As a member of Garver’s growing College Station Water Design Center, the Senior Civil Designer will be responsible for developing and detailing AutoCAD and Civil 3D models in support of various projects for Garver’s Water Design Center. The Senior Civil Designer will collaborate with engineers, designers, and technicians to produce drawings and manage workload on various Water Business Line projects.
This role in the Water Design Center is one that is central to project delivery through our many offices and utilizes the latest technology, predominantly AutoCAD and Civil 3D software. Typical designs will include site plans, yard piping plans and profiles, electrical duct bank plans and profiles, grading and drainage plans, and other supporting designs associated with civil work.
This position will be responsible for performing a wide array of design tasks related to water and wastewater facilities, such as:
- Coordination of survey services and processing field data
- Developing surface models
- Developing paving plans, yard piping plans, demolition plans, etc.
- Developing grading plans, profiles, and cross sections
- Calculating dirt work volume and plan quantities
- Creating and using layering standards, line types, line widths, and plot styles
- Organizing drawing structures and files
- Producing record drawings
Primary responsibilities of the Civil Designer/Technician will include:
- Developing Civil 3D models with a great deal of autonomy
- Quality program compliance, including ensuring delivery of quality work products that adhere to Garver standardization.
- Civil standards and tools development, procurement, and training
- Work within a multi-disciplined team (civil, process, structural, mechanical, electrical, and I&C) of engineers, designers, and Technicians in the development of various Water Business Line projects.
- Manage multiple projects concurrently.
- Time management and work product quality.
- Mentor, equip, train, develop, and engage junior team members to become effective design professionals and undertake increasingly more complex assignments and responsibilities as they grow.
Due to the collaborative nature of coordination for large infrastructure projects, candidates must have the ability to seek out and resolve issues through close interaction with other project team members. In addition, the candidate must be able to maintain a positive team attitude and interpersonal effectiveness to recruit, develop and maintain an efficient and productive civil team.
About Garver's Water Design Center:
The Water Design Center (WDC) is a knowledge-based hub that excels in highly technical, multi-discipline water and wastewater designs. The WDC specializes in large, high-volume, custom treatment plant projects with advanced technologies. Centralizing the location of the WDC means communication, coordination, and participation with team members is constant. This integral working relationship benefits the client through project delivery schedule and design quality, as well as opportunity for team collaboration and professional growth.
Requirements:
The successful candidate for this role with Garver will possess the following minimum requirements:
- 10 or more years of computer aided drafting and design experience with a Civil engineering design team
- Experience using Autodesk software for detailed design, including AutoCAD and Civil 3D
- Strong knowledge base of site development including grading, paving, drainage, and piping
- Experience with MS Office products, including Word, Excel, and Outlook
- Strong communication skills (verbal and written)
- High school diploma or equivalent
Preferred Skills:
- Experience with BIM360 file sharing software
- Experience using Bluebeam
- Experiences using REVIT
- Associates degree in CAD or similar 2-year degree
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Garver offers its employees programs such as company-paid professional memberships, company support for industry licenses and continuing education opportunities that foster a progressive atmosphere. Garver provides the tools, resources, and environment to develop leaders, stimulate ideas, and accomplish projects. By offering highly competitive salary packages, attractive benefits, and a comprehensive wellness program; Garver walks the talk when it comes to work-life balance.
Founded in 1919, Garver is an employee-owned engineering, planning, and environmental services firm focused on aviation, transportation, buildings, federal, water and wastewater services; surveying; advisory services; and construction engineering and inspection. In the top 100 of Engineering News-Record's Top 500 Design Firms list, with more than 1,300 employees, Garver has a people-first culture that drives innovative, client-first service and is consistently recognized as a best firm to work for by Zweig Group. Learn how Garver invests in people and places they call home at GarverUSA.com.
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