What are the responsibilities and job description for the REVIT Technician position at The Gateway Engineers, Inc.?
This position is full-time in person. No prior work experience required.
Gateway Engineers is a multi-million-dollar, full-service civil engineering consulting firm with ~240 employees across Pittsburgh, PA, Butler, PA, and Raleigh, NC.
Our mission is to help clients reach a higher level of success through knowledge, experience, and responsiveness. Our employees work alongside 85 registered professionals and over 45 project managers, fostering growth through performance-based compensation, professional development, and our Act Well / Eat Well / Think Well mindset.
We support our team with unique perks like fresh meals, mobile car detailing, fitness watch subsidies, in-office dental exams, a walking trail, indoor golf simulator, and a collaborative, open office environment.
What we offer:
- No cost health insurance
- Dental and vision insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Company paid short-term and long-term disability insurance and life insurance
- Quarterly performance bonuses
- PTO and 8 paid holidays
- 401(k) match & 401(k) Roth and Profit Sharing
- Student loan repayment and tuition reimbursement
- Company paid professional society memberships & professional licensure registration fees
- Employee referral program
The ideal candidate will have knowledge of or be willing to learn:
- Develop structural Revit models and drawing sets from architectural backgrounds and models with minimal markup foundation plans, framing plans, sections, details, and general notes
- Lay out gravity framing systems (joist/beam/girder/column spacing, bearing conditions, deck spans) using sound rough-proportioning judgment, with member sizing and final design performed by the project engineer
- Select and adapt appropriate typical details and basic connections (bearing, shear, base plates, embeds, ledgers) from company standards and industry references, and recognize where a project-specific detail is needed
- Recognize which structural systems are applicable to a given project type steel, cast-in-place and precast concrete, masonry, cold-formed and conventional wood framing and set up plans accordingly
- Read and interpret architectural, structural, and MEP drawings and specifications, and identify coordination conflicts, missing information, and constructability issues early
- Support design-phase clash detection and BIM/Revit coordination workflows across multidisciplinary models
- Participate in model-based design reviews, including constructability, operability, and maintainability reviews
- Maintain drawing sets through design revisions, permit comments, and construction-phase changes (RFIs, as-builts)
- Organize and coordinate technical documents consistent with company BIM/Revit and drawing standards, and perform quality control checks on your own work before engineer review
This opportunity requires:
Education
- Associate or Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Aided Drafting, Drafting & Design Technology, or related field or equivalent experience in structural Revit/BIM production
3 years of structural drafting/design experience preferred, with a portfolio or work samples demonstrating structural plan and detail development
Proficiency in Revit Structure required; AutoCAD and Civil 3D a plus
Familiarity with AISC, ACI, and TMS detailing conventions a plus
Experience with Navisworks, BIM 360/ACC, or Bluebeam a plus