Roof Truss Designer

Roof Truss Designer – Building Components

Work Location: Onsite Cincinnati, OH. This is not a remote position.

Nisbet Brower Building Products is seeking a Roof Truss Designer to join our Components team. This position is focused on the design and layout of wood roof truss systems for residential and commercial construction, with the opportunity to cross-train and develop into Panel Design.

We are looking for someone with experience or a strong technical foundation in roof trusses, structural building components, wood framing, residential construction design, or a closely related construction-design field.

Please note: This is a building-component design position focused on wood roof trusses. It is not a general mechanical, product, or graphic design position.

What You'll Do

• Review architectural and construction plans, blueprints, specifications, and customer information.
• Develop accurate roof truss designs and layouts for residential and commercial projects.
• Prepare production-ready drawings and design information for truss manufacturing.
• Review plans for structural requirements, dimensions, loads, framing conditions, and potential design conflicts.
• Identify missing or conflicting information and work with the appropriate parties to resolve design questions.
• Coordinate with Sales, Estimating, Production, builders, and customers throughout the design process.
• Revise designs based on plan changes, field conditions, engineering requirements, or customer needs.
• Ensure designs comply with applicable building codes, engineering requirements, and company standards.
• Maintain accurate project drawings, files, and design documentation.
• Provide technical support related to truss layouts and building-component design.
• Cross-train in Panel Design as knowledge of Nisbet Brower's products, systems, and processes develops.