Design Automation Engineer

Design Automation Engineer

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 include implementing vision and values, safety orientation, customer focus, contributing to team success, quality orientation, work ethic, continuous and applied learning, and productivity orientation.

Essential duties and responsibilities include engineering automation, standards and catalog development, metadata and downstream readiness, and governance and continuous improvement.

Required skills include an 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, and ability to document standards, assumptions, design logic, and validation criteria clearly.

Preferred skills include experience with Autodesk Vault, familiarity with iLogic, iProperties, Autodesk APIs, , 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, and 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.

• 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

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

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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