3D Structural Designer – Timber & Heavy Timber Framing

Jobless; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

DC Structures is seeking an Experienced Structural Designer to join our design and fabrication team in the United States. You will build 3D structural models of wood-framed and heavy timber systems using Revit and Cadwork, turning models into shop drawings and fabrication-ready documents.

You will collaborate with architects, engineers, and fabrication teams to ensure constructability and accuracy, resolving design conflicts before fabrication and field work begins.

Qualifications

• Experience with wood framing or heavy timber construction is preferred.
• Ability to read architectural and structural construction documents.
• Understanding of building sequencing and constructability.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed 3D structural models using Revit and/or Cadwork.
• Model complete wood-framed and heavy timber building systems.
• Develop framing layouts for walls, floors, roofs, beams, posts, and timber systems.
• Translate architectural drawings and structural engineering requirements into coordinated, buildable structural models.
• Determine how structural components come together and identify potential conflicts before they reach the field.
• Incorporate engineering requirements, details, connections, and revisions into the structural model.
• Coordinate architectural, structural, and fabrication requirements within the model.
• Review your work for accuracy, constructability, efficiency, and completeness.
• Turn the structural model into the information needed by fabrication and construction teams.
• Produce detailed structural drawings, framing plans and details, shop and fabrication drawings.

Skills

Revit

Cadwork

Tekla

AutoCAD

BIM modeling

Structural drafting

Wood framing design

Timber framing

Shop drawings

Fabrication modeling

Tools

Revit

Cadwork

Tekla

AutoCAD

Bluebeam

Microsoft Office

Job description

DC Structures is seeking an Experienced Structural Designer to join our design and fabrication team in the United States. You will build 3D structural models of wood-framed and heavy timber systems using Revit and Cadwork, turning models into shop drawings and fabrication-ready documents.

You will collaborate with architects, engineers, and fabrication teams to ensure constructability and accuracy, resolving design conflicts before fabrication and field work begins.