Posted: 21-Aug-24
Location: United States - Nationwide
Type: Contract
Salary: Commensurate with Experience
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Additional Information:
Trillium Architectural Products is a leading Canadian distributor of commercial and institutional doors and hardware. We are looking for an experienced industry veteran to join our team as a Senior Door and Frame Detailer. This individual will focus on detailing and pricing hollow metal doors, hollow metal frames and wood doors for our Major Projects Division, working on projects like hospitals, office towers and post-secondary institutions.
This role can be performed remotely from anywhere in the world. Hybrid or in-person options are available for candidates in the Toronto area. This is your opportunity to work with the best in the industry while experiencing the work/life balance that remote work provides.
Joining Trillium:
We have an engaged, hands-on leadership and management team who want you to succeed. The company has fully embraced remote work, which has allowed us to build an exceptional team of contributors at our head office in Toronto, across Canada and across the world.
We are excited about the project we are currently working on and the ones we have coming through the pipeline.
Join us to see why Trillium’s employee satisfaction and retention rates are among the best in the industry!
The Role:
As a key part of Trillium’s project team, Door and Frame Detailers work closely with our Estimators, Project Managers, Purchasers and Vendors to keep our door and frame orders organized, on track and on budget.
Senior Detailers work on large, complex projects. They must be technically proficient and should have a very solid grasp of machining requirements, anchoring, door construction, building codes, fire ratings and specialty openings (e.g. acoustic, lead-lined, bullet/blast resistant).
We need someone who can accurately detail and price the door and frame components at the project tender stage, then carry through with detailing, ordering and reviewing change orders throughout construction.
Senior Detailers also provide mentorship and guidance to others in the department.
Responsibilities:
- Review specification manuals and construction drawings to produce accurate take-offs, estimates, details and shop drawings
- Ensure door and frame orders are fully coordinated with all the required hardware and electronic preps, details and delivery schedules
- Place, track and review orders with vendors and internal teams (Purchasing, Project Managers, Installers)
- Review manufacturers’ order acknowledgements and confirm prep information and engineered drawings are correct prior to fabrication
- Work closely with manufacturers to achieve the best solutions, pricing, quality and service
- Provide comments and notes to be included with Requests for Information (RFIs)
- Review change orders, pricing, shop drawing submittals and delivery schedules
- Evaluate and explain cost discrepancies when they occur
Qualifications:
- The ideal candidate is a cooperative team player with exceptional accuracy and attention to detail. You are proactive, diligent and able to learn on the fly.
- A very high level of technical proficiency with doors, frames and hardware is required
- Minimum 10 years of industry experience with a distributor or manufacturer of steel or wood doors and frames
- DHI credentials are desirable, but not required
- Exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail and multitasking skills
- Strong proficiency with MS Excel is required; CAD experience is a plus
- Ability to work under tight deadlines
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English