Project Designer

SUMMARY OF JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

A Project Designer (PD) supports the Project Manager’s (PM) efforts from inception through production both in new product design and in existing product redesign on each individual project to which they are assigned.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Accurately compile the contract requirements, customer preferences, and manufacturing limitations of a given project into a cohesive design drawing package, bill of materials, and Track.net
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to juggle and prioritize multiple, competing tasks and demands and to seek supervisory assistance as appropriate
• Active communication with Project Managers
• Support the estimating functions
• If it is determined that an applicant is qualified for a PD III position, additional responsibilities will include managing assigned low profile projects from start to finish.

SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Other duties as assigned

JOB SCOPE:

• Provides support to the Engineering department through all aspects of product design

INTERPERSONAL CONTACTS:

• This position may interact within all levels of the Northwest Pipe organization.  Additionally, this position may have contact with business partners, customers, vendors, visitors and / or government agencies.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:

• Must be able to read and understand civil and mechanical drawings
• Must have a basic understanding of civil engineering and surveying terms and methods
• Must be strong in mathematics through trigonometry
• Must have good computer skills including spreadsheets and CAD

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

• College degree in engineering, mathematics, or other technical subject or equivalent work experience.
• Prefer a licensed professional engineer (PE)
• Experienced in the engineering, pipe, steel, construction or heavy highway industries strongly desired.
• 1 - 5 years experience.

Physical Demands / Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be meet 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.

Project timelines and work volume / deadlines may often require working outside of standard office hours, weekend, or evening work.

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

Sedentary work:  Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling or otherwise moving objects, including the human body.  (Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.  Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.)

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.
• 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.
• 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:

• Reaching: Grabbing things from a distance above or from the side.
• Walking: Moving about to accomplish tasks, particularity for long distances or moving from one work site to another. 
• 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.

• Lifting: Raining objects from a lower to a higher position or move objects horizontally from position to position.
• Feeling:  Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Kneeling/Crouching: Position self to file documents and open lower drawers as well as to lift boxes and other items.

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:

Over 2/3 of the time:

• Close vision
• Distance vision
• Peripheral vision
• Depth perception
• Adjust visual focus

Up to 2/3 of the time:

• Color vision

Weather Conditions:

Over to 2/3 of the time the worker is subject to:

• Inside environmental conditions:  Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes (as typical in office or administrative work)

Less than to 1/3 of the time the worker is subject to:

• Both environmental conditions: activities occur inside and outside
• Noise:  There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level

Noise Levels:

Over 2/3 of the time:

• Moderate noise

Less than 1/3 of the time:

• Very quite conditions
• Loud noise

Supervision Received:

Direction: The incumbent establishes methods and procedures for attaining specific goals and objectives, and receives guidance in terms of broad goals. Only the final results of work are typically reviewed. Incumbent typically develops procedures within the limits of established policy guidelines.