Steel Detailing Manager

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Reports to:

General Manager Steel

Position Summary:

The Steel Detailing Manger coordinates project schedules, manages detailing sub- contractors, and ensures the final drawings are accurate and appropriate for fabrication.

• Relationship Building:
  We foster long-term positive relationships with fellow employee- owners, external partners and our communities.
• Accountability:
  We consistently demonstrate a high level of personal accountability.
• Urgency:
  We operate with a sense of urgency.
• Innovation:
  We embrace growth and change.
• Create Return on Efforts: We create positive results on all our efforts.
• Pillars:
  1) Safety,
  2) Quality,
  3) Happiness,
  4) Performance

We are seeking a highly organized and detail-driven Steel Detailing Manager to lead and oversee all outsourced detailing operations for our structural steel fabrication facility.

This role serves as the critical bridge between design intent and fabrication execution. The Steel Detailing Manager is responsible for managing third-party detailing partners, protecting fabrication schedules, enforcing company standards, and ensuring shop and erection drawings are complete, accurate, and production ready.

• Manage, plan, assign, and review the work of outside detailing consultants.
• Establish deadlines, production standards, and performance expectations.
• Conduct weekly coordination meetings with detailing partners.
• Monitor detailing progress and enforce milestone dates.
• Standardize detailing expectations across all vendors.
• Maintain thorough knowledge of departmental processes and continuously improve workflow efficiency.

• Review and approve fabrication and erection drawings and models to ensure:
• Accuracy and completeness
• Compliance with contract documents
• Adherence to company standards and preferred details
• Proactively reduce shop rework, RFIs, and field issues through detailed drawing review.
• Import consultant files into Tekla EPM and coordinate resolution of errors.
• Lead resolution of detailing-related RFIs and coordination challenges.

• Develop detailing schedules aligned with:
• Material procurement timelines
• Mill rolling dates
• Fabrication demand plans
• Erection sequence
• Assist with production schedule development.
• Track drawing submittals, approvals, and release status.
• Prioritize drawing releases to support shop production sequencing.
• Identify and mitigate risks that could impact rolling, fabrication, or erection schedules.
• Assist in communicating design changes and schedule impacts to internal stakeholders.

• Work closely with project managers, estimating, procurement, and fabrication supervisors.
• Coordinate Tekla Structures/SDS2 deliveries from outside consultants.
• Support alignment between detailing output and shop production capabilities.
• Assist in communication and implementation of design revisions.

• 7+ years of experience in structural steel detailing, fabrication, or related operations.
• Strong working knowledge of structural steel fabrication processes.
• Proficiency reviewing SDS2 and/or Tekla models and shop drawings.
• Understanding of AISC standards and connection detailing.

• Strong knowledge of structural and miscellaneous steel design, fabrication process, and industry standards.
• Experience with steel detailing software SDS/2 or Tekla Structures Steel.
• Basic working knowledge of Microsoft office including (Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel) and Windows operating systems.
• Basic knowledge of Bluebeam

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

PDM is an Equal Opportunity Employer