Freese and Nichols
Overview
OpenRoads Senior Designer
with advanced experience in Bentley OpenRoads Designer and Autodesk Civil 3D to contribute to water resources design projects in the Houston, Texas area. The candidate will produce 3D models, drawings, and details for heavy civil infrastructure projects and support BIM/CAD workload coordination within the group and across the multi-state practice. The role involves collaboration with BIM/CAD technicians and designers, civil engineers, and project managers. An AutoCAD Civil 3D skills assessment may be required during the interview process.
Responsibilities
Understands project requirements, scope of work, and deliverables. Provides practice-level input.
Prepares detail and layout drawings and sketches for complex designs requiring theoretical and practical engineering knowledge.
Performs discipline design tasks that regularly apply fundamental engineering concepts with limited input from engineers or architects.
May provide conceptual input during project planning stages.
Interfaces with other practices, groups, clients, vendors, and project engineers to support project production.
Develops and implements new processes to ensure consistent quality.
Manages project models to ensure proper setup, referencing, and maintenance. Contributes to continuous improvement of model setup, standards, templates, and processes.
Provides leadership with a holistic project view and makes independent project-level decisions trusted by engineers. Works under broad assignments guided by project scopes, operating plans, and practice plans. Accomplishments are achieved with minimal supervision.
Provides direction, assistance, and mentoring to BIM/CAD technicians and designers. Ensures deliverables across the practice are professional and aligned with standards, templates, and processes.
Qualifications
11+ years of practice-level experience in engineering design and technical engineering support
Experience using Bentley’s OpenRoads
Experience using Bentley’s ProjectWise
Advanced expertise in computer operation and in BIM/CAD software
Proven ability to learn, adapt, and problem solve to produce accurate and quality deliverables
Ability to work with all levels of personnel
Broad range of work, sometimes complex and non-routine, in various environments
Recommend design changes for project improvements
Estimate and oversee BIM/CAD workload
Overcome obstacles to help a project move forward
Convert written and verbal information into drawings
Knowledge of company, industry, and technical vocabulary
Coordinate with team members
Produce concise, well-written materials and understand project scopes
Create and conduct presentations and training
High School diploma or equivalent
Preferred
BIM/CAD Associate's Degree or Certification
About Freese and Nichols At the heart of our culture are our LEADS values (Learn continuously, Engage as family, Act with integrity, Deliver quality, and Serve always). Our employee engagement surveys consistently reflect that our leaders and employees live these values.
We strive to be the firm of choice for clients and employees through innovative approaches, practical results, and outstanding service. For more than 130 years, we have been planning and designing the infrastructure communities need: developing water supplies, designing roadways and bridges, preparing for natural disasters, and more.
Our benefits package includes details at https://www.freese.com/services/benefits-that-work/. We offer paid overtime for salaried employees, an annual bonus, and access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico. We support a hybrid work schedule with up to 40% remote work and an alternative work schedule with a day off every other Friday.
Join our team of 1,300+ employees as we grow from Virginia to Colorado. Learn more at https://www.freese.com/careers/.
Freese and Nichols is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for applicants based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable laws.
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OpenRoads Senior Designer
with advanced experience in Bentley OpenRoads Designer and Autodesk Civil 3D to contribute to water resources design projects in the Houston, Texas area. The candidate will produce 3D models, drawings, and details for heavy civil infrastructure projects and support BIM/CAD workload coordination within the group and across the multi-state practice. The role involves collaboration with BIM/CAD technicians and designers, civil engineers, and project managers. An AutoCAD Civil 3D skills assessment may be required during the interview process.
Responsibilities
Understands project requirements, scope of work, and deliverables. Provides practice-level input.
Prepares detail and layout drawings and sketches for complex designs requiring theoretical and practical engineering knowledge.
Performs discipline design tasks that regularly apply fundamental engineering concepts with limited input from engineers or architects.
May provide conceptual input during project planning stages.
Interfaces with other practices, groups, clients, vendors, and project engineers to support project production.
Develops and implements new processes to ensure consistent quality.
Manages project models to ensure proper setup, referencing, and maintenance. Contributes to continuous improvement of model setup, standards, templates, and processes.
Provides leadership with a holistic project view and makes independent project-level decisions trusted by engineers. Works under broad assignments guided by project scopes, operating plans, and practice plans. Accomplishments are achieved with minimal supervision.
Provides direction, assistance, and mentoring to BIM/CAD technicians and designers. Ensures deliverables across the practice are professional and aligned with standards, templates, and processes.
Qualifications
11+ years of practice-level experience in engineering design and technical engineering support
Experience using Bentley’s OpenRoads
Experience using Bentley’s ProjectWise
Advanced expertise in computer operation and in BIM/CAD software
Proven ability to learn, adapt, and problem solve to produce accurate and quality deliverables
Ability to work with all levels of personnel
Broad range of work, sometimes complex and non-routine, in various environments
Recommend design changes for project improvements
Estimate and oversee BIM/CAD workload
Overcome obstacles to help a project move forward
Convert written and verbal information into drawings
Knowledge of company, industry, and technical vocabulary
Coordinate with team members
Produce concise, well-written materials and understand project scopes
Create and conduct presentations and training
High School diploma or equivalent
Preferred
BIM/CAD Associate's Degree or Certification
About Freese and Nichols At the heart of our culture are our LEADS values (Learn continuously, Engage as family, Act with integrity, Deliver quality, and Serve always). Our employee engagement surveys consistently reflect that our leaders and employees live these values.
We strive to be the firm of choice for clients and employees through innovative approaches, practical results, and outstanding service. For more than 130 years, we have been planning and designing the infrastructure communities need: developing water supplies, designing roadways and bridges, preparing for natural disasters, and more.
Our benefits package includes details at https://www.freese.com/services/benefits-that-work/. We offer paid overtime for salaried employees, an annual bonus, and access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico. We support a hybrid work schedule with up to 40% remote work and an alternative work schedule with a day off every other Friday.
Join our team of 1,300+ employees as we grow from Virginia to Colorado. Learn more at https://www.freese.com/careers/.
Freese and Nichols is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for applicants based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable laws.
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