Principal Technician - Structures

WSP
Bengaluru, IN

To work as part of our Building Structural Engineering Team and provide CAD (Revit) support on projects

Core Functions

  • Assist project establishment by agreeing and contributing towards a project inception review, project planning documents, drawing strategy, scales and size of drawings along with drawing numbering to company standards and suggesting methods of drawing production to ensure efficient methods of working are being practiced.

  • Comply with BIM Execution Plans

  • Agree, deliverables, resource requirements, deadlines, and priorities for drawing production with project team prior to commencing.

  • Discuss and agree setting out coordinates, grid lines, floor levels and building details with other members of the team.

  • Develop general arrangement, section and detail drawings from Engineer’s sketches and other Design Team members drawings and details, and develop these into co-ordinated building models, drawings and details.

  • Produce the model to a high standard eliminating errors and clashes

  • Input to the co-ordination of Architectural and MEP models on projects

  • Produce work to specified WSP CAD standards

  • Use the available templates, menus and supporting documentation for CAD work and available library items to assist design work

  • Perform self check on models all drawings to a high standard

  • Plan to ensure all drawings reviews are completed in a timely manner prior to issuing.

  • Follow QA procedures, document control, archiving and CDM guidelines on all work

  • Work with project team members on specified aspects of the project

  • Provide advice and coaching to colleagues on intermediate CAD functions when requested

  • Demonstrate initiative throughout the project life span.

  • Knowledge of setting up project template files

  • Knowledge of setting up custom worksets.

  • Knowledge of Revit Phasing

  • Knowledge of Uniclass 2015

  • Familiarity with PAS1192 and BS1192 series of standards

  • Experience working within a Common Data Environment (CDE) for rejecting and approving documents

  • Knowledge of software file types and extensions

  • Liaison with project team members in India and in the UK.

  • Contributing towards CAD estimates

  • Monitor work and fee tracking documents

  • Save project correspondence

  • Personal improvement

  • Help or guide others as required.

 

Key Competencies / Skills

Mandatory Skills

  • Expert knowledge of Revit, AutoCAD and to be able to use all the standard functions on the software and to coach junior staff in its use.

  • As detailer prepares detailed plans, drawings and other documents for the manufacture, construction of concrete structures and erection of steel members (columns, beams, braces, trucsses, stairs, handrails, joists, metal deckin, etc.) used in the construction of buildings and non building structures.

  • Review and check accuracy of Structural drawings using check list and group standards.

  • Use of AutoCAD, BIM360/ACC and Navisworks

  • Use of Microsoft /Office 365 and MS Teams

  • Experience of working on several medium size projects, as the sole CAD support or as part of a wider CAD team

  • Experience of working on a variety of projects across different sectors

  • Understand structural mechanics and how buildings are put together

  • Good understanding of the role of Consulting Engineers and your part in this

  • Understand RIBA work stages, LOD and drawing requirements at each stage

  • Implement of lesson learn and how can they be used for future project

  • Coordinate with other diciplines

  • Clear understanding of industry standards

  • Mentor Juniors and review junior works

  • Handle multiple project with help of juniors

Desired Skills

Able to demonstrate competence in:

  • Showing initiative

  • Communication skills in oral and written English.

  • Organization skills

  • Innovative mindset

  • Team-working 

  • Self-development

  • Building client relationships 

  • Improvement and quality

  • Accountability

  • Revit Family creation

  • Parametric Modelling

  • Embodied Carbon

  • Underground drainage modelling.

  • Useful software Revit all versions, AutoCAD, Bluebeam, Navis manage, ACC / Forma

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