Remote Truss Designer

NOW HIRING: REMOTE TRUSS DESIGNER - 84 LUMBER (COMPONENTS)

We are seeking an experienced Remote Truss Designer to join our Components team. This is a fully remote opportunity for a detail-oriented professional with strong technical design skills and a background in structural components.

• Design roof and floor trusses using MiTek software (required)

• Interpret blueprints, layouts, and construction documents

• Ensure designs meet all engineering standards and local codes

• Collaborate with sales, production, and field teams

• Optimize designs for efficiency, cost, and manufacturability

• Required: Experience using MiTek design software

• Background in truss design, construction, or structural components

• Strong understanding of building materials and framing methods

• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings

• High attention to detail and accuracy

• Fully remote flexibility

• Work with a strong, established Components team

• Opportunity to grow within a leading building materials company

• Competitive pay based on experience

Read architectural prints to create roof and floor truss placement layouts conforming to current 84 Components design practices.

Design of roof and floor trusses in engineering software ensuring designs are accurate, optimized, and conforms to the current P&P.

Specify all necessary supplied hardware.

Maintain complete and update Job Tracking Sheet.

Send approval letter to customers according to P&P procedures 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.

Attend required meetings and participates in committees as requested by supervisor(s).

General knowledge of construction industry. Knowledge of floor and roof truss design process

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 current software used by company Knowledge of current local codes associated with truss design (i.e. TPI, UBC).

Good written and oral communication skills are required.

Ability to read, understand, and follow oral and written instructions.

Ability to deal courteously with customers, co-workers, and construction personnel

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