Senior Structural Designer - REMOTE WORK
Job Title:
Senior Structural Designer
Location:
Remote (U.S. based)
FLSA Classification
Non-exempt
Job Description:
Orbital Engineering is seeking a Senior Structural Designer to support industrial client projects in a REMOTE WORK role. Occasional travel to active industrial client sites may be required, including field verification in operating plants, refineries, mills, manufacturing facilities, power facilities, or similar industrial environments. Candidates must be comfortable coordinating around existing equipment, congested layouts, constructability constraints, and plant safety requirements.
Essential Functions
- Prepare design drawings to facilitate timely and cost-effective construction of structural systems
- Collaborate with civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineers and designers throughout the design process
- Review structural drawings for errors and omissions
- Review project contract documents to ensure quality and accuracy
- Attend weekly project meetings to review design and project progress
- Lead and support 3D structural design efforts in Advance Steel and/or Revit, including model setup, drawing production workflows, coordination with other disciplines, and development of repeatable standards for industrial structural deliverables.
- Review, update, and help enforce CAD, Advance Steel, and Revit standards for industrial structural projects, including modeling practices, drawing templates, checking procedures, and coordination expectations across project teams.
- Mentor junior designers, provide first-level oversight of structural deliverables, and help guide project teams through industrial modeling, drawing production, checking, and coordination workflows.
Other Duties
Please note that this job posting does not list all duties and responsibilities that are required of this job. Duties and responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice.
Qualifications:
- 10+ years of structural design experience in heavy industrial or process-industrial facilities, with strong working knowledge of structural steel, reinforced concrete, equipment supports, pipe supports, platforms, access steel, foundations, and retrofit work in existing facilities.
- Experience designing and drafting structural systems in heavy industrial environments such as chemical, petrochemical, metals, manufacturing, power, midstream, mining, or similar process and production facilities.
- Knowledge of industry standards
- Proficiency with Advance Steel and Revit
- Advanced proficiency with Advance Steel and/or Revit, with the ability to set up models, produce structural deliverables, troubleshoot modeling issues, coordinate with other disciplines, and coach other designers toward consistent project execution.
- Navisworks experience is a plus
- Steel detailing experience is a plus
- Excellent teamwork skills
- Self-motivated with strong attention to detail
- High school diploma or equivalent; Associate degree in design and drafting is a plus