Associate Design Engineer

Valmont Industries Inc.; Bartow (FL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401k plan

Paid time off

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Work life balance

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Valmont Industries in Florida seeks a Design Engineer to lead the engineering, design, and drafting of prestressed concrete poles. You will oversee structural analysis and ensure products meet specifications, while supporting sales, operations, and manufacturing through cross-functional collaboration.

The role emphasizes improving existing assemblies, staying current with manufacturing capabilities, and providing technical direction for design reviews. Domestic travel up to 10% is possible.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering.
• Proficiency with MS Office applications (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Project).
• Working knowledge of 3D Computer-Aided Design Software.
• Travel up to 10% of the time. May include international travel.

Responsibilities

• Report to the Group Engineering Manager with no direct reports.
• Analyze and design products by Finite Element Method considering safety and cost.
• Interpret customer specifications and needs; align with sales and operations.
• Understand fabrication processes and QA requirements at Valmont.
• Communicate engineering data, provide cost implications for quotations, and review drawings.
• Recommend design criteria updates and new drafting methods; coordinate testing.

Skills

Finite Element Analysis

Prestressed Concrete design

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Master's Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering

Professional Engineering License

Tools

3D CAD Software

MS Office

Job description

Why Valmont

We’re Here to Move the World Forward. Valmont impacts millions of people around the world every day, yet they might not realize the many ways. Our technology is helping feed the growing population, supplying the world with more reliable energy and access to renewables, enhancing connectivity in remote and urban locations to create a sustainable future and so much more. Simply put, Valmont is advancing agricultural productivity and reimagining vital infrastructure to make life better. Join a Fortune 1000 company that respects hard work, honors diversity and invests in our employees as we focus on creating the world of tomorrow, today. We are the modern workforce. Are you ready to move the world forward?

A Brief Summary of This Position

This is an individual contributor role. The primary responsibilities of the Design Engineer include the engineering, design, and drafting of prestressed concrete poles required to ensure project goals are met. You will oversee the structural analysis and design of concrete products fabricated by the site. You will provide customer support, coordination with sales to help provide the appropriate products, and assistance to operations to ensure the products are manufactured to specifications. You will use in-house consultation of colleagues and Principal Engineers to assure specifications are met and receive consultation from Manufacturing to ensure design efficiency and manufacturability. You must improve your knowledge of existing assemblies and keep up to date manufacturing capabilities.

Essential Functions

• You will report to the Group Engineering Manager, and you will not have any direct or indirect reports.
• Analyze and design products by Finite Element Method and other structural design software taking into consideration both public safety and minimum cost (competitiveness and profitability).
• Interpret customer specifications, customer needs, and market/sales needs.
• Understand the fabrication processes and quality assurance requirements and methods used by Valmont.
• Communicate engineering data to the customer and others. The latter includes itemizing cost-related requirements of a quotation, including weights, reviewing engineering drawings and evaluating as-built products.
• Interrelationships and communications will promote a professional attitude towards work and the office environment.
• Recommend changes in design criteria, analysis methods and drafting procedures, and developing new methods.
• Recommend tests to confirm theoretical designs and coordinate the testing.
• Communicate information about new ideas, product and system improvements to encourage increased morale and efficiency throughout the company and to enhance Valmont's image as a leader in our industry.
• Follow standard design procedures, recommending updates to design procedures when needed.
• Provide design direction and technical support to other associate product engineers and product designers.
• Oversee modifications to existing designs and products to meet changes in manufacturing capabilities, support cost reduction activities, and address reliability and warranty issues.
• Provide engineering solutions that aid in the resolution of field and manufacturing problems and in the maintenance and improvement of existing products.
• Maintain good relationships with customers, field personnel and other Valmont departments to ensure the most efficient working environment.
• Improve personal technical competence to participate in new design concepts using the latest technology.
• Review and provide inputs to the product development procedure to ensure continuous improvement of processes.
• Provide technical design inputs and technical direction for design reviews.
• Provide technical support to other departments to meet the needs of our customers.

Other Important Details about the Role

The Design Engineer is a project team associate working with partners to develop activities required to meet product requirements. The position is accountable to meeting milestone dates for those projects assigned. The Design Engineer attends technical design review meetings, provides technical design inputs, and direction when needed. As a Design Engineer, you must improve your knowledge of existing assemblies, keep up-to-date on manufacturing capabilities, and developing an awareness of the field usage of our products.

Required Qualifications of Every Candidate (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities)

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
• Proficiency with MS Office applications (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Project)
• Working knowledge of 3D Computer-Aided Design Software
• Travel up to 10% of the time. May include international travel.

Highly Qualified Candidates Will Also Possess These Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering
• Professional Engineering License
• Knowledge of Finite Element Analysis
• Work experience in Prestressed Concrete design
• Experience with FEA setup and virtual testing for structural elements

Working Environment and Physical Efforts

Work is typically performed in an office setting. There may be limited exposure to a manufacturing environment or outside weather conditions. When visiting a manufacturing area, the incumbent will be required to wear all mandatory personal protective equipment. The incumbent is regularly required to sit for extended periods of time, as well as talk and listen on the phone and in personal conversations or meetings. Environment is fast paced and demanding most of the time. Domestic travel, including overnights, may be required up to 10%. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms while working in the office with various files and forms and while working on the computer. The employee is occasionally required to move about the office. Incumbent must utilize proper ergonomic safeguards such as monitor height and positions, keyboard location and height and proper wrists rests. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds in working with large files, binders, and computer equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

Benefits

• Healthcare (medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision)
• 401k retirement plan with company match
• Paid time off
• Employer paid life insurance
• Employer paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave
• Work Life Support
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year
• Voluntary programs like tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, one-on-one health coaching, mortgage services and more

Valmont does not discriminate against any employee or applicant in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. If you have a disability and require any assistance in filling out the application for employment email [e-mail].

Valmont is here to modernize vital infrastructure and increase agricultural productivity, sustainably and reliably. We galvanize steel to last a century with minimal environmental impact. We modernize irrigation to feed a growing population by utilizing the latest technology. We harden the electrical grid to enable the delivery of reliable power to millions of homes around the world. And we help make communities everywhere safer, cleaner and more connected through our smart infrastructure technology. Valmont serves two primary markets — agriculture and infrastructure — and seven diverse product lines: Utility, Lighting and Transportation, Telecom, Solar, Coatings, Irrigation and Ag Tech. We manufacture products in 85 facilities spread across six continents, and we do business in 100 different countries. That’s what Valmont does. We conserve resources and improve life, finding ways to make innovation and technology beneficial in the real world. + That’s the value we add.