Overview

A major international engineering firm, who adopt modern Lean construction techniques and are the market leaders in BIM, are recruiting for 5 Civil or Structural CAD / BIM Technicians of various levels to join their award winning BIM Engineering Team for the £2 billion Infrastructure Mega Project to build a new Nuclear Power Station at Hinkley Point.

Civil/Structural Technician will report to the Lead BIM Engineer and either support a Senior BIM Engineer with a large package of works or take ownership of their very own package, potentially with an Assistant underneath them.

Project

Working on the UK’s first New Nuclear Power Station in over 20 years, this extremely high profile project duration is 7 years and the project consists of highly complex massive reinforced structures and buildings. The scale of the project is huge - each nuclear island is the equivalent size of St Paul’s Cathedral; and around enough concrete will be poured to fill Twickenham Rugby Stadium to roof level.

Location

The position will be based in Bristol town centre.

Salary

£30,000 - 40,000 DOE - Pkg includes Car (BMW 1 or Audi A3) or £4000 Car Allowance + pension + health + lodge + 25 days holiday.

AREA OF KEY RESPONSIBILITY (not necessary to know all the below training especially on software will be included)

Production of construction information - models and drawings

• Generation of site plans, access routes and pour sequences etc. in 2D and 3D.
• Modelling of temporary installations, plant and site hoarding will have to be produced as necessary to be used in4D sequencing and for coordination.
• Ensure that project environmental procedures are implemented to satisfy contractual environmental obligations and any necessary third party consents and approvals.
• RC detailing of temporary works may be required (Experience not essential)

4D Sequencing

• 4D sequencing to program (linking to Primavera P6 or Microsoft project via Navis Works).
• Step by step construction (week on week) 4D sequencing within a model environment.
• ‘Virtual builds’ to support method statements as instruction packs, particularly for reinforcement placement.

Development and use of component parts

• Develop and maintain a 3D library of custom and third party supplier’s components containing relevant attribute data for use by site teams in their federated models.

Information, Change Control & Records

• Ultimately responsible for ensuring that the site teams always have access to the latest information via federated models.
• All information (models and drawings) must be produced in line with client naming and formatting systems.

Clash detection and coordination

• Coordinating all the companies and third party models into federated models as required by site and planning teams.
• Running clash checks and reviewing model for errors and details which would create an issue for the construction or operation of the structure.

Schedule information and equipment lists

• Generation of resource and material usage reports based on programme.
• Generation of equipment lists.

Engineering Knowledge – Capture, Sharing & Using

• Provide value engineering in determining the best solutions to engineering problems.

EXPERIENCE / BACKGROUND

• Conversant with 3D Drafting skills using AutoCAD/ BIM software - the project aims to exploit all the latest technology as it becomes available, therefore flexibility and willingness to up skill and learn new software/hardware is essential – Currently they are using Telka, however, no experience of this is necessary.
• Looking for candidates with Civil/Structural Background but would also consider someone from another background such as MEP or Architectural but would to have worked on a large civil project and have strong BIM skills.
• Taken ownership of own projects and undertaken some coordination of works
• Experience of civil engineering on large complex projects & taking ownership of your own projects/packages of work
• Self-motivated to lead and achieve the highest levels of excellence
• PC-literate,(Various design package experience)
• 2 + years experience
• AUTOCAD or BUILDING/Engineer related qualification
• Relevant technical/practical experience on infrastructure projects within a design/construction role – working for consultancy, client or contractor.
• Good communication skills