Overview
Venture Global LNG is a long-term, low-cost provider of American-produced liquefied natural gas. The company’s two Louisiana-based export projects service the global demand for North American natural gas and support the long-term development of clean and reliable North American energy supplies. Using reliable, proven technology in an innovative plant design configuration, Venture Global’s modular, mid-scale plant design will replace traditional designs as it allows for the same efficiency and operational reliability at significantly lower capital cost.
We are seeking a Civil Designer to join our team in Houston.
Position Overview
We are seeking a highly skilled civil designer to join our team who has extensive experience in 3D modeling of grading, drainage, paving, and roads utilizing Autodesk Civil 3D. This position will serve multiple roles with the goal of ensuring efficiently produced high quality civil drawings and 3D design models for our projects. The candidate must be capable of producing detailed and accurate 3D design models that comply with all the civil design criteria. The candidate is required to have experience in the Detailed Design phase of engineering for producing civil engineering drawings and 3D Models.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in 3D Modeling of grading, drainage, paving, and roads in AutoDesk Civil 3D within the last 10 years.
- 5+ years of “Detailed Design” experience in civil design for multiple projects.
- 5+ years of experience in the Oil, Gas, and Chemical Industry.
- 7+ years of experience in civil design.
- Preferred 10+ years of experience in Computer Aided Drafting and Design (CADD/CAD).
- Preferred credentials: Associates Degree or higher in CADD/CAD; Autodesk Certified Professional (ACP) in AutoCAD; ACP in Civil 3D; Certified Survey Technician (CST) – ACSM; Certified Engineering Technician (CET) – NICET; Autodesk Certified Instructor (ACI); Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering; Professional Engineering License; Certified Civil 3D Professional from an Autodesk Learning Partner.
- If not of the above credentials are met, information on other structured training needs to be provided.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate the development of the 3D design models and drawings for projects.
- Contribute to the development of the civil design criteria.
- Set up the files for 3D design models and drawings where needed.
- Set up starting examples of 3D design models for others to continue.
- Ensure 3D design models are accurate, complete, and compliant with the design criteria.
- Help keep projects on schedule by implementing efficient methods for producing drawings and 3D design models.
- Contribute to the production of 3D design models and drawings where needed.
- Provide on-the-job training and guidance to engineers and designers in 3D modeling and drawings production.
- Help develop design standards, guidelines, and templates.
Preferred Skills
- Detail oriented, technically proficient, able to manage multiple tasks with separate deadlines, and willing to contribute across roles as needed.
- General 2D AutoCAD: tiled plans, title blocks, layers management, drawing-to-scale details, annotations, and coordinate transformations.
- General Civil 3D Modeling: proficient with alignments, profiles, sections, assemblies, corridors, and exporting Civil 3D models to 3D formats.
- Civil 3D Grading: ability to create detailed grading models using feature lines and pasted surfaces with appropriate elevation calculations.
- Civil 3D Roads: able to create and modify road assemblies and design road profiles per relevant design guides and standards.
- Civil 3D Drainage: able to create ditches from corridors and design drainage networks.
Venture Global LNG is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law.
Senioriy level
- Not Applicable
Employment type
- Full-time
Job function
- Industries