What are the responsibilities and job description for the 84 Lumber Company is hiring: Truss Designer in Madison position at 84 Lumber Company?
Overview :
These associates must read architectural prints to create roof and floor truss placement 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).
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 :
General knowledge of construction industry
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
