EWP Drafter Truss Design

Boise Cascade•Saco, ME

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Boise Cascade has an exciting opening for an EWP Drafter/Truss Design! This role involves performing design and drafting services for internal and external customers, focusing on Engineered Wood Products (EWP) and/or Truss Design. These designs are used for customer quotes, material take-offs for orders, and manufacturing. The position requires preparing working drawings, sketches, and graphs from various sources including customer requests, sales order systems, verbal instructions, blueprints, sketches, or written instructions, utilizing both manual and computer-aided systems. The role also involves prioritizing and coordinating work to meet expedited or special requests, providing plans to customers for sign-off and acceptance (including changes), and coding/maintaining drafting files for efficient retrieval and distribution. Additionally, the EWP Drafter/Truss Design will schedule truss and EWP order delivery, potentially provide technical EWP or truss consulting and engineering services to customers, and compile placement plans for dealer customers. The role may also involve making outside sales calls, operating and maintaining engineering/drafting equipment, and initiating telephone sales for EWP and accessories. A strong commitment to safety, quality, environmental awareness, and continuous process improvement is expected, along with performing other assigned duties.

Requirements

College Degree or equivalent work experience in related job function.
Working knowledge of CAD system, blueprint reading, and drafting.
Duties performed in an office environment.

Nice To Haves

Role may require technical certification, or associate degree.
Knowledge of the building materials industry and structural experience preferred.
Strong math skills, effective communication skills, and familiarity with engineering terms and specifications.

Responsibilities

Perform design and drafting services for internal and external customers focused on Engineered Wood Products (EWP) and/or Truss Design used for customer quotes, order material take offs, and manufacturing.
Prepare working drawings, sketches and graphs from walk-in customers, sales order system, verbal, blue prints, sketches, or written instructions using either manual or computer-aided systems.
Prioritize and coordinate work to accommodate expedited or special requests.
Provides plans to customer for sign-off and acceptance, including changes.
Code and maintain drafting files for accurate retrieval and distribution to engineering staff, vendors, and other facility personnel.
Schedule truss and EWP order delivery.
May provide technical EWP or truss consulting and engineering services to BMD distribution center customers.
Compile placement plans for BMD dealer's customers that convert conventional floor and roof framing material to Boise Cascade BCI joists utilizing a computer aided system.
Make outside sales calls to lumberyards and construction job sites, as required.
May operate and maintain various engineering and/or drafting equipment.
May initiate telephone sales for EWP and accessories (joist hangers, etc.)
Demonstrate strong commitment to safety, quality, environmental awareness, and continuous process improvement.
Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.