Job Description

Description :

Modern Niagara helps building owners, managers, and general contractors meet the mechanical, electrical, integrated building technology, and building services needs of their buildings across Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Southwestern Ontario, and Ottawa. We also develop custom, turnkey solutions to help reach the desired outcomes. We are committed to having a positive and meaningful impact on Canadas infrastructure and on the communities where we live, learn, work, and heal.

WE BUILD FOR LIFE.

We value passion, initiative, determination, professionalism, and teamwork and we are committed to ensuring that our teams have everything they need to succeed. Health and safety are embedded in everything we do and, as a result, our award-winning safety culture has a record thats well above industry standards.

At Modern Niagara, you will work alongside values-driven, safety-conscious, and high-impact teams in a fast-paced, innovative, and collaborative environment. Here, your knowledge, skills, and excellent service will help ensure that the buildings that make up Canadas infrastructure fulfill the needs they were set out to meet.

Modern Niagara is one of Canadas Best Managed Companies and is a recipient of SMACNAs Safety Excellence Award Program (SSEAP) - Canada and the Canadian Occupational Safety (COS) Magazines Gold Winner for Canadas Safest Employers Award in the Building and Construction category and Excellence Winner for Canadas Best Health + Safety Culture Award as well as Canadas Best Health + Safety Leader Award.

We are seeking designers where REVIT understanding is strong, and multiple system knowledge/code understanding/ routing optimization is developing.

The responsibilities of the Virtual Design & Construction Designer are to understand and further develop Engineering Consultant designs into fabricable/installable/coordinated virtual models to represent eventual site installation

The VDC Designer will ultimately be responsible for designing/modelling at least two of the following disciplines for projects using virtual construction technologies:

• Mechanical & Domestic Distribution systems
• Gravity & venting systems
• Ductwork Systems
• Mechanical room large bore piping systems with Spooling drawing output support
• Sleeving/Embeds/Trimble
• Conduit Runs
• Electrical Room/Distribution System

The VDC Designer uses modelling and coordination software to route & reroute their discipline amongst the architectural /structural /building elements. The VDC Designer routing must be optimized to reduce costs; ease installation; follow relevant codes; improve consultants design; and represent the intent of our trades.

This role is in constant contact with the VDC Project Lead and the Project Superintendent, so that work is vetted, and agrees with project strategies.

NOTE: Should you be shortlisted for this role prior to the interview stage, you will be required to submit a portfolio of either modelling (REVIT/AutoCAD/SketchUp etc.) work, plumbing/installation photos, or artistic work for the panel's assessment of your spatial intelligence/skill level.

OVERVIEW OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Modelling 3D building system to improve the concepts shown in consultant drawings, with QAQC steps for the at least one of disciplines; systems must relevant meet code requirements and must be installable with maximum efficiency and minimize material/labour costs
• Issuing complete paper/pdf drawings are to site team, with QAQC steps
• Maintain copies of drawings and information regarding changes to database
• Assists to bring profitability and competitive advantage to Modern Niagara with VDC technologies, ensures delivery dates are met
• Oversees Fittings Libraries and reports incorrect fittings to the VDC Manager
• Makes final sketch of proposed drawings, checking dimensions, materials to be used, relation of one part to another, and relation of various parts to whole structure or project
• Sketches rough layouts and computes angles, weights, surface areas, dimensions, radii, clearances, tolerances, leverages, and location of openings
• Work cross-functionally to ensure designs are developed to support overall project timing
• Other duties as requested

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Education Required: Post Secondary Diploma in Mechanical or Construction Technology or other relevant technology field or extensive experience in the mechanical contracting trade.
• Experience in reading and interpreting construction drawings and documents.
• Experience in the construction industry, or industry trade.
• Strong computer skills with hands-on working knowledge of MS Office, particularly Excel and Word.
• Artistic Minimum: clearly sketch isometric piping.
• Average to strong written & verbal communication skills.
• Consideration given for: AutoCAD, Navisworks, Google sketchup, REVIT, other 3D systems.
• Problem solving in an engineering/manufacturing/ construction environment using any design tools.
• Ability to work in an office and field environment and maintain excellent working relationships with others.
• Team player, energetic, resourceful.
• Willingness to commit to continuous learning.
• Well organized with an ability to pay attention to detail.
• Effective communicator with the ability to develop effective working relationships with employees at all levels.
• Sense of urgency and drive to succeed, must be comfortable working within a deadline driven, fast paced environment.
• Resourceful, energetic and able to manage multiple priorities.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

At Modern Niagara, we recognize the value of fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization and are committed to eliminating barriers faced by members of equity-seeking groups (women, Indigenous, Black, racialized, LGTBQ2S+, people with disabilities, and new immigrants) in the construction industry. Our DEI vision is to build an organization where everyone has access to the same opportunities, experience equitable outcomes, and can thrive and reach their full potential.

We value the diversity of the people we hire and serve. Modern Niagara is an equal opportunity employer. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please advise us so that suitable accommodations can be made. We can be reached at careers@modernniagara.com.

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