Our people – not our machinery - are our biggest assets. DIS-TRAN Steel’s leadership team lives by our company values, modeling our culture of respect and integrity each day. We're a team that likes to have fun, but we also know how to get stuff done.
DIS-TRAN Steel is looking to add a Design Automation Engineer to join the team at the Pineville Plant.
The Design Automation Engineer supports the company’s Smart Engineering transformation by converting engineering knowledge, design standards, customer requirements, and manufacturing needs into scalable digital engineering workflows.
This role serves as a bridge between Engineering & Design, Operations, CAD platform development, ERP/MES teams, and future automation initiatives. The Design Automation Engineer will develop and validate intelligent Autodesk Inventor models, configurable assemblies, reusable templates, engineering metadata, and automation rules that improve design consistency, engineering productivity, manufacturing readiness, and downstream data quality.
The role is intended to complement the existing Developer position by adding dedicated engineering expertise to Inventor, Vault, standards catalog, metadata, and automation development efforts.
CORE COMPETENCIES:
- Implementing Vision and Values: Keeps the organization’s vision and values at the forefront of the associate decision making and action.
- Safety Orientation: Is aware of conditions that affect employee safety, takes responsible action, and promotes safety throughout the organization.
- Customer Focus: Proactively works to determine the needs of the internal / external customers and provide solutions; actively focuses on providing high quality service to internal / external customers while addressing the organization’s mission / vision / goals / policies; maintains clear communication regarding mutual expectation.
- Contributing to Team Success: Works cooperatively with others; is agreeable and team oriented; demonstrates a willingness to put aside personal differences for the benefit of the group as a whole.
- Quality Orientation: Is aware of quality issues and actively makes suggestions for improvement of product or processes; knows how personal contribution affects overall product and process quality; understands the company’s quality objectives and how they relate to the company’s objectives.
- Work Ethic: Maintains and promotes social, ethical, and organizational norms in conducting internal and external business activities.
- Continuous and Applied Learning: Actively identifies new areas for learning; regularly creates and takes advantage of learning opportunities; uses newly gained knowledge and skills on the job and leaning through their application; comprehends new job related information in a timely manner and correctly recalls and applies that information.
- Productivity Orientation: Takes appropriate actions to satisfy work quotas (e.g. production, assignments, projects, etc.)
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
REQUIREMENTS FOR DESIGN AUTOMATION ENGINEER:
Required Skills
- Engineering background in civil, mechanical, structural, or related discipline.
- Strong understanding of structural steel design and engineer-to-order products.
- Experience with Autodesk Inventor and complex parametric modeling.
- Ability to translate engineering requirements into model parameters, rules, and templates.
- Understanding of how engineering decisions affect detailing, fabrication, procurement, and manufacturing execution.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and cross-functional communication skills.
- Interest in standardization, automation, model-based engineering, and continuous improvement.
- Ability to work effectively with engineering, detailing, operations, software, ERP/MES, and data teams.
- Ability to document standards, assumptions, design logic, and validation criteria clearly.
Preferred Skills
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- Experience with Autodesk Vault.
- Familiarity with iLogic, iProperties, Autodesk APIs, VB.NET, C#, Python, or similar tools.
- Experience with design automation, configurable products, or rules-based engineering.
- Knowledge of BOM, BOO, ERP, MES, and manufacturing data requirements.
- Experience developing reusable templates, libraries, or standards-based design content.
- Experience working in a structural steel, fabrication, utility, substation, transmission, or engineer-to-order environment.
- PE license preferred but not required.
Why Join DIS-TRAN Steel?
At DIS-TRAN Steel, you'll have the opportunity to make a visible impact on our operations while gaining exposure to production, project management, continuous improvement, and business operations. This role provides an excellent foundation for future leadership opportunities within manufacturing and industrial operations.
Benefits
- Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision Coverage
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- 401(k) with Company Match
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Cafeteria Plan
- Corporate Fitness Program
- More information regarding The Crest Industries Family of Companies’ Internal and External Referral Programs can be found here: https://www.crestoperations.com/recruit-new
Referral level: Professional
Eligible for Enhanced Referral
Eligible for External Referral
As strategists, operational experts, customer advocates and team players, we all believe in the power of our people. Explore how you can become a part of our team of strength and commitment that's built to last!
DIS-TRAN Steel is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.
DIS-TRAN Steel is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request information regarding reasonable accommodation, contact your Human Resource Business Partner.
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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR
60-1.35(c).
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