Truss Designer

Toll Brothers, Inc.•Upper Dublin Township, PA

22h•Onsite

About The Position

Toll Brothers, America's leading builder of luxury homes, is seeking a Truss Designer for its Corporate office located in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. This role involves creating roof truss layouts to verify roof planes and pitches, locating bearing lines, and girder placement for new models, elevations, or options. The Truss Designer will also configure lot-specific truss layouts for permit packages and design individual roof and floor trusses to assist structural engineers with load transfer and manufacturing/shipping/construction feasibility. The position requires coordination with manufacturing plant personnel and adherence to their standards.

Requirements

Familiar with MiTek, Alpine, or Simpson truss design software (MiTek preferred)
Possesses basic knowledge of residential wood construction
Ability to collaborate with staff within and across departments
Strong work ethic
Truss certification on any Design for Manufacturing software
Minimum of 2 years of experience in production wood component design
Ability to follow established procedures and meet expectations for accuracy and timeliness
Valid driver’s license and clean driving record

Nice To Haves

MiTek software experience
Residential wood construction knowledge
Good communication skills
Ability to work with others

Responsibilities

Create roof truss layouts to verify roof planes and pitches, locate bearing lines, and girder placement for new models, elevations, or options.
Configure lot specific truss layouts for permit packages.
Design individual roof and floor trusses to aid structural engineers in load transfer and to determine feasibility of manufacturing, shipping, and construction.
Coordinate with manufacturing plant personnel and adhere to their standards.
Read and interpret architectural and structural plans to develop accurate wood truss designs for single family residential projects.
Produce truss layout plans and individual truss designs using MiTek software.
Adhere to team processes, standards, and schedules.
Coordinate with engineers, architectural staff, and manufacturing plant personnel.