Senior Civil/Structural Designer

Role Overview

Senior Civil/Structural Designer at McDermott. The role involves completing a variety of Civil and Structural Design assignments with limited supervision, serving as an informal resource for colleagues with less experience, and directly impacting the quality of team output.

Company Overview

McDermott is a global energy company with more than 100 years of history and more than 30,000 employees across 54 countries. The company designs and builds offshore and onshore energy infrastructure, including subsea systems, offshore platforms, offshore wind infrastructure, and onshore energy delivery systems.

Role Purpose

To deliver high-quality Civil and Structural Design solutions by preparing professional design drawings and 3D models, ensuring compliance with McDermott standards and client requirements, coordinating across disciplines, and providing technical leadership to junior designers.

Key Responsibilities

Design Development

• Prepare and develop arrangement and detail design drawings of high technical quality with professional and consistent presentation, ensuring clarity and ease of construction.
• Develop 3D models and ensure clash-free models in coordination with all other disciplines' requirements.
• Prepare Civil and Structural layouts from data generated by others in close liaison with Civil and Structural Engineers and counterparts from other disciplines.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

• Ensure work complies with MDR and project QA or QC systems and procedures.
• Ensure that work is carried out in accordance with McDermott requirements, Client and Statutory Design Codes, Standards or Procedures with particular focus on Health and Safety Policies.
• Check designs with particular emphasis on interfaces with other disciplines.

Technical Execution

• Apply basic technical skills and knowledge to complete assigned work.
• Continue developing skills to efficiently complete repetitive tasks.
• Organize own design work.
• Provide drafting support as required.
• Review other discipline drawings.
• Review supplier drawings.

Project Management & Collaboration

• Become fully familiar with the Project Scope of Work, specifications, schedule, and inter-discipline requirements, including identifying concerns as early as practicable and taking appropriate initiatives to address them.
• Manage own time to meet deadlines set by others.

Team Leadership & Support

• Serve as an informal resource for colleagues with less Civil and Structural Design experience.
• Supervise Associate Designers.

Qualifications & Experience

• High School diploma in Civil or Structural disciplines or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5 years with a major contractor or consultant.
• Knowledge of associated industry detailing standards.
• Proficiency in a range of Civil and Structural Design-specific processes or procedures through job-related training and considerable on-the-job experience.

Skills & Competencies

• Knowledge of 2D and/or 3D drafting systems (AutoCAD and/or MicroStation).
• Knowledge of E3D and/or S3D.
• Knowledge of AutoCAD and/or AutoLISP Programming, 3D Modeling, and 2D Drafting Menu and/or Macro compilation skills.
• Working knowledge of English, both oral and written.
• HSE, TQM, and cost-conscious mindset.
• Eager to learn.
• Flexible and able to manage reassignment to other departments, construction sites, and fabrication yards.
• Able to cover for colleagues during illness and holidays.
• Able to provide assistance to other colleagues with heavy workload when possible or desirable.
• Able to manage and learn future current working methods and software applications.
• Familiar with the use of codes and standards.

Additional Information

• Reports to: Project Lead Designer or Lead Engineer; Functional: Supervising Department Manager.
• Liaises with: Engineers, other Designers, and Senior Designers.
• Supervises: Associate Designers.