What are the responsibilities and job description for the Remote Truss Designer position at 84 Lumber Company?
🏗️ NOW HIRING: REMOTE TRUSS DESIGNER — 84 LUMBER (COMPONENTS)
We are seeking an experienced Remote Truss Designer to join our Components team. This is a fully remote opportunity for a detail-oriented professional with strong technical design skills and a background in structural components.
🔧 What You’ll Do:
Design roof and floor trusses using MiTek software (required)
Interpret blueprints, layouts, and construction documents
Ensure designs meet all engineering standards and local codes
Collaborate with sales, production, and field teams
Optimize designs for efficiency, cost, and manufacturability
✅ What You Bring:
Required: Experience using MiTek design software
Background in truss design, construction, or structural components
Strong understanding of building materials and framing methods
Ability to read and interpret construction drawings
High attention to detail and accuracy
💻 Why Join Us:
Fully remote flexibility
Work with a strong, established Components team
Opportunity to grow within a leading building materials company
Competitive pay based on experience
Responsibilities
Read architectural prints to create roof and floor truss placement layouts conforming to current 84 Components design practices.
Design of roof and floor trusses in engineering software ensuring designs are accurate, optimized, and conforms to the current P&P.
Specify all necessary supplied hardware.
Maintain complete and update Job Tracking Sheet.
Send approval letter to customers according to P&P procedures when necessary.
Provide sales and customer support when necessary.
Ensure office and plan are maintained in a neat and orderly fashion and all plans are logged properly.
Attend required meetings and participates in committees as requested by supervisor(s).
Qualifications
General knowledge of construction industry. Knowledge of floor and roof truss design process
Ability to read and interpret architectural and structural blueprints
Ability to calculate tributary loads, concentrated loads, and load transfer through a building.
Ability to operate a computer and current software used by company Knowledge of current local codes associated with truss design (i.e. TPI, UBC).
Good written and oral communication skills are required.
Ability to read, understand, and follow oral and written instructions.
Ability to deal courteously with customers, co-workers, and construction personnel
Good math skills including, but not limited to architectural units, fractions, geometry, and basic trigonometry.