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15000 Valmont Plaza Omaha Nebraska 68154

Why Valmont

We’re Here to Move the World Forward.

Valmont impacts millions of people around the world every day, yet they might not realize the many ways. Our technology is helping feed the growing population, supplying the world with more reliable energy and access to renewables, enhancing connectivity in remote and urban locations to create a sustainable future and so much more. Simply put, Valmont is advancing agricultural productivity and reimagining vital infrastructure to make life better.

Join a Fortune 1000 company that respects hard work, honors diversity and invests in our employees as we focus on creating the world of tomorrow, today. We are the modern workforce . Are you ready to move the world forward? Apply now.

A Brief Summary of This Position:

This Individual Contributor position is responsible for the design and drafting of products, including the origination and development of concepts and presenting new customer solutions. You will process orders for production and customer submittal drawings, and prepare the necessary drawings and other data for the teams, other departments and the manufacturing facilities. You will read and interpret customer specifications, plans, and other order information to determine the format required to complete customer orders. You will be responsible for resolving any inconsistent, conflicting, or missing customer information with the Customer, Engineering Manager or Senior Designers.

Essential Functions:

• This position reports to the Vice President, Engineering Global L&T and International Telecom and has no direct or indirect reports

• This role may require some travel (expected to be minimal)

• Investigates and analyzes design problems, determining changes and requirements to meet project demands

• Creates sketches for use by other designer/drafters and prepares lists for purchasing

• Interprets specifications and standards to ensure customer requirements are met or improved

• Communicates with engineers, customers, and stakeholders to prepare drawings and resolve specification questions

• Provides assistance and input on project basis to team members in developing shop drawings

• Reviews customer contract drawings, specifications, and instructions from various departments

• Manages department backlog by monitoring order schedules and updating computerized systems

• Independently provides solutions to customer designs, such as new platform designs or connection types

• Identifies, recommends, and helps implement changes to standard drafting procedures and designs to improve customer acceptance or reduce product costs

Required Qualifications of Every Candidate:

• Preferred Bachelor’s with 2+ years relevant experience or Associates Degree with 3+ years relevant experience or 5+ years of relevant experience

• Proficiency in SolidWorks or Autodesk Inventor 2013 or newer version

• Experience with AutoCAD 2013, Reproduction Equipment, Scientific Calculator, and Drafting Equipment

• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook

• Demonstrated ability to read and interpret manufacturing drawings, design constraints, and product requirements

• Strong problem-solving skills with attention to detail and a number/math orientation

• Ability to identify, communicate, and participate in process improvement opportunities aimed at reducing cost, improving efficiencies, and increasing customer satisfaction

Highly Qualified Candidates Will Also Possess These Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or other technical role

• Basic knowledge of Valmont products

• Experience with 3-D modeling parametric techniques

• Knowledgeable of the end use of the product and knowledge of the fabrication and manufacturing processes used to make similarly structured product

• Proficient in two or more product lines or have similar experience

• High level of proficiency regarding Valmont’s drafting processes and systems

Working Environment and Physical Efforts:

Work is typically performed in an office setting. The incumbent is regularly required to sit for extended periods of time, as well as talk and listen on the phone and in personal conversations or meetings. Environment is fast paced and demanding most of the time. No travel requirements for this position. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms while working in the office with various files and forms and while working on the computer. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk when moving about the office. Incumbent must utilize proper ergonomic safeguards such as monitor height and positions, keyboard location and height and proper wrists rests. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds in working with large files, binders, and computer equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

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Benefits

Valmont offers employees and their families a comprehensive Total Wellbeing benefit package to ensure their individual and family’s overall wellness needs are met. Some offerings are dependent upon the role, work schedule, or location and can include the following:

• Healthcare (medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision)

• 401k retirement plan with company match

• Paid time off

• Employer paid life insurance

• Employer paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave

• Work Life Support

• Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year

• Voluntary programs like tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, one-on-one health coaching, mortgage services and more

Valmont does not discriminate against any employee or applicant in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

If you have a disability and require any assistance in filling out the application for employment email EEOCompliance@Valmont.com.

Valmont is here to modernize vital infrastructure and increase agricultural productivity, sustainably and reliably. We galvanize steel to last a century with minimal environmental impact. We modernize irrigation to feed a growing population by utilizing the latest technology. We harden the electrical grid to enable the delivery of reliable power to millions of homes around the world. And we help make communities everywhere safer, cleaner and more connected through our smart infrastructure technology.

Valmont serves two primary markets — agriculture and infrastructure — and seven diverse product lines: Utility, Lighting and Transportation, Telecom, Solar, Coatings, Irrigation and Ag Tech. We manufacture products in 85 facilities spread across six continents, and we do business in 100 different countries.

That’s what Valmont does. We conserve resources and improve life, finding ways to make innovation and technology beneficial in the real world.

• That’s the value we add.