VDC Designer
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Modern Niagara helps building owners managers and general contractors meet themechanical electrical integrated building technology and buildingservicesneeds 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 a VDC Designer with strong REVIT experience and multiple system knowledge/code understanding/ routing optimization is developing. to join our Calgary Edmonton or Vancouver team!
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 assisting with 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 systems with Spooling drawing output support
- Sleeving/Embeds/Trimble
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.
OVERVIEW OF RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Modelling 3D building system to improve the concepts shown in consultant drawings with QAQC steps for at least one of the disciplines; systems must meet code requirements and must be installable with maximum efficiency and minimize material/labour costs
- Issuing complete paper/pdf drawings to the 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 orproject
- Sketches rough layouts and computes angles weights surface areas dimensions clearances tolerances leverages and location of openings
- Work cross-functionally to ensure designs are developed to support overall project timing
- Develop and implement design workflows that transition from Computer-Aided Design (CAD) to Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) to streamline fabrication and installation processes.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
- 3 years of REVITexperience for Mechanical projects is preferred
- Post Secondary Diploma inMechanicalor Construction Technology or other relevant technology field
- Experience in themechanicalcontracting trade (HVACplumbingpipingsheet metal etc.)
- Experience in reading and interpreting construction drawings and documents
- Experience in the construction industry or industry trade
- Problem solving in anengineering/manufacturing/ construction environment using any design tools.
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 2SLGBTQIA 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
Employment Type
Full-Time
