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The Opportunity
We are seeking a Bridge/ Civil Structures Senior Technician to join our Bridge Civil Structures team working collaboratively with other infrastructure engineers/ technicians across North West & Yorkshire. The new employee would help lead the development of a RC detailing capability in the region and operate across a range of Infrastructure environments including our heavy civils such as Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme; within the Rail environment on our current significant Route upgrade, enhancements and renewals projects and frameworks; and our portfolio of Road and Streets projects.
You shall play an active role in producing RC drawings, 2D drawings and 3D models for all stages of a project, from scheme design through to construction design. Our projects vary across numerous sectors and you shall be part of the Bridge Civil Structures team working collaboratively with other infrastructure engineers/technicians across North West & Yorkshire.
The role:
· Being responsible for leading a team in the production and checking of reinforcement drawings.
· Helping with the Production of Building Information Modelling (BIM) documentation across a diverse range of projects.
· Helping to coordinate with different disciplines both internal and external to prepare and maintain BIM models.
· Production of 2D & 3D drawing documentation.
· Assisting the team in creating detailed drawing lists for various Bridge Civil Structure projects. Checking drawings and models for accuracy and quality of own output, as well as work produced by others’, ensuring outputs meet the required standards.
· Managing your own time on projects to ensure deadlines are met & helping with the producing project related correspondence and reports.
· Assisting in the development of other team members where required.
· Contributing to the development of good practice and processes through involvement with the Arup skills network.
· Attend and participate in, presentations and workshops.
Opportunities for further development, with guidance, training and feedback provided.
Requirements
We are looking for an enthusiastic Technician to help drive our reinforcement detailing capabilities forward. The candidate will have excellent technical and software skills who enjoys working collaboratively in multi-professional design teams, contributing to projects from inception to completion to achieve outstanding results.
You will be committed to your own professional development and looking for challenging work to develop your technical / Software skills.
In the long-term you will strive to achieve an understanding of the design process the engineers utilise within the team, to help the technicians to explore the capabilities of various software to develop ways in which the software can be used to streamline the delivery of our work.
You will support the team by helping to deliver high quality BIM models to communicate our design work.
Essential:
· Demonstrate a sound technical base with experience in civil engineering.
· Demonstrate experience in the use of the following software packages:
· RC CAD packages – AutoCAD and Microstation.
· Usual office software i.e. Word, Excel etc.
· Use of information management software such as Projectwise.
· Ability to coach and develop other more junior technicians.
Desirable:
· Appropriate HNC/ degree and ideally a Technician Member of (or working towards) the ICE or related professional body.
· Demonstrate good communication skills and will be able to explain their work confidently to internal and external colleagues.
· Understanding of Bridge and Civil Structures.
· Experience with 3D modelling using packages such as Tekla, Microstation or Revit.
· Parametric and automation capabilities
· Good team player and supportive of the other disciplines. Highly motivated and with a desire to tackle interesting problems with the opportunity of finding innovative solutions.
What we offer you
At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together.
Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.
We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling members to share in the results of our collective efforts.
We also provide Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accident insurance and Income protection cover. In addition, you’ll have access to flexible benefits to help you look after all aspects of your wellbeing and give you the freedom and flexibility to find the best solutions for you, your family, and your individual needs.