Lead Engineering Technician
About the Position: Serves as a Lead Civil Engineering Technician, subject matter expert, and advisor for Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Building Information Modeling (BIM) activities throughout the Dam Safety Production Center Huntington (DSPC-H). Provides guidance to senior leaders and users in the DSPCs and U.S. Army Corps of Engineer (USACE) districts.
Serves as Lead Civil Engineering Technician within the Dam Safety Production Center Huntington (DSPC-H) in Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Building Information Modeling (BIM).
Distributes and balances the workload among employees assuring timely accomplishment of assigned workload, in coordination with supervisor.
Estimates and reports on time of completion and resolves CAD/BIM problems and issues.
Guides DSPC-H and District CAD/BIM managers and users with effective rollout of new USACE-approved technology developments and solutions.
Serves as primary USACE point of contact for coordination with the USACE CAD/BIM Technology Center.
Guides DSPC efforts to adopt and adhere to A/E/C CAD Standards, A/E/C Graphic Standards, and USACE Advanced Modeling BIM/CIM Standards.
Serves as DSPC expert to interface CAD/BIM initiatives and issues with DSPC, district, division, and higher-level representatives.
Develops recommended workforce training to improve application of CAD/BIM tools and practices.
Executes significant DSPC-H projects representing an important segment of the agency’s CAD/BIM programs.
Participates in CAD/BIM Engineering and Construction Sub-Community of Practice (CoP) to maintain technical competency and regional teamwork.
Serves as the USACE Autodesk POC and provides instruction and lessons learned to district CAD/BIM Managers and users and leads the structured Autodesk Discovery Sessions.
Coordinates the work of DSPC CAD/BIM teams to include communication of DSPC CAD/BIM standards and practices and the software/hardware aspects of projects produced by in–house design teams in the BIM environment.
Participates in project workshops, to include providing training/mentoring, and actively participates in wide planning, development, and production programs related to CAD/BIM.