Civil Engineer
Northbrook, IL, United States
Seeking a Civil Engineer for a Direct Hire, permanent employment opportunity in Northbrook, IL. The Civil Engineer works as a drafting team workflow supervisor and provides strong technical knowledge of MicroStation CAD drafting software. Direction and feedback are provided by engineers on the project team, and the Civil Engineer completes moderate to complex drafting assignments independently, while providing direction and QC support to other drafting staff.
Responsibilities:
·Produce high-quality, accurate construction documents or shop drawings for the repair and rehabilitation of various bridge structures and infrastructure systems
·Develop preliminary and final drawings using the information derived from existing structural drawings, including hand produced drawings dating back to the early 1900’s, backgrounds, and/or rough layouts, and with assistance from the project team
·Receive field notes, sketches, drawing markups in electronic format, or verbal instructions from engineers and assigns drafting tasks to other members of the drafting team.
·Review completed drafting assignments from other team members for accuracy and completeness
·Take hand-drawings or electronic drawing markups as 2-D sketches and generate additional views from 3-D space
·Translate complicated markups into well laid out CAD sheets following applicable CAD standards and to appropriate scale
·Maintain project and drafting deliverable schedules
·Set follow-up tasks and establish backlog for drafting team
·Perform detailed dimensional checks against sketches and existing drawings, bill of material checks, quantity takeoffs, and basic and complex layouts
·Provide feedback to Project Managers regarding use of standard Department of Transportation details during the design process.
·Make suggestions or improvements to details with engineering staff, and is able to identify conflicts and interferences
·Manage the use of DOT specific plot styles, pen tables, fonts, and drawing borders in MicroStation software
·Maintain local CAD standards, sets up client CAD standards, catalogs and organizes standard details, and serve as a mentor for other staff as it relates to CAD
·Maintain up to date knowledge of industry trends and new technologies
·Propose and implement changes to workflow to improve efficiency
·Is familiar with and able to learn/ identify new digital delivery methods for project files
Position Qualifications:
·Ten years of relevant work experience with an associate degree in construction technology, drafting technology, or computer-aided design and drafting (Certification with equivalent experience will be considered in place of a degree.)OR Bachelor’s degree in construction management, civil or mechanical engineering, engineering design technology, architectural studies, or related field of study and relevant work experience.
·Advanced proficiency in MicroStation CAD software is required
·Moderate proficiency in AutoCAD and other Autodesk software is required
·Experience with and familiarity with typical bridge component terminology, including being able to locate and implement standard DOT details for common components is required
·Familiarity with structural steel and concrete detailing, layout of bolted connections with consideration for entering and tightening clearances, welding details, concrete reinforcing details, mechanical (machinery) and/ or structural detailing experience is required.
·Knowledgeable/Skilled with ancillary software such as Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop, and/or Bluebeam is required
·Detail-oriented with effective written and verbal communication skills
·General PC skills with proficiency in MS Word/Excel/ Outlook
·Self-starter, driven with the enthusiasm for producing high quality, accurate drawings efficiently, and within budget
·Willing and able to meet tight deadlines associated with project deliverable schedules and responses to no-notice emergency assignments
Position Benefits:
Medical, Dental, Vision Coverage
401(k) plan, the company matches 110% ($1.10 for each dollar contributed) of the first 6% of pay contributed to the plan, and matching contributions are immediately vested.
HSA, FSA
Long-term care (LTC) insurance, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and ADD insurance
Tuition reimbursement
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