Product Designer/Structural Engineer - Worthington Industries

Worthington Armstrong Venture (WAVE), a joint venture between Worthington Industries and Armstrong World Industries, has established worldwide leadership in the production of suspended ceiling systems. WAVE produces metal ceiling grids that can be combined with Armstrong ceiling boards as a complete package or sold individually.

Founded in 1992, WAVE operates under a long-standing corporate philosophy rooted in the golden rule. This philosophy serves as an unwavering commitment to the customer, supplier, and shareholder, and it serves as the foundation for one of the strongest employee-employer partnerships in American industry.

For more information about our products, please visit www.worthingtonarmstrongventure.com.

Product Designer / Structural Engineer

The Product Designer / Structural Engineer is responsible for using technical expertise and specific skill sets to support new product and equipment development in its design, manufacturing and implementation. This position also requires thorough knowledge of structural design and engineering techniques to perform structural analysis, engineering, and drafting tasks related to cold formed steel framing in building construction. It also requires judgment in the evaluation, selection, application and adaptation of engineering techniques, procedures and criteria providing design analysis to external customers in a professional and timely manner. Devise new approaches to problems, and prepare or modify drawings, specifications, calculations, charts and graphs, and monitor work for compliance to applicable codes, accepted engineering practices.

This position will report to the Technical Services Manager, who is responsible for product design, product testing, and code compliance, as well as driving strategic code changes in line with the corporate strategy.

Primary Responsibilities

• Uses input from production and other outside sources (sales, finance, customers) to solve complex technical problems associated with engineering assignments, gathers and analyzes data; perform structural calculations; develops technical programs; designs involved equipment systems; recommends commercial equipment and components.
• Performs structural design and analysis calculations using governing codes and standards, engineering formulas, skills, and experience.
• Layout and details portions of projects using schematic layout by project lead engineer. May be assigned responsibility for schematic or conceptual layouts when qualified.
• Provides drawing for own designs.
• Researches design options and document findings for project lead engineer.
• Reviews shop drawings.
• Assumes the lead engineer's role on assigned projects or coordinates own individual effort with efforts of assigned support, plant management, and appropriate Corporate departments to insure conformance to objectives.
• Issues engineering documents for production changes. Utilizes Engineering Change Notice Program to effectively communicate changes in equipment and products.
• Serve to support new products and equipment development in both design and implementation. Receive sales requests on specified need and process request through use of engineering/design software. Create prototype equipment to conduct field test and initial analysis. Design and manufacture production equipment using vendor and third-party sources, with the end result being to manufacture WAVE product. Follow up with customer and manufacturing using statistics to determine level of satisfaction with product.
• Applies best available technology to the solution of the project's technical problems, keeps abreast of latest developments in his/her discipline, pertinent regulations, and safety requirements. Recommends training for him/herself and specific group based on experience in application of new technology or growth of a particularly useful methodology.

Qualifications

Education, Experience, and/or Training

• Required; 5+ years relevant experience in structural/civil engineering, or similar.
• Preferred; 5+ years relevant experience in manufacturing environment, or similar
• Required; BS in Engineering or equivalent combination of experience and education.
• Preferred; PE or EIT

• Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
• Formal education structural engineering and component design and application
• Formal education or comparable experience in framing standards, installation methods, assembly of structural building components.
• Proficiency in the use of computer software (AutoDesk applications) to perform analysis required. AutoCAD required, Inventor preferred.
• Design experience and familiarity with International Building Code (IBC) and ASCE7, Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures
• Results-oriented professional who can work across organizational lines and who can achieve business objectives through personal initiative.
• Strong knowledge of process improvement tools/techniques.
• Strong oral and written communications skills.
• Demonstrate the ability to identify complex problems and develop corrective action plan to implement solutions.
• Working knowledge of relevant manufacturing disciplines, cost control, planning, and industry safety regulations.
• Experience with project management tools.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, and Word).