Architecture and Design Specification Representative

Johns Manville is committed to delivering positive and powerful experiences, because we are successful only when our employees and customers thrive. We are passionate, we care about people, we perform at a superior level, and we protect others and our environments.

The purpose of the Architecture and Design Specification Representative’s role is to provide technical assistance and influence design professionals of all types (i.e. roof consultants, architects, engineers) to use Johns Manville's Roofing Solutions. The Architecture and Design Specification Representative will be responsible for interacting with design professionals to provide technical assistance regarding roofing solutions, providing design professionals with education to promote Johns Manville's technical expertise, and strategically target specifying design firms to rewrite master specifications to position Johns Manville in the specifications. The Architecture and Design Specification Representative will also be responsible for providing market data analysis to better understand Johns Manville’s position within the specification community, and develop project leads for our sales team and roofing contractors.

This position is based out of Denver, CO but we do have a flexible work arrangement which, by way of example, an employee's work week may include both some days at the employee's assigned company

work location and some workdays performed remotely from the employee's home. The schedule of remote work will be based on business and work needs as determined by management. Currently, this position requires work at the JM World Headquarters in Denver, CO and is not fully remote.

Your Day-to-Day:

• Provide project technical assistance to both external and internal customer bases via front end project assistance and reactive activities:
• Specification review
• Specification writing
• Technical review
• System selection review and Johns Manville alignment
• Product substitution requests during bidding
• Analyze project specifications to qualify project opportunities in target markets and develop project leads for our approved contractors
• Utilization of CRM to manage activities, project opportunities and customer leads
• Analyze Johns Manville’s specification position within a given market and work closely with Regional Sales, Preferred Accounts, and Product Management to develop corresponding specification strategy to increase project opportunities
• Participation and continued education within the design professional and commercial roofing industry to grow skillset and to ensure that Johns Manville technical documents and educational resources remain relevant to these communities
• Partner with internal teams (sales, product management, marketing, etc.) to provide voice of customer and market data analysis, ensuring that our tools and resources remain current
• May be required to perform related duties as required

What You Bring to the Team:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture, or construction management preferred Or
• Three years of professional experience in engineering or architectural fundamentals
• Roofing product and installation technical knowledge (preferred)
• Knowledge of the construction industry and construction process (CDT Certification preferred)
• Ability to read and edit construction documents
• Ability to evaluate Johns Manville and competitor product lines including physical properties and characteristics
• Ability to understand customer needs and develop custom solutions for unique roofing situations
• Solid interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills

Benefits
Johns Manville (JM) offers a wide range of benefits to employees. Some are subsidized by the company and others are fully employee-paid. Health benefits include a choice of comprehensive medical plans, a dental plan, vision plan, wellness program and critical illness insurance. JM sponsors a 401(k) plan which includes a sizeable company match. JM offers paid vacation and also provides paid sick and parental leave for eligible employees.
Additionally, Johns Manville provides basic life Insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an employee assistance program, and business travel accident coverage. Supplemental life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance are available as well. The company also offers a variety of tax saving accounts; health spending account, traditional flexible spending account, and a dependent care spending account. JM also offers a tuition reimbursement program for undergraduate and certain graduate programs.

Why Johns Manville
Johns Manville is a proud member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies, serving customers in more than 80 countries, supplying innovative products to the construction, aerospace, automotive, filtration and energy industries. With a more than 160-year legacy, we understand that our story continues to grow only with the right people saying, thinking and doing the right things. Make your story our story.
Johns Manville believes diversity and inclusion in our workplace is critical for the long-term success of our company. We are committed to retaining, developing and attracting a diverse workforce that fosters an inclusive work environment in which all employees are treated with dignity and respect. This is the right thing to do for our employees, our company and our communities.

Incumbent must be physically able to perform essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.