Sr Technician

HNTB Corporation•Salt Lake, UT

About The Position

At HNTB, this role offers the opportunity to contribute to infrastructure projects and support communities. The Senior Technician performs non-routine, complex assignments at an advanced proficiency level and plans and conducts complete projects of varied scope. The role assists the project management team in outlining objectives, requirements, and design approaches, and gathers engineering or operational data from a variety of sources. The technician verifies drawing accuracy and cross-discipline compatibility, checks details and quantity calculations, calculates design data, and prepares layouts, specifications, estimates, and reports. With assistance from a project engineer or architect, the role supports engineering studies and evaluations from initial concept through design. It also contributes to project and pre-construction meetings, resolves technical design issues, maintains complex project plans, and may prepare project management documentation and reports and monitor progress against goals. The position makes recommendations to improve office-level project delivery processes and performs engineering-related computations and other assigned duties.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering Technology or a related field and 6 years of relevant experience; or an Associate of Science in Drafting, technical school education, or related background and 8 years of relevant experience; or 10 years of relevant experience in lieu of education.
Ability to work effectively and participate in working relationships with clients and subcontractors.
Proficiency in CADD design software such as GIS, 3D, highway or railroad design, building design, and graphic imaging.
Proficiency in terminology and symbols used in survey notes, plans, shop drawings, aerial photographs, and maps related to a specific engineering subtype.

Nice To Haves

Experience with MicroStation Connect and Bentley OpenRoads Designer (ORD) in roadway design and plan production.
Experience working with terrain models, alignments, profiles, and corridor files.
Experience with sheet creation, drawing production, and annotation groups within OpenRoads.
Experience preparing plan, profile, cross section, signing/striping, and traffic control sheets.
Understanding of roadway construction plans, quantities, and engineering documentation.
Experience using ProjectWise for document management and project delivery.
Ability to work within established CAD standards and quality control procedures.
Experience supporting roadway drainage, utility coordination, and corridor modeling efforts.
Associate's degree in Drafting Technology, Civil Engineering Technology, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

Verify the accuracy of drawings, compatibility of work across disciplines, and detail and quantity calculations.
Calculate design data and prepare layouts, detailed specifications, estimates, reports, and related materials.
Assist with engineering studies and evaluations for projects from initial concept through design, with assistance from the project engineer or architect.
Attend project and pre-construction meetings and provide input to help ensure policies, procedures, and specifications are followed.
Resolve technical design problems, which may involve field investigations or inspections, detailed design work, and data gathering.
Maintain complex project plans and provide general administrative assistance.
Develop documentation, prepare project management reports, and monitor accomplishments against targeted goals as needed.
Recommend process improvements for project delivery at the office level.
Calculate quantities and perform engineering-related computations.
Perform other duties as assigned.