Civil/Structural Technical Specialist I

Hargrove Engineers & Constructors•Baton Rouge, LA

About The Position

This role involves supervision and technical direction over a team of designers, functioning as a lead designer. The primary responsibility is the total delivery of civil/structural deliverables and services, ensuring they are on time, within budget, and meet quality expectations. Duties may include performing advanced design work as a technical specialist for complex assignments. This position requires extensive progressive experience in civil/structural design and the use of project controls for cost, schedule, and quality. Work is performed under general supervision. The role requires familiarity with department design and drafting standards, recognizing and communicating project scope, specifications, and design criteria. It involves reviewing and comprehending the latest information before initiating design efforts, drafting civil/structural plans with minimal supervision, and understanding basic civil material specifications to ensure all necessary information is reflected on drawings. The role also includes recognizing and communicating scope and design changes promptly, performing field-related work such as collecting design information, verifying designs for tie-ins, function, and clearances, providing on-site assistance during startup, performing field support activities during construction, and assisting engineers with cost and material estimates and preliminary design studies. Checking the accuracy and quality of drawings developed by drafters, providing technical guidance to less experienced personnel, coordinating and delegating work activities with teammates and discipline leads, and producing civil/structural construction scopes with engineering review and approval are also key responsibilities. The role involves serving as a mentor for entry-level and new teammates, completing complex designs and layouts for complete systems and components, and handling assignments that may lack clear precedents, requiring problem anticipation and solution provision. Performing front-end layout and design of complex systems and equipment, ensuring compliance with specifications, tolerances, safety considerations, and client requirements, and performing specialized geometric design computations and analysis are also part of the role. Interdisciplinary checks, coordination of data for compatible designs, assisting in establishing or revising guidelines and standards, and reviewing supplier data and drawings are also expected. Checking orthographic (2D) and isometric (3D) drawings prepared by others, potentially directing a team of checking personnel to ensure dimensional accuracy, and collaborating with engineers and other disciplines for design quality are crucial. Providing training to less experienced designers and serving as Lead Designer on projects, ensuring compliance with industry codes, project, and company standards, are also key functions. Preparing man-hour estimates, being responsible for the quality and economy of deliverables, and the efficiency of detailing are important. As a lead designer, ensuring the design team meets scope, schedule, and budget is a primary responsibility.

Requirements

Associate degree in Engineering Technology or Computer-Aided Drafting is required.
12+ years of relevant industrial experience in civil/structural drafting and design.
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 determine construction material quantities and coordinate with estimating department to ensure that the developed quantities are correctly interpreted and input to the estimate deck.
High technical performer, with leadership skills, strong 3-D capabilities, and/or increased client interaction/skills.
Virtual team skills and cross divisional relationships are developed.
Ability to sit, stand, or walk for long periods of time.

Nice To Haves

Certification is not required at this level.
High technical performer, with leadership skills, strong 3-D capabilities, and/or increased client interaction/skills.
Virtual team skills and cross divisional relationships are developed, and able to provide interoffice execution support with general supervision.
Interoffice execution leadership is evident.

Responsibilities

Supervision and technical direction over a team of designers when functioning as a lead designer.
Total delivery of the civil/structural deliverables and services on time, within performance budget and meeting quality expectations.
Performing advanced design work serving as a technical specialist for a complex design assignment.
Utilization of project controls for cost, schedule and quality of projects.
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.
Serving as a mentor for entry level and new teammates.
Completing complex and difficult designs and layouts for complete systems and components of projects.
Performing front-end layout and design of complex systems and equipment.
Ensuring compliance with required specifications, tolerances, safety considerations, 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.
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 a small team 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.
Providing interoffice execution support with general supervision.
Interoffice execution leadership is evident.