Careers

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Are you looking to be part of a fast-paced, focused, and innovative team? Whether you’re just beginning your career or you’re making a change, working at American Structures can offer you a wealth of benefits and opportunities. Meet other bright professionals in your sector. Do meaningful work. Make a difference.

Available Positions

Project Manager

Overview

Project managers facilitate projects from the beginning stage of estimating through fabrication and delivery to final completion with closeout of the project. They manage activities and tasks, coordinating internal stakeholders with the external customer. The project manager is responsible for delivering the client a superior product, on time and better than their expectations.

Major Duties/Job Requirements

Major Duties & Responsibilities

Create project bids and catalogue all bidding information
Manage projects through completion - for our product(s) only
Submit and track all records of Requests for Information (RFIs), Change Orders, Costing
Consult with customers, engineers, architects and builders
Schedule and supervise projects from start to finish
Estimate, review and approve job costing
Use takeoff software to compile complete list of products required for bid and manufacturing
Manage multiple projects along with ongoing projects
Develop and maintain good client relationships
Prepare / update project status reports
Reconcile and close completed projects
Other duties as assigned

Job Requirements

Construction and/or manufacturing fabrication background required
Experience with reading architectural plans or blueprints
Outstanding organization and time management skills
Possess exceptional sales and customer service skills
Possess a high degree of professionalism
Possess excellent communication skills, both verbal and in writing
Be able to handle sensitive information and documents with confidentiality
Experience managing small to large projects preferred
Mechanical design experience a plus
Experience with CAD a plus
Project management professional certification (PMP) a plus
May require occasional visits to local construction sites for meetings and evaluation of product requirements
Be highly self-motivated and dependable
High school diploma required
Computer skills required with proficiency in Microsoft Office
Type 40+ WPM
Must be able to pass a background check and drug screen

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Warehouse Employee 1 - Pacific

Overview

We are a manufacturing and distribution company that specializes in aluminum and stainless-steel railing products for the building industry. We are looking to hire warehouse positions for long-term employment.

This position is responsible for receiving, storing, loading, unloading, inventorying and packaging material for our warehouse and assembly operation. The position also requires the operation of power tools and forklift equipment.
Work Hours: 7:00-3:30 Monday – Friday and swing shift (hours TBD)

Major Duties/Job Requirements

Major Duties & Responsibilities

Picking material for production, assembly and shipment
Packing orders for customers
Shipping orders
Staffing will-call dock
Inventory cycle counts
Building crates and packaging material for freight shipments
Receiving shipments from vendors, suppliers and in-house transfer orders
Swaging and assembling cable
Assembly and fabrication of products
Cutting and drilling extrusions for products
Inspect materials for quality
Working in electronic ERP software
Using forklifts, hand trucks, pallet jacks, and scissor lifts

Job Requirements

Ability to work with customers in a professional manner
Phone Communication skills (English)
Must be willing to change and adapt to situations in order to provide outstanding service to the customer
Ability to be to work on time, every time while performing your job tasks consistently
Experience with power tools
Regular Ability to lift up to 50 pounds, frequently, up to 100 pounds occasionally with full range & motion
Working in a warehouse environment in hot and cold weather
Work in a safe and controlled manner
Frequent bending, lifting and standing
Reports to production supervisor
Basic reading and math skills
Mechanical aptitude
Read and use a tape measure
Strong computer skills w/Microsoft Outlook experience
Ability to understand and follow both oral and written instructions
Prior experience with automatic and manual packaging machines, scales and printing devices
Operating forklift and other heavy equipment
Must be able to pass a background check and random drug screening

Benefits

Paid holidays
PTO
Health insurance and retirement plan
Paid education programs

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CAD Drafter

Overview

This role requires an organized and detail-oriented CAD drafter to support our production and manufacturing teams. The job requires a good working knowledge of AutoCAD and will be responsible for drawing parts, creating new designs and producing shop drawings. The role will also require creating takeoffs from architectural and structural drawings to support our commercial bidding process.

Major Duties/Job Requirements

Major Duties & Responsibilities

Produce detailed drawings of commercial and residential building products
Help create BOMs (build of materials) for complex assemblies
Convert CAD drawings to PDF files for submittals and production
Create shop drawings for manufacturing usage
Help design new products for rapid prototyping and testing
Work with engineering, design, production and sales teams to prepare projects for production
Use IBC (international building codes) to inform drawing decisions and design specifications
Prepare working plans and detail drawings from sketches, notes and verbal information supplied by engineers and designers
Provide takeoffs from architectural and structural drawings for the bidding process
Work independently and within a team on special nonrecurring and ongoing projects
Work within a document control system to manage, access and maintain version control for drawings and other engineering documents
Help continuously improve processes and procedures by finding issues and providing solutions

Job Requirements

High proficiency with AutoCAD
Associates degree or equivalent work experience in a designing and drafting role
Knowledge and proficiency with SolidWorks are a plus
Be highly self-motivated and dependable
Knowledge of Bluebeam software is a plus
Knowledge of manufacturing processes is a plus
Strong skills in reading and understanding architectural and construction layouts and diagrams
A willingness to dive deep and become a product expert
General computer skills with proficiency in MS Office365 applications, specifically including Teams, Word, Excel, Power Point, and Outlook
Displays a clear willingness to listen to others and collaborate
Has good interpersonal skills and works interdepartmentally to achieve objectives
Shows commitment and dedication
Strives to be ahead of schedule
This position is primarily an office position but will require frequent visits to the production floor. Will also periodically require site visits to construction sites.
Must be willing to take and successfully pass a background check and drug screen

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