Senior Civil Engineer - Structures at Adexen

Company
Our client is an infrastructural development company with institutional and private investors. The company offers a broad spectrum of solutions and expertise to infrastructural development in Nigeria.

Job description
The Senior Civil Engineer is responsible for managing the design/drafting activities including preparing/updating drawings for civil engineering structure projects, establishing guidelines and procedures for CAD data management, and managing workload distribution within the Design department.

Reporting to the Head of Operations, the responsibilities of this role includes but not limited to the following:

1. Design Management

•     Analyses survey reports maps and other data to plan projects.
•     Examining drawings in collaboration with the civil Engineers, producing practical, safe and buildable civil drawings in AutoCAD.
•     Revise and update existing drawings reflecting design changes, in collaboration with the HSE
•     Review blueprints, plans, specifications and other customer documentation if service is requested by the project manager.
•     Maintain notes, design calculations and other documentation (like drawings, bill of materials, list of design parameters, and /performance guarantees) for future reference.
•     Maintain up-to-date knowledge of third party items and services data base. Review and modify information with supervision by head of operations. Make data available to project managers.
•     Establish filing guidelines for drawings to maintain up-to-date drawings.
•     Leading a team of designers

2. Commercial Support

•     Works with head of operations on guidelines for civil drawings which meet and exceed the customer’s requirements (bid and submittal phase). Implement these requirements on drawings sent to the customer.
•     Serve as an information source on planning and design of structures
•     Prepare dimensional drawings, civil drawings and other complex drawings (Civil Engineering).

3. Engineering Design

•     Coordinate and direct projects, making detailed plans to accomplish goals and directing the integration of technical activities.
•     Supervise all phases of design and drawing development while applying resources as necessary to meet schedule release dates
•     Research new Development and Innovations
•     Direct, review, and approve product design and changes
•     Adhere to design and standards during construction project delivery

Requirements
Education/Professional Qualification

•     Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or any related field
•     Associate's Degree or completion of a technical trade school in CAD, drafting or related field

Experience

•     Minimum of 7 years’ experience of structure design using AutoCAD and general civil engineering design standards.
•     Part modeling and detailing experience using ProE Creo Parametric software (desired).
•     Experience using Autocad 2D design software (required).
•     Must have design and project supervision experience in Structures such as buildings, bridges , dams etc

Functional/Technical

•     Proficient in AutoCAD /ProE Creo Parametric software.
•     Excellent communications skills: interpersonal, listening, oral, and written.
•     Skilled in PC usage and associated software including Microsoft Office.
•     Able to generate layout drawings from sketches and specifications.
•     Familiar with design parameters related to waste water treatment equipment.
•     Knowledgeable of standard drafting practices and procedures.
•     Able to work with minimal supervision, efficiently schedule and manage time.

Behavioural

•     Results orientation
•     Team work
•     Personal mastery
•     Conflict management
•     Cultural awareness