Drafter
Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering
Philadelphia, PA
Role Summary:
This position requires a high level of proficiency in Revit and its application within a structural engineering firm’s workflow. The primary objective of this role is to serve as the office?wide Revit expert: the individual who can produce and manage structural models and drawing sets, while supporting, maintaining, and advancing how Revit is used across the firm.
The Structural / BIM Designer should be capable of taking projects from early conceptual modeling through coordinated permit and construction documents, while maintaining and improving drafting standards, detail libraries, templates, and production workflows. The ideal candidate demonstrates strong technical understanding of structural systems, integrates architectural information efficiently, and provides guidance to internal staff to ensure consistent, efficient, and high?quality documentation across all projects.
Structural Document Production (Drafting & Modeling)
This role requires the ability to independently lead the drafting and modeling components of a structural project, from schematic layout support through final drawing issuance. The candidate should be able to transform architectural information and engineering direction into clear, coordinated, and constructible structural documentation.
Key Responsibilities
BIM Standards, Libraries, Templates, and Process Improvement
Key Responsibilities
Qualifications
- Maintain model integrity, including view organization, annotation consistency, family usage, file cleanliness, and sheet presentation.
- Collaborate with project engineers to develop efficient and constructible layouts while anticipating modeling needs and coordination issues.
- Interpret and evaluate architectural drawings to determine structural intent and assist engineers in identifying necessary framing and load?resisting elements.
- Apply standard details and identify project?specific detailing needs.
- Prepare general notes, schedules, and supporting annotation.
- Produce full structural drawing sets, including framing plans, foundation plans, elevations, sections, and required enlarged views.
- Develop and manage structural Revit models using established firm templates, modeling practices, and drafting standards.
- Work concurrently on multiple projects with engineering staff to produce coordinated structural drawing sets.
- Act as a primary internal resource for resolving technical model issues to ensure coordinated, high?quality documentation.
- Provide training and technical support to staff on Revit usage, modeling strategies, and best?practice drafting workflows.
- Help identify opportunities for workflow optimization, including automation and improvements to company standards.
- Help maintain and update general notes, schedules, and specification language in coordination with engineering staff.
- Help develop, organize, and expand the firm’s structural detail library to ensure details are clear, constructible, and consistently applied across projects.
- Help maintain and refine company drafting and BIM standards, including sheet templates, view templates, modeling conventions, and annotation styles.
- Experience with common TRG project types (commercial, retail, multi?family) is a plus.
- General knowledge of building codes related to structural documentation.
- Familiarity with process automation or workflow optimization tools.
- Experience developing or maintaining Revit standards, templates, detail libraries, and workflows.
- Excellent organization, attention to detail, and commitment to maintaining model integrity and drafting standards.
- Clear communication skills, with the ability to provide technical guidance and support to staff.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with high standards of accuracy and timeliness.
- Ability to interpret architectural drawings and translate engineer direction into coordinated, constructible documentation.
- Experience producing complete structural drawing sets from schematic layout through permit and construction documents.
- Strong understanding of structural systems (steel, concrete, foundations, wood framing, lateral systems, etc.) and coordination with architectural design.
- Advanced proficiency in Autodesk Revit within a structural engineering environment, including modeling, view management, family creation, annotation, and sheet production.