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Design Engineer-August 2024
Birmingham
Aug 29, 2025
About Design Engineer

  4200 Jefferson Ave SW Birmingham Alabama 35221

  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.

  The Engineer is responsible for the structural analysis and design of lighting and traffic structures for both municipal and commercial applications. In this individual contributor role, the incumbent is responsible for completing engineering designs to meet project requirements as defined by customers and provide technical engineering support to both internal and external sales and customers. In addition, the incumbent plans and monitors workflow of design activities to meet milestone dates for projects assigned. Product lines the individual may work on include aluminum, steel, and composite highway lighting and traffic structures. All of these products that impact the public’s day-to-day activities must be designed to meet a variety of design code requirements such as the American Association of State Highway and Traffic Officials (AASHTO) and International Building Code (IBC) . The design team is responsible for day-to-day customer support, identifying changes in the design process to support industry trends and supporting the manufacturing facilities within the global Valmont footprint to ensure designs are prepared properly for production. This role joins a growing development path for an Engineering interested in working with an ever developing product portfolio at Valmont.

  Essential Functions:

  Perform routine engineering work requiring application of engineering standards, procedures and criteria in carrying out a sequence of related design tasks

  Analyze and design Lighting and Traffic Structures using structural design software in conjunction with hand calculations and FEM in accordance with industry design codes while taking into consideration both public safety and minimum cost

  Primary contact with operations to focus on design for manufacturing projects

  Interpret customer specifications, customer needs and market/sales needs

  Communicate engineering data to customers both internal and external

  Assisting sales with pricing and quoting information as it relates to engineering

  Assist in developing and maintaining an ongoing library of design standards for individual customers to help improve efficiency and provide prompt customer support while also collaborating with other engineers in enhancing engineering standards and tools.

  Domestic and International travel may be required up to 10%

  Other Important Details about the Role:

  Hybrid or remote work is available with occasional time in the office for staff meetings and during initial training.

  Reviews and interprets project plans, specifications and customer requirements and designs the most efficient and economical structures to meet those requirements, while taking into account site-specific geographic and environmental (wind and ice) conditions and adhering to the applicable Valmont and national design standards

  Independently able to perform the analysis and design of standard products, with occasional assistance of senior level engineers

  Assists internal personnel (e.g. drafters, project administrators) in the review and interpretation of any design work generated either manually or with a computer design program

  Review and approve design drawings for both internal and external customers

  Through occasional customer contact by telephone, written communication and occasional personal visits, establish positive working relationships with Valmont’s customers while maintaining Valmont’s standing as a technical leader in the industry.

  Works with manufacturing personnel to ensure that product designs can be manufactured efficiently

  Possess an innate curiosity to improve processes and procedures that will improve the Design team capabilities and reduce cycle times

  Required Qualifications of Every Candidate (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities):

  Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering with 2 to 3 years-experience in civil or structural design.

  Ability to read/interpret multiple design standards and apply to real world applications

  Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities with schedule accountability

  Strong technical competence in structural/civil engineering with a willingness to take on new engineering challenges both individually and as part of a team.

  Have the necessary background to obtain licensure as a Professional Engineering upon completion of experience requirements.

  Demonstrated strengths in interpersonal skills, including the ability to adapt and professionally communicate with people in various disciplines and management levels

  Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office Products, especially: Excel, Word and Outlook

  The ability to solve complex problems with high attention to detail and work in a fast-paced environment subject to specific deadlines

  Highly Qualified Candidates Will Also Possess These Qualifications:

  Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Emphasis.

  Licensed as a professional engineer with ability to obtain licensure in multiple states

  3 years related engineering experience in municipal/roadway design applications

  Strong AutoCAD or 3D modeling skills, including design applications

  #LI-RA2

  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 [email protected].

  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.

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