Get ready to grow with us!

Northwest Pipe Company is the nation’s leading manufacturer of water infrastructure products and with over 50 years of experience, we’re just getting started! Our business is growing, and we’re looking for great people to grow with us. We’re immediately seeking a Senior Product Designer to join our Northwest Pipe team in Houston, TX.

We Offer:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D Insurance
• Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Sick Time
• 401k Retirement Savings Plan with Employer Match
• Bonus Potential (2x per year)
• Up to $5,000 per year Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Opportunities for Career Advancement
• Values-Driven Culture Committed to Diversity, Inclusion, and Safety

Our Values:

• Accountabilityis evident when we do what we say we are going to do and people accept responsibility for their actions. We do not point fingers and blame others. We own our actions.
• Commitmentis not only promising to do something, but actually investing in the necessary effort and actions to make it happen.
• Teamworkis essential for competing in a challenging and constantly changing business environment. Working together across all job functions is critical to achieving our success.

ABOUT THE JOB:

This role is responsible for recommending, designing, prototyping, assessing, and marketing products for water management.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborates and proposes designs for new and existing products and systems.
• Develops accurate fabrication drawings for equipment orders.
• Support sales staff with submittal, production drawings and O & M manuals.
• Operates computer-aided design (CAD) system, AutoCAD or SolidWorks
• Models equipment for product development
• Confers with engineering to define design modifications.
• Research code requirements within region to help drive specification.
• Prepare and present drawings and specifications to civil, plumbing, and mechanical engineering customers, website, and marketing mediums.
• Keys in specified information to produce graphical representation hard copy of design for review and approval by engineering staff.
• Provides technical staff drawings to incorporate into rendered images
• Travels within US approximately 5 trips per year.
• Attends Sales meetings, trade shows or conferences to provide Sales support and technical knowledge of the products.
• Maintains technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing technical publications.
• Provides technical and administrative support for department as needed.
• Assist with project work as directed by Department Managers.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions listed.

• Knowledge of construction, estimating, compliance and permitting.
• Strong administrative and organizational skills with an attention to detail.
• Must have the ability to create and modify drawings under strict timelines.
• Enters specified information into a computer, using a keyboard, to generate approved designs.
• Accuracy in data entry is critical
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office products, Smartsheets, and AutoCAD or SolidWorks
• Experience in Adobe Suite (Acrobat, Photoshop, Fireworks, Illustrator, and InDesign) or similar is preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience in technical writing is preferred.
• Must have high mathematical and logical aptitude, especially with fractions and decimals as a unit of measure.
• Must be familiar with both Millimeters and Inches as a unit of measure.
• Must be highly detail-oriented and able to solve problems with little guidance.
• Strong customer service and organizational skills.
• Ability to work effectively as a team member and establish/maintain cooperative working relationships.
• Ability to self-manage and multitask.
• Ability to learn new programs.
• Possess a positive attitude and a strong work ethic.
• Possess an aptitude to read and understand construction plan and specifications (Civil & Plumbing).
• Knowledge of storm water, plumbing, and environmental codes and agencies is preferred.
• Experience working in Salesforce and SAP preferred
• Knowledge Content Management System (CMS, Joomla, WordPress) is helpful.
• Knowledge of Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and/or fluid mechanics is helpful.
• Experience working in AutoDesk software products (AutoCad, Inventor, Revit).
• Construction industry experience preferred.
• Knowledge of patent & trademark process is preferred.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• Degree in technical/engineering related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years related experience with product design, prototyping, assessing, sales, and marketing products.
• Construction Industry engineering experience preferred.

Full list of anticipated physical demands for this position and detail on our work environment is available on our application portal. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Northwest Pipe Company is committed to equal employment opportunity and affirmative action. Minorities, females, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Northwest Pipe Company reserves the right to close the position, with or without notice, if a qualified candidate is identified prior to the close date.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Regular, reliable and predictable attendance is necessary in order to perform the essential functions of this position.

Physical Activity

Over 2/3 of the time:

• Standing/Sit: Remaining upright in a stationary position, particularly for sustained periods.
• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling to type.
• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Walking: Moving about to accomplish tasks, particularity for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Communicating: Expressing or exchanging ideas and information accurately, in written or diagram form.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers such as moving a mouse and typing.

Up to 2/3 of the time:

• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm to operate a mouse, phone, computer, and other office machines.

Less than 1/3 of the time:

• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward downward or outward.
• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
• Kneeling/Crouching: Position self to look under or around equipment or areas of production
• Stooping: Positions self to lift items off the floor.
• Reaching: Grabbing things from a distance above or from the side.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or move objects from position to position.

Physical Requirements

• Medium work: Exerting up to 30 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.

Visual Acuity

• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes.

Vision Requirements:

Over 2/3 of the time the worker is required to have:

• Close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less)

Up to 2/3 of time the worker is required to have:

• Distance vision (clear feet at 20 feet or more)
• Ability to adjust visual focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus)

Weather Conditions

• The worker is subject to both environmental conditions throughout their day: activities occur inside the office environment and outside in production or the yards.

Noise Levels

Over 2/3 of the time:

• Moderate noise to loud noise when in production
• Quiet conditions when working in the office

Personal Protective Equipment is required when in the Plant, Yard or Construction Areas:

• Hard Hat
• Safety Glasses
• Steel-toed Boots
• Hearing Protection
• Reflective Vest