Job Post!!!

Have you ever encountered a job posting that felt more like a novel than a job description?

I recently came across one for a Senior Civil Designer position. After skimming through a few lines, I realized it was a lengthy post. When I pasted it into Microsoft Word, it spanned a whopping eight pages! This was significantly longer than most candidate resumes. It's worth noting that a Senior Civil Designer's primary responsibilities typically involve preparing drawings, 3D models, and coordinating with other disciplines. I couldn't help but wonder if this excessive job posting was merely a way for company to show off their hiring activity, or if they were genuinely seeking qualified candidates."

I have copied the job posting below, substituting XYZ for the company name.

About the job

Building on our past. Ready for the future XYZ is a global professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources experts. We partner with customers to deliver projects and create value over the life of their assets. We’re bridging two worlds, moving towards more sustainable energy sources, while helping to provide the energy, chemicals and resources needed now. Primary Objectives / Responsibilities Technical Competency

• Supports adherence to accepted engineering and design practices, regulatory requirements, and customer specifications.
• Supports the standardization of equipment specifications, drawings, and document templates.
• Contributes to the understanding of technical knowledge, legal requirements, and customer specifications whenever viable and lawful.
• Uses local/global standards to support technical excellence.
• Supports checking, peer reviews, and incorporation of comments and findings.
• Deliver Civil Structural discipline specific design and drafting services that meet XYZ, the client’s and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements
• Apply recognised offshore / onshore engineering practices applicable to Civil Structural design engineering.
• Checking of drawings / models and maintaining quality of deliverables

Project Execution

• Knows the project and discipline scope/cost/time requirements, assists the team to meet expectations, and coordinates with other disciplines to ensure project success.
• Supports management of project change and progressing for the discipline and works with the Project Management Team to take corrective actions regarding any issues, scope changes, progressing, or other events that could affect project completion and/or profitability.
• Initiate, design and drafting assignments on projects requirements on time and within budget.
• Proactively resolve any discrepancies between XYZ and the client’s requirements.
• Competent with the project estimating process and can input design deliverables into estimating module

Project Deliverables

• Gathers data from multiple sources and prepares analyses, calculations, etc.
• Assists with recommendations and helps create final documentation.
• Determines technical issues, defines alternate solutions, establishes pros/cons for multiple solutions, and makes recommendations to support official project documents such as technical queries, technical deviations, etc.
• Creates final documentation incorporating all relevant information and pursues internal authorization.
• Ensuring technical integrity of the Civil Structural deliverables through the implementation of checking and design review activities.
• Perform discipline specific design and drafting services such as:
• ensure the project scope is clear and that changes to scope comply with project change management processes;
• if required, participate in studies and analyses and recommend actions;
• prepare engineering drawings and documentation;
• ensure all drawings and documents are checked in accordance with XYZ checking procedures; and
• participate in project reviews as required.

Site Support

• Seeks input from knowledgeable sources, participates in constructability, operability, and maintainability reviews, and incorporates requirements into design.
• Work with site personnel to resolve issues.
• Create plans or documents that supports construction, testing, commissioning, operations, maintenance, or decommissioning.

May provide on-site support for construction, commissioning, or turn over. XYZ, Vision, Purpose & Values Understands and communicates XYZ’s Vision, Purpose & Values and translates the strategy into practical goals and objectives for self and team members Quality Assurance Work within the provisions and guidelines of the Quality Assurance systems. Safety

• Responsible for personal safety and working within the Occupational Health & Safety procedures.
• Competent in implementing HSE in the design process, focuses on process safety and strives to use best practice

Job Specific Knowledge

• Personnel shall have the specified minimum project experience in mainly Oil & Gas/refinery or petrochemicals and shall be knowledgeable of the applicable Engineering codes and standards.
• Preparation of drawings for the concrete and steel structures using softwares like ACAD/PDMS/PDS and Microstation
• Preparation of reinforcement detail drawings for the concrete structures
• Preparation of site grading drawings.
• Interaction with other department for clarifications on information’s relevant to drawing undertaken
• Maintaining records of drawings and other documents as assigned by the Discipline Manager\lead\Senior Engineer
• Estimation of concrete and structural steel quantities of respective drawings
• 3-D modelling of structures using PDMS/PDS
• Extraction of drawings from 3-D model
• Competent in the use of 2D & 3D software and developing skills in design software
• Specialized knowledge in the preparation of Civil / Structural deliverables including drawings, sketches, diagrams, lists, 3D models, MTOs, schedules, registers etc. in compliance with the Basis of Design

Essential Competencies

• Relating and Networking:

Relates well to people at all levels; Establishes good relationships within and outside team; Uses a range of interpersonal skills to effectively engage with people across the organisation

• Applying Expertise & Technology:

Uses technology to achieve work objectives; Develops job knowledge and expertise through continual professional development; Demonstrates an understanding of different organisational departments and functions

• Planning and Organising:

Manages own time and own processes effectively and set own work priorities. Prioritises what needs to be done and has a sense of urgency about achieving outcomes Works with minimum supervision and is able to work to schedule, usually completes work on time

• Delivering Results and Meeting Customer Expectations:

Takes responsibility for customer satisfaction and solving customer problems/ issues Understanding the types and the nature of the work we have across projects and the capabilities required for different types of projects Excellent customer focus and able to consistently meet XYZ and its clients needs Able to identify issues, problems and opportunities; make timely decisions; develop appropriate and innovative solutions; and ask for assistance if required

• Following Instructions and Procedures:

Competent user of workflow procedure for delivering Civil Structural deliverables. Familiar with XYZ Civil Structural Standards & Codes of relevance to Brownfields Engineering Design.

• Coping with Pressures and Setbacks

Maintains a positive outlook at work; Works productively in a pressurised environment; Keeps emotions under control during difficult situations; Handles criticism well and learns from it; Desirable Competencies

• Deciding and Initiating Action:

Takes responsibility for actions; Takes initiative and works under own direction;

• Working with People:

Communicate effectively with the discipline team and project stakeholders. Recognises the value of cultural diversity and applies appropriate workplace practices. Apply an awareness and willingness to work as a team member. Establish good working relationships with team, peers and senior managers

• Adhering to Principles and Values:

Demonstrates integrity; Upholds ethics and values;

• Analysing:

Is able to analyse engineering/design problems methodically and arrive at satisfactory solutions; Analyses numerical data and all other sources of information; Demonstrates an understanding of how one issue may be a part of a much larger system.

• Learning & Researching:

Rapidly learns new tasks and commits information to memory quickly; Demonstrates an immediate understanding of newly presented information; Gathers comprehensive information to support decision making.

• Achieving Personal Work Goals and Objectives

Pro-active, goal oriented with excellent attention to detail. Effectively manages change to work tasks and the work environment. Industry Specific Experience

• Relevant experience in project experience in in Brown Field Oil and Gas related Civil / Structural Design and Engineering

Education – Qualifications, Accreditation, Training

• Trade Apprenticeship, Certificate, Diploma, Advance Diploma of Engineering Technology in Civil or Structural discipline

HSE Capability

• Maintain HSE focus with the team to ensure OHSE requirements.
• Demonstrate behaviour and business practices commensurate with a culture of world’s best health, safety and environmental performance.
• Demonstrate a visible and active commitment to:
• personal well-being;
• healthy and safe workplaces and activities; and
• Continuously improve XYZ health, safety and environmental performance.
• Identify and report work hazards and incidents

IT Skills

• Proficient in AutoCad, Microstation and 3D capabilitye

People Skills

• Able to work in diverse team.
• Able to work effectively in small to large multi-disciplinary teams and share and transfer knowledge

Other

• Good English communication skills (spoken & written)
• A person of integrity who is trusted by others and consistently honours their commitments.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills, including the ability to convey information and ideas to individuals and groups.
• Demonstrates initiative and a willingness to learn and continuously improve on performance.
• Able to work on multiple projects of various size and complexity.

Moving forward together We’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels they belong, can bring themselves, and are heard. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by law. We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. So, our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection and innovation. And we're not just talking about it; we're doing it. We're reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in today's low carbon energy infrastructure and technology. Whatever your ambition, there’s a path for you here. And there’s no barrier to your potential career success. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of delivering sustainable change