Pipeline Design Coordinator

ENTRUST Solutions Group•Warrenville, IL

2d•Remote

About The Position

This role oversees and coordinates the work of employees performing one or more drafting and design tasks; suggests ways to enhance production processes, equipment performance, and product quality; suggests changes to processes to enhance working conditions, process flow, and equipment use to increase departmental efficiency; estimates staff-hour requirements for projects to be completed on time; studies production schedules and establishes or modifies work procedures to meet schedules, utilizing knowledge of CAD machines and software capacities. As a Design Coordinator, a typical day may include conferring with Project Managers to coordinate departmental activities with corporate needs, initiating or suggesting plans to motivate staff to achieve work goals, recommending or initiating personnel actions (e.g., promotions, transfers, discharges, and disciplinary measures), interviewing potential new hires and training new workers, maintaining time and production records, and estimating revenue and cost of current and future projects.

Requirements

10 to 15 years of experience in the pipeline industry
0 to 5 years experience managing designers/drafters, dealing with HR issues, budgets, utilization
Strong working knowledge of AutoCAD and Civil 3D
Experience with alignment sheets, HDD, and working with survey data
Strong communication skills

Responsibilities

Oversees and coordinates the work of employees performing one or more drafting and design tasks.
Suggests ways to enhance production processes, equipment performance, and product quality.
Suggests changes to processes to enhance working conditions, process flow, and equipment use to increase departmental efficiency.
Estimates staff-hour requirements for projects to be completed on time.
Studies production schedules and establishes or modifies work procedures to meet schedules, utilizing knowledge of CAD machines and software capacities.
Confers with Project Managers to coordinate departmental activities with corporate needs.
Initiates or suggests plans to motivate staff to achieve work goals.
Recommends or initiates personnel actions, for example, promotions, transfers, discharges, and disciplinary measures.
Interviews potential new hires and trains new workers.
Maintains time and production records.
Estimates revenue and cost of current and future projects.