Senior Civil Lead Design Coordinator, Water Infrastructure NZ

Senior Civil Lead Design Coordinator, Water Infrastructure NZ - Shape The Future Of Water Infrastructure

Are you a seasoned Civil Design Technician looking to make a significant impact in the industry? Join our dynamic team and lead the way in creating innovative water infrastructure solutions.

About The Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Civil Lead Design Coordinator to join our Water Infrastructure team in Christchurch. This role can also be based in other NZ locations.

This role is to support the NZ Water & Wastewater Infrastructure Section with the delivery of projects through leading our digital delivery. In this role you will collaborate and coordinate with our NZ Water Team as well as our digital delivery GID (Global Integrated Delivery) teams in India and Manila to support the GID drafting delivery on projects. This will include the review of GID delivered work to ensure it meets the NZ and client specific standards.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the coordination of the GID Team, quality checking and providing engineering design and drafting support for projects. This role requires a dynamic individual with Civil 3D experience who can offer technical input within the design team, undertake technical reviews of deliverables, mentorship of junior team members and actively participate in project meetings.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide design and drafting support for project teams.
• Ability to coordinate design documentation deliverables across disciplines.
• Coordinate the setup of projects on data sources and manage user access.
• Provide technical input within the design team.
• Attend and participate in project meetings.
• Effective communication both internally and externally.
• Support and promote strong service delivery to internal and external clients.
• Promote and participate in resource sharing opportunities.
• Support Project Managers in managing operational risk, HSE, and quality.
• Assisting the Bid Teams with budget estimates and digital delivery methodology.

Here's What You'll Need:

This role requires an 'on the tools' approach with setting up, preparing the digital deliverables.

• Work as a senior/lead civil designer on a range of engineering projects largely within the water industry spanning a variety of disciplines, primarily Civil with coordinating Process, Mechanical, Structural, Electrical and Geotechnical.

• Cross market collaboration across power generation, transportation, urban and industrial infrastructure

• Technical 2D and 3D model and drawing production utilising appropriate tools and software (such as Civil 3D and AutoCAD) within a team of technical staff.

• Supplementary technical knowledge and experience of other disciplines such as mechanical piping, process, structural and ECI is a bonus.

• Digital Coordination and Management, including clash detection and coordination, model management and audits and maintaining digital delivery documentation.

• Assisting project team in the set-up of digital delivery systems at the commencement of new projects on CDEs such as ACC or ProjectWise.

• Undertaking modelling and drafting reviews on projects to ensure a consistently high standard of drafting is being maintained.

• Assisting in the forward planning of digital delivery resource needs and workloads.

• Providing mentoring of engineers / designers / drafters to assist in their professional development.

• Participating in all phases of project delivery, under the direction of Engineers, Project Managers and the Digital Delivery Lead.

• Adhering to quality assurance processes and practices including document control and design verification.

• Working within program and budget controls in order for the company to meet its commercial obligations.

• Collaborates and promotes in resource sharing opportunities, encouraging cross-geography relationships in order to maximise the benefit of global delivery to our clients and our people.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Ideally around 5 - 10 years' experience with, AutoCAD, Civil3D and/or12D, more would be preferable
• Experience with Civil3D is essential
• Experience with ProjectWise, Autodesk Construction Cloud and Navisworks and/or Revisto.
• Have knowledge and experience with civil design projects including topographic surveys, DTMs, pipeline grading, and utility layouts.
• Ability to work independently, coordinate with various disciplines, and to manage multiple tasks and projects under deadlines, as well as anticipate, identify, and resolve problems in a timely and positive manner
• ISO 19650 BIM Practitioner level a bonus.

Why Join Us?

At Jacobs, we thrive in a global setting, encouraging cross-geography relationships to maximize the benefits of global delivery to our clients and our people. You will support your team to ensure it can thrive in this environment, fostering collaboration and innovation.

Jacobs. A World Where We Can.