Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. is a leading engineering design and consulting firm that provides innovative solutions for facility and infrastructure challenges. The Plumbing Designer will prepare design drawings, maintain communication with team members and clients, and perform on-site observations as needed, ensuring high quality standards and adherence to company design requirements.
Responsibilities
- Processes drawings received from the architect into models that can be used by the design team
- Prepares electronic drawings with accuracy, neatness, and efficiency using industry software
- Assists in the development of design approaches and concepts on assigned projects with assistance from senior design staff
- Implements design requirements as related by design team
- Performs system design layout and sizing for assigned projects
- Assists in the studies, load calculation, and selection of equipment to fit the project design
- Identifies issues with designs and communicates issues with senior designers and engineers as they arise
- Attends project update meetings with both clients and team members
- Assists the design team in the coordination with external and internal contacts such as owners, architects, MEP disciplines, and CADD designers
- Performs collision changes in Navisworks as collisions are identified by the design team
- Visually reviews plans for defects in design work
- Plans work and performs tasks in accordance with the man-hour budget
- Communicates with team members, project managers, other disciplines, and outside vendors to obtain necessary information on drawings
- Assists in data collection and/or field verification
- Assists with on-site observations during construction and coordinates design requirements with contractors and equipment suppliers under the direction of senior design staff
- Assists the design team in the process of putting a set of drawings into an organized package
- Assists with the upkeep of project design and construction files
- Learns to review shop drawings, record changes, and keep all disciplines informed of details and schedules
- Maintains a continued focus on keeping up with code requirements, design software, and other industry trends
- Assists in the training and mentoring of team members
Skills
- Two-year technical degree in an applicable discipline plus three years applicable experience OR five years applicable experience
- Capable of reading and interpreting plans from other disciplines (i.e., architectural, structural, civil, plumbing, electrical, mechanical)
- Knowledge of AutoCAD, Revit, Navisworks, and discipline specific engineering software (i.e., TRACE, HASS, and SKM)
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
- Knowledge of construction terminology
- Knowledge of basic math
- Knowledge of building design specifications
- General knowledge of engineering theories and methodologies
- General knowledge of applicable engineering disciplines
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- A generous contribution to employee-owned Health Savings Account
- 401(k) with matching up to the full IRS maximum
- Tuition reimbursement
- A variety of other employee incentives and wellness programs
- An annual bonus may be paid to eligible employees based upon organizational and individual performance.
- Remote opportunity until the establishment of a formal office location within Kansas City
- Upon the opening of the office, the role will transition to an in-office position with a hybrid work schedule, providing a flexible balance between on-site and work from home options.
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