ED III Civil/Structural Designer

Wood

Prepares engineering drawings in their discipline area from rough sketches or from general engineering and design information according to established standards and procedures.

Create designs and sketch out detailed plans for projects such as commercial, industrial, and civil sector structures and plant and/or manufactured products and systems.

Plans and carries out technical assignments of substantial variety and complexity. Capable of handling assignments which involve a variety of procedures and techniques.

Undertakes technical assignments that are a significant part of an ongoing engineering program.

Prepares mechanical or digital drawings, diagrams or blueprints and/or models of various products or structures, using computer-aided drafting (CAD) and/or computer-aided drafting and design (CADD) software.

Develops working drawings, within company and industry standards and codes, from equipment specifications and detailed drawings to support completion of engineering deliverables.

Creates drawings involving plans, layouts, calculations and bills of material

Works on assignments involving a variety of design procedures and techniques

Records observations, performs calculations and prepares reports on assignments

Performs layouts, design and checking work from the basic data supplied

Designs and makes detail drawings from rough sketches involving intricate calculations and the application of fundamental engineering principles

Establishes project drafting standards and monitors their conformance

Identifies cost effective solutions to design problems

Assists in the preparation of bid evaluations

Designs and constructs models, prototypes, processes or equipment; compiles and evaluates data, makes recommendations, prepares reports

Prepares estimates of time, quantities, materials and labour required for activities related to testing, installation, manufacture, design or construction.

Generates bill of materials from finished designs

At more experienced levels, may act as coordinator on small projects, prepares specifications for complex equipment, processes, etc.

Ensures quality in design, technical accuracy in the preparation of drawings, material quantities, etc including reviewing others work at more senior levels.

Plans assigned work effectively and obtains/provides information liaising with the project team and line manager, in time to control man-hours and achieve targets

Carries out site visits / surveys and provides inputs to site visit reports.