Senior Civil/Structural Designer

Job Description

Job Overview:

The Senior Civil/Structural Designer completes a variety of Civil/Structural Design assignments as needed and can complete work with a limited degree of supervision. They are an informal resource for colleagues with less Civil/Structural Design experience. The Senior Civil/Structural Designer has developed proficiency in a range of analytical processes or procedures to carry out assigned tasks. They provide solutions to problems in situations that are atypical or infrequently occurring based on existing precedents or procedures. They directly impact the quality of the work of the team.

Responsibilities

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Become fully familiar with the Contract Scope of Work, specifications, schedule and all interdisciplinary requirements; including identifying concerns as early as practicable and taking appropriate initiatives to address the issues.
• Identify changes to scope and promptly raise change notification in the Change Management system, including providing any necessary supporting documentation and estimates. Provide similar support for Variation Orders.
• Interface with all disciplines to develop clash free designs.
• Interface with other disciplines to obtain input for Discipline designs and drawings.
• Liaise with other discipline support groups to ensure clearly defined interfaces, deliverables and schedules are met.
• Document substantive communications (communications that result in significant decisions or assignment of actions), and forward copies to Discipline Lead Designer and Discipline Supervisor.
• Assist Discipline Lead Designer in preparing estimates for proposals and job scope changes, including execution statements, work schedules, and manhour requirements.
• Raise technical queries to obtain missing information, clarify work scope, and to maintain preferred McDermott procedures, specifications, standards, practices and operational requirements.
• Participate in finalizing deliverables lists, deliverables and philosophies to ensure compliance with specifications and functional integrity.
• Attend project kickoff and review meetings, vendor/supplier meetings, engineering and design meetings and offshore site surveys as required.
• Research Customer standards and procedures in order to prepare project-specific design procedures and standards for submission to the Customer for approval.
• Set up and maintain the Discipline Master design drawing and document files, including final archiving.
• Prepare and review Discipline deliverables such as:
• 3D model
• Detailed design drawings
• As-built drawings
• Review drawings issued by other disciplines and incorporate the required data into Discipline drawings.
• Review vendor drawings and documents and incorporate required vendor data into Discipline drawings and documents.
• Assist in providing necessary design inputs to other disciplines to enable them in proceeding with their deliverables.
• Identify all items for which insufficient data is available to allow the drawing or model to be completed (HOLDS), and list these on the drawing and on the standard 'HOLDS' list form. Notify the Discipline Lead Designer when there are updates to the Holds list.
• Generate IDC design documentation for the project.
• Perform design verification through single discipline checks (SOC) and/or inter-discipline checks (IDC), providing comments to Lead Designer.
• Review all project IDC design documentation for detail technical interfaces.
• Maintain single discipline and inter-discipline check drawings and filing.
• Prepare, issue and update material and weight data take-offs.
• Assist Fabrication as required in the resolution of construction difficulties relating to design problems, clashes, etc.
• Monitor progress and maintain the Discipline deliverables register on an ongoing basis.
• Ensure compliance with the Project Execution Plan and the timely completion and archiving of drawings and documents.
• Keep Lead Designer apprised of all activities, progress and concerns, including manpower and budgetary related.
• Assist in providing inputs for actual, planning and forecasting progress reports including associated productivity.
• Report errors and suggest resolution for same.
• Participate in design reviews and audits.
• Capture lessons learned and enter into MDR's Lessons Learned system.
• Guide less experienced Designers on MOR and Discipline procedures, standards, worksheets,
• design calculations, software, technical queries, etc.
• Provide guidance to trainee Designers.
• Assist in the maintenance of departmental technical guidelines and standards.
• Further develop understanding of MDR's business including processes and procedures.
• Prepare / review Structural Design deliverables such as:
• 3D model Structural scopes
• General Structural Design instructions
• Jacket & Topside Primary steel drawings
• Jacket & Topside Secondary steel drawings
• Pile / Conductor drawings
• Bridge structural drawings.
• Flare/vent boom structural drawings
• Helideck structural drawings
• Structural drawings for Buildings and other structures
• Access platform drawings & Equipment support drawings
• Material handling drawings and all appurtenance drawings.
• Seafastening drawings
• Installation/lift drawings
• Review vendor documents and provide comments for structural support requirements.
• Participate in clash resolution meetings, as required.
• Provide technical guidance to other designers for preparing structural detail drawings.
• Travel to fabrication yard or offshore to provide assistance during fabrication and/or installation, as required.
• Experienced in S3D, E3D, Navis Works, Microstation, and AutoCAD as a minimum.
• Prepare and develop arrangement and detail design drawings of high technical quality and professional consistent presentation, ensuring clarity and ease of construction
• Develop 3D models
• Ensure work complies with MDR and project QA and/or QC systems and procedures
• Apply basic technical skills and knowledge to complete assigned work
• Continue developing skills to efficiently complete repetitive tasks
• Manage own time to meet deadlines set by others
• Become fully familiar with the Project Scope of Work, specifications, schedule, and inter-discipline requirements, including identifying concerns as early as practicable and taking appropriate initiatives to address them
• Prepare Civil and Structural layouts from data generated by others, in close liaison with Civil and Structural Engineers and counterparts from other disciplines
• Ensure that the work is carried out in accordance with McDermott requirements, Client and Statutory Design Codes, Standards, or Procedures with a particular focus on Health and Safety Policies
• Develop 3D Models and ensure clash free model in coordination with all other disciplines' requirements
• Organize own design work
• Check designs, with particular emphasis on interfaces with other disciplines
• Provide drafting support as required
• Review other discipline drawings
• Review supplier drawings
  
  

Reports To:

Project: Lead Designer, Lead Engineer

Functional: Supervising Department Manager

Liaise With: Engineers, other Designers, and Senior Designers

Supervises: Associate Designers

Qualifications

Essential Qualifications and Education:

• High School graduate with a diploma in Civil or Structural disciplines or equivalent experience
• 5 years minimum with a major contractor or consultant
• Knowledge of associated industry detailing standards Knowledge of 2D and/or 3D drafting systems (AutoCAD and/or MicroStation)
• Knowledge of E3D and/or S3D
• Knowledge of AutoCAD and/or Auto lisp Programming, 3D Modeling, and 2D Drafting Menu and/or Macro compilation skills
• Eager to learn
• Working knowledge of English, both oral and written
• HSE, TQM, and cost-conscious
• Show flexibility and ensure proper hand-over with regards to:
• The reassignment to other departments, construction sites, and fabrication yards
• The replacement of colleagues during illness and holidays
• The provision of assistance to other colleagues with heavy workload (also other projects) when possible/desirable
• The managing/learning of future current working methods and software applications
• Is familiar with the use of codes and standards
  
  

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