84 Lumber

Engineered Wood Designer


PayCompetitive
LocationHouston/Texas
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: 17451
      Overview


      Are you looking for a profitable, lifelong career? Would you thrive on a team that challenges you to be your best at a family-owned company that is founded on growth, stability, and the idea that “nothing is impossible”? 84 Lumber is hiring immediately and has the career for you!

      WHO IS 84?

      84 Lumber is the nation’s largest privately held supplier of building materials, manufactured components and industry-leading services for single and multi-family residences and commercial buildings. With over 310 facilities and plans for even more locations, the opportunities to learn and grow with the company are endless.

      FULL SUITE OF BENEFITS!

      • PTO, sick and personal days
      • Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
      • Holiday pay
      • FSA medical and dependent care
      • Annual profit sharing and 401(k) with employer match (decided each year based on company profits)
      • Employee discounts and more!

      WHAT YOU WILL DO:

      This is an on-site position.

      These associates must read architectural prints to create engineered wood I-joist layouts conforming to current 84 Lumber design practices, design engineered wood floor in engineering software ensuring designs are accurate, optimized, and conforms to the current P&P, specify all necessary supplied hardware, maintain complete and updated Job Tracking Sheet, send approval letter to customers according to Associate Handbook when necessary, provide sales and customer support when necessary, ensure office and plan are maintained in a neat and orderly fashion and all plans are logged properly, and attend required meetings and participates in committees as requested by supervisor(s).

      SCREENINGS:

      • Must authorize a background check (84 Lumber believes in second chances and rehabilitation. Disclosing a criminal history will NOT automatically disqualify you from employment. Each situation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Failure to disclose all requested information may result in your ineligibility for employment or continued employment).
      • Must pass urinalysis drug screening.

      Responsibilities

      Reading architectural prints to create engineered wood placement layouts

      Reading and interpreting blueprints

      Ensure designs and accurate, optimized, and conforms to standards

      Request sealed engineering drawings and/or repair details and follow-up to ensure complete when necessary

      Generate EWP placement layouts for final construction

      Generate and provide accurate pricing for estimating purposes

      Provide job-site support, with the aid of the sales department, when requested.

      Aid in training of new employees when required


      Qualifications

      High level of knowledge of the construction industry

      Ability to solve and define practical problems in various situations to reach a valid conclusion

      Ability to effectively use judgment while reviewing and conducting projects and estimations

      Effectively determine and interpret architectural design strategies

      Ability to read and interpret architectural and structural blueprints

      Ability to calculate tributary loads, concentrated loads, and load transfer through a building

      Ability to operate a computer and design software such as 20/20

      Excellent oral and written communication skills

      Good math skills including but not limited to architectural units, fractions, geometry, and basic trigonometry


      84 Lumber Company is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. 84 Lumber Company is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, contact recruiting@84lumber.com.


      High level of knowledge of the construction industry

      Ability to solve and define practical problems in various situations to reach a valid conclusion

      Ability to effectively use judgment while reviewing and conducting projects and estimations

      Effectively determine and interpret architectural design strategies

      Ability to read and interpret architectural and structural blueprints

      Ability to calculate tributary loads, concentrated loads, and load transfer through a building

      Ability to operate a computer and design software such as 20/20

      Excellent oral and written communication skills

      Good math skills including but not limited to architectural units, fractions, geometry, and basic trigonometry


      84 Lumber Company is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. 84 Lumber Company is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, contact recruiting@84lumber.com.


      Reading architectural prints to create engineered wood placement layouts

      Reading and interpreting blueprints

      Ensure designs and accurate, optimized, and conforms to standards

      Request sealed engineering drawings and/or repair details and follow-up to ensure complete when necessary

      Generate EWP placement layouts for final construction

      Generate and provide accurate pricing for estimating purposes

      Provide job-site support, with the aid of the sales department, when requested.

      Aid in training of new employees when required

  • About the company

      Founded in 1956 and headquartered in Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, 84 Lumber Company is the nation’s largest privately held supplier of building materials, manufactured components and industry-leading services for single- and multi-family residences and commercial buildings.

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