Design & Document Control Lead

Wood • Pasadena, TX

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Wood is recruiting a Design & Document Control Lead with chemical manufacturing industry experience for an on-site position in Pasadena, Texas. The role leads a group of multidisciplinary designers and document control personnel supporting small facility-based projects at an active chemical manufacturing plant as part of the plant’s capital projects group. The lead manages design resources and document control, aligns team priorities with project demands, develops resource forecasts and strategies, and drives quality, process improvement, and successful delivery of capital and service project support.

Requirements

• 20 or more years of industrial experience in the industrial design field, preferably in chemical manufacturing, oil, or gas processing.
• Experience leading other designers.
• Experience estimating labor hours and scheduling design activities.
• Experience designing plant systems used in chemical manufacturing facilities.
• Outdoor design experience, including ability to wear required PPE and drive safely to job sites for field measurement and as-built drawings.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Authorization to work permanently in the United States without sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with MicroStation.

Responsibilities

• Meet or exceed company safety standards.
• Comply with company procedures, engineering practices, and other standards.
• Manage the site design and document control groups.
• Work with staff, department management, and project managers to understand current and future workload and assign design resources accordingly.
• Assist with resource schedules and long-term forecasts, and escalate the need for additional headcount when portfolio forecasts indicate it.
• Work with project teams and management to understand priorities and keep the team focused on them.
• Develop and implement a strategy for the design and document control groups based on site and capital project needs.
• Review and gatekeep requests for design support.
• Drive project design estimates and schedules.
• Monitor the design process and create change orders when required.
• Identify and maintain metrics to support continuous improvement of work processes.
• Onboard new designers and document controllers.
• Train the design group on new processes and procedures.
• Guide the group on design approaches and work quality.
• Review, understand, and update practices, procedures, and tools used to manage site design activities.
• Identify needs and develop tools and methods to improve the group's design efforts.
• Drive improvements to document control work processes.
• Ensure the design group provides support for capital and service projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Ensure the design team applies company and industry standards to produce high-quality construction packages.
• Evaluate work performed by members of the design group.
• Work with plant engineers, contractors, and team members to achieve project success.
• Manage digital and paper documents, organizing and retaining them in accordance with company retention policies.
• Partner with global resources to continuously improve document control and designer software and tools.

Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team, and individual needs, with onsite working.
• Competitive salary with regular salary reviews.
• Flexible benefits package that can be adapted to suit the employee's lifestyle.
• Continued professional development through plans tailored to individual needs and interests.
• Global connections with leading industry experts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed