Employment Opportunities at Shelter
Shelter offers employment opportunities in a workplace that is committed to thinking, building, and living well. We promote a working environment that values both personal and professional growth.
Shelter is a widely recognized and respected organization with over 40 years of experience in education, building, and fine woodworking tools.

Architectural Designer(Fully Remote Option)
We are currently hiring a full-time Designer for our Woolwich, ME team. Shelter Institute is the area’s premier timber framing company and fine woodworking tool store. We have been evolving durable, adaptable, energy-conscious building techniques since 1974 and we are looking to expand our design team!
The ideal candidate will have a strong work ethic and a never-give-up self-starting attitude. This position entails working with clients to design their homes, creating cut sheet and design packages and traveling frequently to install them. The travel is often in Maine but can be anywhere in the country. We believe that it is crucial for the designer to be on job sites seeing how their work, works in the real world.
This job offers a meaningful career and endless opportunities for growth. We are a small growing business and we are looking for applicants who are excited to take part in our growth.
Primary Responsibilities:- Use Vectorworks to design homes and other structures with clients
- Use Vectorworks to design cutsheet packages for clients and for our crew
- Travel when necessary to be on the job site erecting the structures you designed
- 1+ years as a designer with a residential construction background
- 1+ years experience in Vectorworks or a similar design software
- Self-starter who seeks growth
- Consistently keep an open mind about learning new skills
- Eagerness to learn about new building materials and building science methods
- Ability to travel frequently
- Humor
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