Sr Plate Structures Designer

Company Overview

CB&I is the world’s leading designer and builder of storage facilities, tanks and terminals. With more than 60,000 structures completed throughout our 135+ year history, we have the global expertise and strategically-located operations to provide customers world-class storage solutions for even the most complex energy infrastructure projects.

The Senior Plate Structures Designer is responsible for utilizing 2D and/or 3D CAD skills, CB&I engineering and drafting templates and tools to produce and/or check design deliverables; including drawings and bills of material for plate structures and associated foundations, structural, and piping associated with CB&I Storage Solutions’ products and services. The role includes working in a fast-paced, production-oriented environment where speed and accuracy is essential.

Senior Plate Structures Designer is expected to work independently with minimal supervision and may be asked to train or supervise the work of less experienced designers on specific tasks. The role directly reports to the Project Engineer and routinely interacts with other Plate Structures Designers, Plate Structures Engineers and Managers.

• Accurately produce assigned detail drawings for customer approval, fabrication, and/or construction per applicable design code, company standards and customer drawings and specifications.
• Ensure drawing details are safe for field erection and use, with constructability in mind.
• Reliably check and sign off on detail drawings for customer approval, fabrication, and/or construction per applicable design code, company standards and customer drawings and specifications.
• Compare detail drawings and bills of material to as-sold estimate and advise project team of discrepancies and potential changes.
• Run programs to produce and check detail drawings and bills of material.
• Forecast how long it will take to do a task – commit to definitive deadlines.
• Provide mentoring and knowledge transfer to less experienced plate structures designers.
• Make decisions on project-specific details and advise project team.
• Generate improvement ideas for tools and workflow associated to the role.
• Effectively use document management system.
• Effectively use project team or department collaboration and productivity apps and tools.

• 7+ years of relevant experience.
• High school diploma and at least one year of post-high school education or equivalent experience.
• Associates Degree or 2-year technical degree or equivalent experience preferred.
• Proficient in 2D and/or 3D CAD using platforms such as Microstation and/or AutoCAD.
• Knowledgeable of steel detailing practices and applicable standard industry conventions.
• Possesses skills in geometry, trigonometry, unit conversions, quantity take-offs and basic bills of material.
• Advanced verbal and written communication skill.

• Organizational level: T3
• Reports to Project Engineer
• No direct reports
• Plate Structures Engineering Office
• May be temporarily assigned to Project Sites
• Common Performance Metrics
• Quality - Consistent accuracy of drawings and bills of material.
• Efficiency - Meeting deadlines and staying within budget, leading teammates by example.
• Teamwork - Communicating pertinent information and questions to project team including technical content, workflow, scheduling with advanced written and verbal communication skills.
• Forecasting - Making accurately forecasted commitments to the project team and upholding those commitments. Being reliable.
• Priorities - Understanding priorities and working to them; asking Project Engineer for guidance.
• Continuous Improvement - Looking for improvement areas, taking initiative, receptive to new ideas.

• Business presence and polish
• Knowledge of CB&I products and markets
• Proactively identifies and solves the complex problems
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Mentally agile and ability to multi-task and manage tight deadlines
• Proven negotiating ability with high emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated business partnering skills with the ability to influence the organization
• Adaptability and agility to…