Associate Designer

Associate Designer

Date: March 8, 2024

Department: Shelter Design

Business Unit: Porter Corp

Location: Holland, MI

Reports To: Jordan Shepard-Design Supervisor

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Compensation: Hourly

Summary

The primary purpose of this position is to provide the design, detailing and Bill of Materials for fabrication drawing packages. This position is called upon to take the sales orders, building attributes and engineering calculations to formulate the drafting & design of the submittal/installation drawings as well as the fabrication part drawings.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Responsible for preparing installation instructions, finalizing project specific designs, detail drafting and preparation of bills of materials
2. Drawings are created using SolidWorks software
3. Responsible for reviewing engineering calculations and supporting documentation to ensure the final design meets the customers requirements
4. Interface with Project Engineers, Designers and Manufacturing for collaboration on final product design
5. Apply all engineering specifications and procedures that are to be used on all Porter Corp projects
6. Utilize the customer requirements, engineering calculation, and engineered drawings to provide correct and accurate fabrication drawings and installation instructions
7. Create accurate Bill of Materials for manufacturing
8. Apply all drafting, design and CAD procedures as required to develop the project drawings
9. Provide help to other Designers as required to get a project completed in a timely manner
10. Provide installation drawings as well as the part fabrication drawings on schedule as dictated by customer requirements
11. Perform other related duties, as required

Competencies

Analytical Decision-Making Financial Management

Communication Managing Others

Learning & Development EEO Accountability

Planning & Organizing Results Orientation

Professionalism & Integrity Teamwork & Relationship-Building

Risk-Taking/Creative Thinking