Role Summary
To work as part of our Structural Engineering Team and provide CAD support on projects
Responsibilities
Core Functions
- Assist project establishment by agreeing with and contributing towards a project inception review, project planning documents, drawing strategy, scale and size of drawings along with drawing numbering to company standards and suggesting methods of drawing production to ensure efficient methods of working are being practiced.
- Comply with BIM Execution Plans
- Agree, deliverables, resource requirements, deadlines, and priorities for drawing production with project team prior to commencing.
- Discuss and agree setting out coordinates, grid lines, floor levels and building details with other members of the team.
- Develop General Arrangement, Section and Detail drawings from Engineer's sketches and other Design Team members drawings and details, and develop these into co-ordinated building models, drawings and details.
- Produce the model to a high standard eliminating errors and clashes
- Input to the co-ordination of Architectural and MEP models on projects
- Produce work to specified WSP CAD standards
- Use the available seed files, menus and supporting documentation for CAD work and available library items to assist design work
- Perform self checks on models and all drawings to a high standard
- Plan to ensure all drawings reviews are completed in a timely manner prior to issuing.
- Follow QA procedures, document control, archiving and CDM guidelines on all work
- Work with project team members on specified aspects of the project
- Provide advice and coaching to colleagues on intermediate CAD functions when requested
- Demonstrate initiative for the duration of the project
- Knowledge of setting up project seed files
- Knowledge of project model phasing
- Knowledge of Uniclass 2015
- Knowledge of Asset Management
- Familiarity with BS-EN-ISO 19650 and BS1192 series of standards
- Familiarity with EuroCodes 2 and 3
- Experience working within a Common Data Environment (CDE) for rejecting and approving documents
- Knowledge of software file types and extensions
- Liaison with project team members in India and in the UK.
- Contributing towards CAD estimates
- Monitor work and fee tracking documents
- Save project correspondence
- Personal improvement
- Help or guide others as required.
Key Competencies / Skills
Mandatory Skills
- Expert knowledge of MicroStation V8, AECOsim SS5 and SS6, Bentley OpenBuildings Designer, Navigator, ProjectWise, and to be able to use all the standard functions on the software and to coach junior staff in its use
- Use of Microsoft /Office 365 and MS Teams
- Experience of working on several medium size projects, as the sole CAD support or as part of a wider CAD team
- Expert knowledge of Concrete and Steelwork building structures
- Experience of working on a variety of projects across different sectors
- Understand structural mechanics and how buildings are put together
- Good understanding of the role of Consulting Engineers and your part in this
- Understand RIBA and GRIP Work Stages and drawing requirements at each stage
- Clear understanding of industry standards
Desired Skills
Able to demonstrate competence in:
- Showing initiative
- Communication skills in oral and written English.
- Organization skills
- Innovative mindset
- Team-working
- Self-development
- Building client relationships
- Improvement and quality
- Pride in the output
- Accountability
- Use of the Autodesk suite of software, AutoCAD, Revit, BIM360 and Navisworks
- Knowledge of Masonry, Timber and Precast Concrete Structures
- Structural Shape creation
- Parametric Modelling
- Dynamo programming
- Embodied Carbon
- 3D Reinforced Concrete detailing
- Underground drainage modelling.
- Useful software Civil 3D, Sketchup, Rhino, Fusion, Forge, Inventor, Bluebeam
Qualifications
- Diploma in Civil Engineering
- 5+ year's production experience in design, drafting team management and engineering with significant experience in a similar role or demonstration of a good track record
