What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Structural Designer position at Norwest Engineering Inc.?
Who We Are
For more than fifty years, Norwest Engineering has built its success on delivering exceptional client service while fostering a collaborative work environment that values teamwork and long-term partnerships. We provide a broad range of multi-discipline professional engineering and technical services across the heavy industrial sector, including Oil & Gas, Chemical, Manufacturing, Utilities, Ports, and Pulp & Paper. Today, we are also expanding into renewable fuels projects, driving innovation in a rapidly evolving energy landscape.
Benefits
We believe in taking care of our people so they can thrive professionally and personally. Our benefits include:
- Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Generous paid time off and company holidays.
- Flexible, all-remote work environment with support for home office setup.
What You’d Be Doing
As a Senior Structural Designer, you will have the opportunity to creatively solve complex problems, collaborate with highly experienced team members across all engineering disciplines, and work on a wide variety of challenging projects across many industries.
- Work with a structural engineer to develop designs for clients that range in a simple sketch to full, ready to permit drawing packages.
- Develop plan and detail drawings for concrete foundations and steel buildings and supports.
- Incorporate vendor drawings to accurately display anchoring and mounting support, i.e pump bases, motor supports and equipment mounting.
- Coordinate with mechanical, civil, and electrical staff to develop efficient designs and identify and mitigate interferences between disciplines.
- Coordinate with clients and contractors.
- Travel will comprise approximately 10% of your time for site investigations, design reviews and construction inspection and coordination.
What Makes You a Good Candidate
- 5 years of experience including drafting and design on industrial projects.
- Previous experience must demonstrate an ability to start design of basic foundations and steel framing drawings with minimal support from an engineer. You’ll need to show the ability to work with an engineer on what is needed to complete the task without detailed redlines. You’ll need to be able to create drawings through verbal communication, minimal sketches and your working knowledge and experience.
- You will need to know and understand what is needed to create a complete drawing package that includes all necessary information for construction to be completed efficiently.
- Knowledge of complex concrete foundations. I.e. Turn-down slabs, spread footings, piers, pits and walls.
- Understand of reinforcing and its use in foundations.
- Knowledge of steel framing connections. i.e. moment connections, double-angle and shear connections.
- Understanding of weld symbols.
- Understanding and reading shop steel drawings.
- Working knowledge of current industry codes and standards.
- 5 years of experience with Autodesk AutoCAD and Navisworks is required.
- Experience with Hexagon CADWorx Structure or Autodesk Advanced Steel is considered a plus.
- Understanding of pre-engineered metal building systems (MBS) is considered a plus.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Computer skills need to include the MS Office Suite.
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States at the time of application for employment – Norwest Engineering does not sponsor employment visas.