Design Engineer

Remote Office Remote Office Tennessee 99999

**_Why Valmont_**

**Were Here to Move the World Forward.**

Valmont impacts millions of people around the world every day, yet they might not realize the many ways. Our technology is helping feed the growing population, supplying the world with more reliable energy and access to renewables, enhancing connectivity in remote and urban locations to create a sustainable future and so much more. Simply put, Valmont is advancing agricultural productivity and reimagining vital infrastructure to make life better.

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**A Brief Summary of This Position:**

This position is an individual contributor responsible for structural analysis and design of products to be quoted and fabricated by the Valmont Utility Division, Steel Group, primarily of Utility transmission and distribution structures. Included in this is the full design responsibility for processing specific quotes and orders, general design engineering support for drafting and sales. The incumbent works on the Engineering Team who has responsibility for the design of product for quotation requests and orders. In addition, the incumbent plans, and monitors workflow of design activities to meet milestone dates for projects assigned. The Design Engineer will consult with senior engineers on the team to ensure that customer specifications are met, and designs are feasible and efficient for manufacturing.

**Essential Functions:**

This position reports to site Sr. Director of Engineering, NA Transmission and has no direct or indirect reports

Analyze and design products by Finite Element Method (IMPAX design program) and other structural design software taking into consideration both public safety, manufacturability, and minimum cost (balancing competitiveness and profitability)

Interpret customer specifications, customer needs, and market/sales needs

Communicate engineering data to the customer and others. The latter includes itemizing cost-related requirements of a quotation, including weights, reviewing engineering drawings and shop drawings, and evaluating as-built product.

Support efforts of the Drafting team to assure that project requirements have been properly detailed and that order processing proceeds smoothly and rapidly

Build and foster internal relationships and communications that will promote a professional attitude towards the work and the office environment

Recommend testing to confirm theoretical designs when necessary, including the planning and coordination of the testing

Communicate information about new ideas, product and system improvements, etc. to encourage increased morale and efficiency

Ability to travel up to 10% of the time

**Other Important Details about the Role:**

The incumbent evaluates, selects and applies standard engineering techniques, procedures and criteria in performing this job and adopts new approaches to problems encountered. The knowledge and expertise required for this level of work usually results from progressive experience in structural design and in the product line. Assignments have clear and specified objectives, but require the investigation of a number of variables. General direction of Senior Design, Design and/or Associate Drafters may be included.

The products within the scope of this position are fabricated steel structures used for the support of electric power transmission and distribution lines. Complex structures requiring special modeling techniques may be included with comprehensive support and supervision.

The work primarily includes interpretation of customer specifications and the subsequent design and/or analysis of structures to meet those specifications, in conjunction with applicable national, technical society, industry and Valmont codes and specifications. The incumbent provides continuity of this function from the quotation to the order processing stages. This involves some direction of the design and drafting process, selective drawing approval, and significant interrelationship with other departments within Valmont Utility and customers, consultants, contractors, and agents outside of Valmont Utility.

The incumbent provides the technical support in customer contacts on quotations and orders. Routinely, effective customer contact by telephone, letter, and email or in person is required. Technical support, communication, and assistance is also required to other Valmont Utility engineering office locations for Divisional support and goals.

The incumbent receives instructions on specific assignment objectives, any complex features and their possible solutions. Support is furnished on unusual problems and work is reviewed for application of sound professional judgement. Project assignments may require a limited amount of new technical application.

**Required Qualifications of Every Candidate:**

Bachelors degree in Civil engineering with 2 to 5+ years preferred relevant experience

Technical competence in Structural Engineering

Engineer-in-Training Certification

Working knowledge of 3D computer-aided design and Experience with Auto CAD

Strong communication skills

Strong teamwork skills

Passion and integrity with the drive to excel and deliver exceptional results

**Highly Qualified Candidates Will Also Possess These Qualifications:**

Masters degree in Civil or Structural Engineering

Three to four (3 to 4) years of related engineering experience

Professional Engineer (P.E.) in Civil or Structural Engineering.

A solid understanding of the end use of the product and the nature of design loads and their development

Prior experience designing steel monopoles or industrial utility structures

Prior project team experience

**Benefits**

Valmont offers employees and their families a comprehensive Total Wellbeing benefit package to ensure their individual and familys overall wellness needs are met. Some offerings are dependent upon the role, work schedule, or location and can include the following:

+ Healthcare (medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision)

+ 401k retirement plan with company match

+ Paid time off

+ Employer paid life insurance

+ Employer paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave

+ Work Life Support

+ Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year

+ Voluntary programs like tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, one-on-one health coaching, mortgage services and more

Valmont does not discriminate against any employee or applicant in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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Valmont is here to modernize vital infrastructure and increase agricultural productivity, sustainably and reliably. We galvanize steel to last a century with minimal environmental impact. We modernize irrigation to feed a growing population by utilizing the latest technology. We harden the electrical grid to enable the delivery of reliable power to millions of homes around the world. And we help make communities everywhere safer, cleaner and more connected through our smart infrastructure technology.

Valmont serves two primary markets agriculture and infrastructure and seven diverse product lines: Utility, Lighting and Transportation, Telecom, Solar, Coatings, Irrigation and Ag Tech. We manufacture products in 85 facilities spread across six continents, and we do business in 100 different countries.

Thats what Valmont does. We conserve resources and improve life, finding ways to make innovation and technology beneficial in the real world.

+ Thats the value we add.