Mead Lumber
Truss Designer
Mead Lumber, Rapid City, South Dakota, United States, 57700
Black Hills Truss, a Mead Lumber Company, is hiring for a Truss Designer. Mead Lumber, founded in 1910, is the leading provider of building materials to professional contractors and remodelers. We have 54 locations across 9 Midwestern states. 100% employee-owned, we continue to grow and are in search of driven individuals who desire an opportunity to grow their career.
The Truss Designer is responsible to produce truss designs for residential and commercial facilities based on customer demands and specifications. The Truss Designer ensures that all designs meet relevant compliance codes and customer specifications. Other functions include assisting manufacturing with resolving issues during production and advising sales and customers of order status. Responsible for some estimating functions of commercial and residential units. Completes assigned workloads to departmental standards.
Job Duties
Develop, draft and prepare truss drawings using AutoCAD and various applications.Provide support to the customer and sales staff by evaluating customer design requirements and communicating and resolving issues and concerns.Develop design solutions, create drawings, submit bill of materials and source vendors for customer proposals. Ensure design compliance with all required standards.Perform and analyze industrial engineering time and activity studies. Apply value added techniques to material handling and manufacturing processes.Communicate job status with internal staff, general contractors and customers. Ensure most current expectations are communicated effectively to all relevant individuals.Facilitate customer requests for change orders and ensure execution of the approved changes through relevant processes.Perform estimating functions related to the design and scope of assigned jobs.May perform other duties as assigned.Qualifications
Minimum one year of construction framing background for residential homes or commercial buildings or related experience.Excellent verbal and written communication skills.Excellent mathematics skills, specifically geometry and graphic skills.Strong knowledge/understanding of AutoCAD software application.Ability to communicate questions to staff and work with training leads to obtain necessary information to complete work tasks.High school degree or equivalent. Associate’s degree in a related field preferred.Computer literacy in Microsoft Office suite.Outstanding organizational skills to successfully and simultaneously manage multiple projects.Once eligible, you will participate in our ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan), a unique benefit that can provide a financial source for your future/retirement that very few companies offer. We also offer our employees competitive pay as well as the benefits listed below:
Benefits:
Employee Stock OwnershipMedical, Dental, Vision100% Employer Paid Group Term Life, AD&D, and STDAdditional Voluntary Life, AD&D, and LTDPaid Time Off & Holiday PayFlexible Spending Accounts401(k)Scholarship & Tuition Assistance ProgramsEmployee Assistance ProgramMerchandise Discounts
Mead Lumber considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, sex, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, age, pregnancy, marital status, veteran’s status, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability or any other protected basis prohibited by law.
An Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
The Truss Designer is responsible to produce truss designs for residential and commercial facilities based on customer demands and specifications. The Truss Designer ensures that all designs meet relevant compliance codes and customer specifications. Other functions include assisting manufacturing with resolving issues during production and advising sales and customers of order status. Responsible for some estimating functions of commercial and residential units. Completes assigned workloads to departmental standards.
Job Duties
Develop, draft and prepare truss drawings using AutoCAD and various applications.Provide support to the customer and sales staff by evaluating customer design requirements and communicating and resolving issues and concerns.Develop design solutions, create drawings, submit bill of materials and source vendors for customer proposals. Ensure design compliance with all required standards.Perform and analyze industrial engineering time and activity studies. Apply value added techniques to material handling and manufacturing processes.Communicate job status with internal staff, general contractors and customers. Ensure most current expectations are communicated effectively to all relevant individuals.Facilitate customer requests for change orders and ensure execution of the approved changes through relevant processes.Perform estimating functions related to the design and scope of assigned jobs.May perform other duties as assigned.Qualifications
Minimum one year of construction framing background for residential homes or commercial buildings or related experience.Excellent verbal and written communication skills.Excellent mathematics skills, specifically geometry and graphic skills.Strong knowledge/understanding of AutoCAD software application.Ability to communicate questions to staff and work with training leads to obtain necessary information to complete work tasks.High school degree or equivalent. Associate’s degree in a related field preferred.Computer literacy in Microsoft Office suite.Outstanding organizational skills to successfully and simultaneously manage multiple projects.Once eligible, you will participate in our ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan), a unique benefit that can provide a financial source for your future/retirement that very few companies offer. We also offer our employees competitive pay as well as the benefits listed below:
Benefits:
Employee Stock OwnershipMedical, Dental, Vision100% Employer Paid Group Term Life, AD&D, and STDAdditional Voluntary Life, AD&D, and LTDPaid Time Off & Holiday PayFlexible Spending Accounts401(k)Scholarship & Tuition Assistance ProgramsEmployee Assistance ProgramMerchandise Discounts
Mead Lumber considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, sex, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, age, pregnancy, marital status, veteran’s status, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability or any other protected basis prohibited by law.
An Equal Employment Opportunity Employer