Alpine is looking for an Engineer to join our team! This role will be hybrid based out of Earth City, MO. Alpine is a leading provider of building component software, equipment, and the industry’s best service to truss manufacturers. Partnering with our customers, we help to improve their businesses and make them more productive. We are also a leader in delivering software solutions to homebuilders to increase productivity and profitability. Alpine is a division of ITW, a F200 global diversified manufacturer with $14B in revenue.

ITW offers its employees a path for advancement, a competitive salary, and a comprehensive benefits package designed to help employees care for themselves, their families, and their futures.

Position Summary:

Provides customers with truss designs that are both economically feasible and structurally sound using design aids and engineering judgment. Evaluates, selects, and applies standard engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria, using judgment in making minor adaptations and modifications to truss designs. Provide support and technical input for Alpine’s engineering software development.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Perform standard or moderately complex truss designs and frame analyses with simple repairs of designs with the aid of computerized, proprietary truss analysis and design software, provided a re-evaluation of the entire structural system is not needed, while meeting deadlines for turn-around time of design.
  
• Utilize information taken from documents, verbal instructions, or from the framing layout plans submitted by the customer and apply engineering principles to daily design work with specific proficiency in statics and strength of materials. Reviews, corrects, and completes all customer-generated designs, according to design specifications and appropriate engineering principles. Correctly applies general engineering notes as required.
  
• Provides technical consultation to customers regarding engineering needs according to targeted timetable. Also provides routine consultation services for customers to resolve questions, design information, and special drawing requests i.e., design improvements, calculation of special loads, etc., as needed.
  
• Reviews drawings created by Designer/Drafter for completeness and technical accuracy prior to sending to customers.
  
• Provides high quality customer service to all internal and external customers.

• BS in Civil Engineering, or related discipline where statics, strength of materials, structural analysis and structural design are core requirements. Must possess a minimum 1-3 years of related engineering experience.
• EIT Certification strongly preferred.
• Proficient knowledge of design policies, applicable design standards and building codes. Knowledgeable of truss terms and technical engineering terms and their use.
• Fully familiar with drafting techniques and presentation of truss designs.
• Ability to read and interpret roof layouts and blueprints and make truss takeoffs from these and determine truss configurations. Proficiency in plan takeoffs and determination of the best structural solutions and most economical systems.
• Proficiency with plating methods, light gauge steel connection methods, general notes and their application, design manuals and span tables.
• Working knowledge of MS Office.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills with the ability to work independently and in teams.

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