Senior Structural Designer Design - Indirect

Builders FirstSource; Conroe (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Builders FirstSource in Conroe, TX is seeking a Senior Structural Designer to independently coordinate the design and layout of residential roof and floor systems for pricing and manufacturing.

You will interact daily with customers, perform simple and complex analyses, develop design details from concept drawings, select materials, and review layouts to ensure code compliance and project success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree; relevant work experience may substitute.
• 4+ years drafting experience in construction or related industry.
• Strong technical writing skills.
• Excellent communication and client-facing abilities.
• Ability to read and interpret architectural blueprints and drawings.
• Proficiency with MS Office and AutoCAD; MITEK knowledge a plus.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate design and layouts for residential roof and floor systems for pricing and manufacturing.
• Independently perform simple and complex analyses for job designs.
• Interact daily with customers to assess needs and provide expert advice.
• Develop design details from concept drawings and select materials.
• Review layouts with customers and resolve discrepancies.
• Ensure conformance to building codes and project constraints.

Skills

Technical writing

Communication

Blueprint reading

AutoCAD

MS Office

MITEK

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

PURPOSE

At BFS, the Senior Structural Designer independently coordinates the design and completion of layouts of residential roof and floor systems for pricing and manufacturing, while performing simple and complex analyses to meet technical requirements and achieve customer goals and preferences. This dedicated senior team member regularly interacts with and provides expert recommendations to Company customers while also serving as Company's representative to customers and other third parties in the design, purchase, and construction of residential roof and floor systems. This position requires proactive analysis and deduction skills and the exercise of discretion and independent judgement.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serves as Company's representative to customer and other third parties in the design, purchase, and construction of residential roof and floor systems.
• Independently performs simple and complex analyses while designing residential roof and floor systems and producing layouts.
• Interacts daily with customers while evaluating customer's needs and the technical requirements for each job. Reviews layouts with customers, analyzes relevant information, and uses independent judgement to provide expert advice and recommendations.
• Develops and completes design details from customer concept drawings.
• Uses independent judgement and discretion in selecting design materials to be used and produce materials list per customer needs and technical requirements for each job. Performsstructural alterations of buildings as needed or per customer requests and as technical requirements dictate.
• Researches and uses independent judgement and discretion while overseeing all construction design documents, construction management, and construction contracts.Determines special notes to append to contracts.
• Independently presents, coordinates, sells and follows-up on all new jobs.
• Proactively discusses changes and corrections with engineers, architects and contractors prior to and during construction base.
• Ensures conformance to all relevant building requirements and municipality building codes, if applicable.
• Independently develops solutions to challenges presented by customers within budget, schedule and project constraints.
• Designs residential roof and floor systems and produces layouts. Review layouts with customer.
• Performs job site inspections as needed.
• Independently resolves architectural and design discrepancies.
• Proactively develops and recommends implementation of new or adaptation of existing policies, practices, procedures, and techniques.
• Aids in training of new associates when required.
• Demonstrates a commitment to the quality improvement process and the philosophy of continuous improvement.
• Performs broad range of other duties as necessary in matters of significance

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Bachelor's degree. Applicable work experience may be substituted for education requirement.
• 4+ years drafting experience in a construction or building materials-related industry.

COMPETENCIES

• Proficient technical writing skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Reading and interpreting blueprints in an architectural related industry.
• Tech-savvy with Microsoft Office products, AUTO CAD, and other design programs that facilitate learning in-house program with ease.
• MITEK software knowledge a plus.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Subject to both typical office environment and outside locations with temperature and weather variations.
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 25 pounds frequently and on occasion up to 80 pounds.