EWP Floor System Designer
Location: Flexible/Work from home
What's the opportunity?
A solid floor lays the framework for a solid home. In this role, you will design pre-engineered floor systems based on customer-provided house plans, ensuring they are structurally compliant, value engineered to be cost-effective, and in accordance with project timelines.
Your sound knowledge of Engineered Wood Products and your technical expertise will be at the heart of your success, and you will have daily opportunities to demonstrate that you are a team player with a customer service focus. You appreciate the flexibility of being able to work from home as much as you want to, and relish being part of a collaborative, connected team.
Your day-to-day
- • Design pre-engineered floor systems using I-Struct or Mitek software
- • Identify and flag any design issues or discrepancies noticed during the design process
- • Communicate with KOTT Sales & Production to complete estimates in accordance with project timelines
- • Track work assignments using KOTT’s Enterprise Resource Management software
What you need to succeed:
Experience & Education
- • Two years’ experience as a Floor System Designer (or designer of other framing components) working with Engineered Wood Products is preferred
- • Experience working on a construction job site is considered an asset
- • A Civil Engineering Technologist or Architectural Technologist Diploma is preferred, but equivalent work experience will be considered
Skills & Qualifications
- • Experience with I-Struct and/or Mitek design software is preferred
- • Knowledge of I-Joists, LVL, and other Engineered Wood Products
- • Strong general computer skills required, including experience with MS Office
- • Ability to read and interpret building plans and drawings is mandatory
- • Familiarity with the Ontario Building Code
- • Fluency in English is required; fluency in French is an asset
- • Good verbal and written communications skills
- • Good interpersonal skills and a team player