Computer-Aided Drafting is required.
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* Experience:

** 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 workflow/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…