Engineering Designer

Overhead Door; Lewisville (TX); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Overhead Door in Lewisville, TX seeks a drafting professional to convert designs into customized customer applications, review quotes, and prepare BOMs and manufacturing drawings.

You will collaborate with Customer Care, Technical Services, Applications Engineering, and manufacturing support to ensure accurate quoting, on-time delivery, and compliant documentation.

A minimum associate degree and 2 years in manufacturing is required; strong AutoCAD and MS Office skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or technical training in drafting/engineering/manufacturing technology required.
• Minimum 2 years of related experience in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Interpret complex quotes, orders, specs, and blueprints to determine product design and configuration.
• Prepare accurate product documentation including BOMs, drawings, and calculations.
• Collaborate with Customer Care, Technical Services, Applications Engineering, and manufacturing to enable accurate quoting and on-time delivery.
• Review and apply design modifications to improve quality and manufacturability.
• Read and understand bills-of-materials and manufacturing routings; compile documentation for fabrication and assembly.

Skills

AutoCAD

Technical drawings

BOM interpretation

Documentation

Excel

Attention to detail

Communication

Time management

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Associate's degree in drafting or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Supports customer quotes and orders by preparing accurate product documentation for the division's product lines, including approval drawings, bills of material, manufacturing drawings, and related design calculations. This role interprets customer quote and order requirements, applies established product configuration rules and calculations to transform released product designs into customized customer applications. Partners with customer care, technical services, applications engineering, and manufacturing support teams to help enable accurate quoting, order processing, and on-time delivery. Conducts assigned work using system tools, communicate questions or gaps timely, and support practical improvements to work methods, templates, and tools that increase accuracy, consistency, and efficiency.

Review and interpret complex customer quotes, orders, specifications, sketches, blueprints, and other technically oriented materials to determine required product design and configuration.

Ability to make judgment calls when required to resolve problems or to make recommendations.

Compiles needed documentation for Quoting and Manufacturing, noting any special handling, components or construction.

Ability to read and understand bills-of-material and manufacturing routings.

Assist all departments as necessary to drive out costs and improve quality and product offerings.

Must be able to work with customers to resolve issues regarding availability, and minor engineering issues.

Checks dimensions, verifies finished work, and compiles documentation required for fabrication and assembly of equipment

Develop layouts from predetermined basic drawings

Completes engineering calculations to adapt released designs to meet customer application requirements.

Ability to determine reference plans, centering and dimension lines, hidden line interpolations, and sectioning.

Reviews specifications for parts, assemblies and installations.

Contributes design modifications to improve quality of product or facilitate manufacturing operations.

Perform other special assignments or tasks as assigned by the supervisor, as determined from time to time at the company's sole and complete discretion.

Experience

A minimum of 2 years' related job experience in a manufacturing environment is required.

Education

A minimum of an associate's degree in a technical field, vocational technical training in drafting, design/engineering/manufacturing technology, or equivalent technical experience is required.

Required Skills

• Working proficiency with AutoCAD or comparable two-dimensional drafting software.
• Ability to read, interpret, and apply technical drawings, blueprints, elevation and plan view details, product information, order details, door schedules, and configuration rules.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy in drawings, bills of material, calculations, and system entries.
• Mathematical aptitude and ability to perform routine technical calculations accurately.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and related business systems.
• Ability to prioritize assigned work, manage multiple tasks, meet deadlines, and adjust to changing business needs.
• Clear verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to ask clarifying questions and explain technical information to internal customers.
• Problem-solving ability, resourcefulness, and willingness to identify process gaps and recommend practical improvements.
• Ability to work effectively with Customer Care, Technical Services, Applications Engineering, manufacturing, and other internal teams.
• Ability to follow established procedures, maintain organized records, and protect confidential or business-sensitive information.

Work Conditions

Primarily works in an office using a computer, phone, and business systems for extended periods. May interact with manufacturing, engineering, customer support, and other internal departments to clarify product or order requirements. Work may involve multiple priorities, recurring deadlines, customer‑driven timing needs, and regular use of computer‑based systems and drawing tools. Depending on location, may occasionally access production or warehouse areas, subject to applicable safety requirements, personal protective equipment requirements, and local practices. May work directly with external customers. May travel to customer job sites on occasion.

Physical Requirements

Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands and fingers to operate a computer and office equipment, and communicate verbally and in writing. Regularly required to view a computer monitor and review detailed drawings, documents, and system information for accuracy. Occasionally required to bend, reach, or move within office or production‑adjacent areas. Occasionally required to lift or move office materials or documents up to 25 lbs.