Career Opportunity: Structural Steel Detailer

Mc Menamin Engineering Ltd is a family-owned businesses with over 35 years’ experience in Structural Steel Fabrication, based in the outskirts of Killygordon, Co Donegal, who are currently seeking to recruit a Structural Steel Detailer with project management experience.  
  • Job Purpose
The purpose of this position is to prepare detailed plans, drawings and other documents for the manufacture and erection of steel members (columns, beams, braces, trusses, stairs, handrails, joists, metal decking, etc.) used in construction. The main tasks associated with the position however are not limited to:
  • Produces detailed drawings for steel fabricators (shop drawings) and steel erectors (erection drawings)
  • Prepares detailed plans, drawings and other documents for the manufacture and erection of steel members (columns, beams, braces, trusses, stairs, handrails, joists, metal decking
  • Detail structural and plate steel, and miscellaneous metals
  • Work closely with architects, engineers, general contractors and steel fabricators
  • Managing employee schedules to ensure that projects are delivered to meet customers timeframes
  Responsibilities  
  • Comply with the requirements of the design drawings and with all industry standards and protocols
  • Problem solve
  • Maintain an organized drawing and job file system keeping track of drawings for approval, approved, and in production
  • Communicate with all relevant people – architects/shop floor/steel erector
  • Responsible for any drawing requirements for temporary works and site changes
  • Operate to the Drawing Office standards for all work and ensure that the deliverable deadlines are achieved
  • Work closely with the clients Production team to ensure that the drawings produced are compatible
  • In all interactions with customers our culture of quality, professionalism, fairness, can do attitude and a state of being easy to do business with should be held foremost in our client’s minds
  • Perform structural and miscellaneous steel detail checking to ensure the drawings conform to the projection specifications, engineering requirements, standards, and operational specific specifications
  • Understand and evaluate employee limitations and work with them to reach a solution.
  Key Skills  
  • Ability to handle multiple jobs and meet deadlines
  • Work with others in a close office atmosphere
  • Have a dedicated and strong work ethic
  • Be able to create and maintain check lists, graphs and reports for monitoring checking requirements
  • Work with Engineering and Design teams to resolve discrepancies
  • Work collaboratively in a team environment; interact with individuals at all organisational levels in a professional manner
  • Good organisational skills
  • Interpersonal skills: helping team members perform to the best of their ability
  • Time management skills: You should have the ability to evaluate what’s most important and to allocate your own time and team members time accordingly
  • Problem-solving abilities: You should possess an ability to gauge different solutions to evaluate problems and select the one most likely to bring about the results you need.
  The ideal candidate should have the following:  
  • A third level qualification in Civil or Structural Engineering
  • Competent steel detailer, with a minimum of 3 years working experience with Tekla Structures is an advantage
  • Project management experience of managing projects from inception through all stages to completion
  • A good communicator with all the relevant personal (architects, engineers, contractors, fabricators), to ensure delivery timescales are met
  • Full Drivers licence
This Position is a full-time Permanent position, where the successful candidate will have a have a significant role within our company and we will provide training where appropriate.

If you are interested in this role, forward your CV to: jobs@mcmenaminengineering.ie