Product Design Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Perform structural analysis and design of prestressed and reinforced concrete products.


• Design products in accordance with applicable codes, standards, customer specifications, and project requirements.


• Evaluate wind, ice, equipment, handling, transportation, erection, and other applicable loading conditions.


• Apply ASCE 7-16, ASCE 7-22, or equivalent governing load standards as appropriate.


• Apply applicable concrete design standards, industry requirements, and accepted engineering practices.


• Occasionally support the analysis and design of steel poles, structures, or components used in highway, traffic, lighting, utility, or similar applications.


• Support steel design in accordance with applicable AASHTO specifications and other governing standards when required.


• Prepare and review engineering calculations, design documentation, drawings, specifications, and technical submittals.


• Review customer specifications, contract documents, and project requirements to identify applicable design criteria.


• Work closely with drafting and detailing personnel to translate engineering requirements into accurate production drawings.


• Provide engineering support to manufacturing, quality, sales, estimating, project management, and other internal departments.


• Assist manufacturing facilities with technical questions, product issues, nonconforming conditions, and design-related problem-solving.


• Communicate with customers, consulting engineers, municipalities, state agencies, departments of transportation, and other project stakeholders.


• Participate in product development, design improvement, standardization, cost reduction, and continuous-improvement initiatives.


• Visit manufacturing facilities to understand production processes, support problem-solving, and improve product designs.


• Occasionally travel to customer, project, or field locations as business needs require.


• Perform other engineering duties consistent with the needs of the department.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.


• Strong understanding of engineering mechanics, statics, strength of materials, and structural analysis.


• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, codes, and technical requirements.


• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.


• Clear written and verbal communication skills.


• Ability to work effectively with technical and nontechnical team members.


• Willingness to learn new products, design methods, software, codes, standards, and manufacturing processes.


• Ability to manage multiple assignments and meet project deadlines.


• Willingness to travel periodically to manufacturing facilities and, on occasion, customer or project locations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer license in Civil or Mechanical Engineering.


• Successful completion of the Fundamentals of Engineering exam and Engineer-in-Training or Engineering Intern designation.


• Experience with prestressed concrete, reinforced concrete, concrete poles, utility structures, transportation structures, lighting structures, or similar engineered products.


• Familiarity with ASCE 7 and applicable concrete design standards.


• Experience performing wind-load, flexural, shear, serviceability, stability, handling, transportation, or foundation-related calculations.


• Knowledge of prestressing methods, reinforcing steel, concrete materials, connections, or embedded components.


• Experience with structural analysis or finite-element-analysis software.


• Experience working with concrete or steel manufacturing operations, production drawings, quality requirements, or fabrication processes.


• Familiarity with AASHTO specifications or structural steel design is beneficial but not required.


• Experience communicating with customers, consulting engineers, municipalities, state agencies, or departments of transportation.


• Working knowledge of CAD, engineering calculation software, or document-control systems.