Structural Design Engineer

Alpineitw; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Alpine, an ITW company, seeks a Structural Design Engineer to enhance productivity and profitability in the construction industry. This full-time role involves designing trusses, providing technical consultation, and requires a strong educational background in civil engineering. Join a collaborative environment where employee advancement is supported.

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in statics, strength of materials, structural analysis, and structural design.
• EIT Certification strongly preferred; Professional Engineer License is a plus.
• Good communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Reviews customer-generated designs and applies engineering principles.
• Provides technical consultation to resolve questions and improve design.
• Designs trusses using proprietary design software.

Skills

Customer Focus

Personal Effectiveness

Drive for Results

Active Learning

Adaptability

Education

BS, Civil Engineering

Tools

MS Office

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Job Description

Alpine, an ITW company, is a leading provider of building component software, equipment, and the industry’s best service to component manufacturers. Partnering with our customers, we help to improve their businesses and make them more productive. We are a leader in delivering software solutions to the construction industry to increase profitability.

Job Description

Alpine, an ITW company, is a leading provider of building component software, equipment, and the industry’s best service to component manufacturers. Partnering with our customers, we help to improve their businesses and make them more productive. We are a leader in delivering software solutions to the construction industry to increase profitability.

ITW offers its employees a path for advancement, a competitive salary, and a comprehensive benefits package designed to help employees care for themselves, their families, and their futures.

Alpine is seeking a Structural Design Engineer that provides customers with truss designs that are both economically feasible and structurally sound using design aids and engineering judgment. This Engineer independently evaluates, selects, and applies standard engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria, using judgment in making minor adaptations and modifications to truss designs. This Engineer will provide support and technical input for Alpine’s engineering software development.

Primary Responsibilities

• Reviews, corrects and completes all customer-generated designs, as they are assigned according to design specifications and appropriate engineering principles. Correctly applies general engineering notes as required.
• Provides technical consultation to customers regarding engineering needs and reviews assigned customer-generated designs and processes according to targeted timetable. Also provides routine consultation services for customers to resolve questions, design information, and special drawing requests i.e., design improvements, calculation of special loads, etc., as needed.
• Designs trusses with the aid of the computerized, proprietary truss analysis and design software with information taken from documents, verbal instructions, or from the framing layout plans submitted by the customer. Applies engineering principles to daily design work with specific proficiency in statics and strength of materials.
• Performs nonstandard or moderately complex designs and frame analyses with simple repairs of designs, provided a re-evaluation of the entire structural system is not needed.
• Reviews assignments of Designer/Drafter/Technician employees for completeness and technical accuracy prior to sending to customers.
• Proficiency with plating methods, light gauge steel connection methods, general notes and their application, design manuals and span tables.
• Proficient knowledge of design policies, applicable design standards and building codes.
• Provides high quality customer service to all internal and external customers. Meets all deadlines for turn-around time of design jobs.
• Other tasks and duties as assigned.
  
  

Competencies

• Customer Focus - Ensures that the customer’s perspective is a driving force behind business decisions and activities; crafting and implementing service practices that meet customers’ and the organization’s needs.
• Personal Effectiveness - Has a candid self-awareness of his/her strengths and weaknesses, a keen situational analysis and able to evaluate situations quickly and accurately, and the courage to fail and learn from mistakes. Displays personal composure under pressure and acts ethically and with integrity in all dealings.
• Drive for Results - Sets high standards for performance and accountability for self, and works tenaciously to meet or exceed expectations; succeeding despite obstacles.
• Active Learning - Ability to quickly transition to new projects, tasks and initiatives while maintaining accuracy, productivity and attention to requirements. Aggressively seeks out and learns up-to-date information on project related engineering principles, calculations, codes and standards.
• Adaptability - Has ability to adapt quickly to new information, fluctuating work circumstances and multiple project priorities. Is aware of longer-term implications and initiates creative solutions to efficiently complete projects and tasks.
  
  

Job Requirements

• BS, Civil Engineering or related discipline where statics, strength of materials, structural analysis and structural design are core requirements.
• EIT Certification strongly preferred. Professional Engineer License, a plus.
• Fully familiar with drafting techniques and presentation of truss designs. Knowledgeable of truss terms and technical engineering terms and their use.
• Able to read and interpret roof layouts and blueprints and make truss takeoffs from these and determine truss configurations. Proficiency in plan takeoffs and determination of the best structural solutions and most economical systems.
• Working knowledge of MS Office.
• Good communication and documentation skills with the ability to work independently and in teams.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care, Non-profit Organizations, and Government Administration

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