Do you love beautiful spaces, precise measurements, and helping clients bring their dream remodels to life?

Do you take pride in your ability to balance creativity with technical accuracy and manage design projects from concept to permit-ready plans?

If you answered “Yes!” to both questions, we’d love to hear from you.

We’re looking for a seasoned, thoughtful, and detail-driven Designer to lead residential remodeling and construction design projects for our national award-winning design-build team. In this role, you'll take point on client design development, collaborate with our production team, and ensure every plan is ready to build - with beauty, function, and code compliance in mind.

Residential Remodeling Designer / Draftsman

Compensation:

$60,000–$80,000+ annual salary, based on experience

• 2 weeks PTO/Vacation

• 7 paid holidays per year

• Matching 401K after 1 year

• Supplemental Health Plan Benefit

• Profit sharing opportunities after 1 year

Location:

Moscow Idaho & Pullman Washington, two beautiful college towns in the Pacific Northwest.

Main Responsibilities:

As Designer / Draftsman at Ealy Construction, you’ll lead clients through the design process (from initial concept to construction-ready plans) developing detailed drawings, coordinating with suppliers, and ensuring designs meet budget, code, and aesthetic goals. This role requires 10+ years of residential remodeling experience, proficiency in Chief Architect or Design 2020, and strong communication and project coordination skills.

Minimum Requirements:

What skills and experience do I need?

• 10+ years of experience in residential remodeling design, ideally in a design-build environment

• Strong proficiency in Chief Architect and/or Design 2020

• Deep knowledge of residential construction, cabinetry, building codes and standards

• Clear, confident communication with clients, vendors, and project teams

• Experience sourcing materials and coordinating with showrooms and manufacturers

• Familiarity with Buildertrend or other project management software

• Fluency with Google Suite (Sheets, Docs, Gmail) and file organization

• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent design projects and meet deadlines

• A positive, proactive, collaborative mindset—you anticipate needs and take ownership

Benefits:

• Controlled work hours - we have families and we like to spend time with them.

• Cheerful, no-gossip, hard-working environment.

• Production bonus and profit-sharing potential - We reward results and faithfulness.

• Periodic off-site education.

• Work on challenging and beautiful projects that are usually no farther than 20 minutes  from home.

• Clothing allowance

• No glass ceiling. You can learn, grow and advance as much as you like.

• Company matched 401k retirement plan after 1 yr.

• Live in North Idaho or South East Washington

Specific Duties:

As Designer / Draftsman at Ealy Construction, you’ll be responsible for:

• Leading design meetings with clients to understand their goals, frustrations, aesthetic preferences, and functional needs

• Preparing accurate as-built drawings based on site visits, Canvas scans, and manual measurements

• Developing detailed floorplans, elevations, and 3D renderings in Chief Architect and Design 2020

• Presenting initial concepts, refining designs, and finalizing construction-ready plans based on feedback and constraints

• Ensuring designs align with project budgets, code requirements, and field conditions

• Coordinating closely with project managers to review feasibility, buildability, and scheduling considerations

• Guiding clients through material selection with supplier support, value-engineering as needed

• Coordinating with cabinet manufacturers and verifying all design specs match supplier systems

• Preparing permit-ready drawing sets and coordinating revisions with city planning as needed

• Organizing and uploading plans, selections, and communication records into Buildertrend

• Supporting the team with material ordering and ensuring selections are documented for procurement
  

Why work for Ealy Construction?

• We hire for a long term career fit. We want to help you build a life and a fulfilling career where you love coming to work. Most of our employees work here for many years.

• We pay great salaries and benefits. You’ll have the means to give your family the lifestyle they deserve and save for retirement.

• Our work is in high demand. We keep work booked out for about a year and have been steadily growing over the past decade.

• We’re located in Moscow Idaho, named “The Best City to Raise a Family” in 2018 and 2019. It’s big enough that you aren’t missing out on anything, and small enough that we have a great sense of community. Plus it’s close to great skiing, biking, and hiking opportunities.
  

What kind of people work here? 

While your specific skills and experiences are important, the single most important thing that we hire for is your character. Life, and work, are easier when you’re surrounded by great people. Because of that, we keep our company values in mind when bringing new people on to the team:

Three Loves

• This isn’t just a job; it’s a calling. Our actions show that we love our team, clients, and work. Our commitment to care is the bedrock of our success.

Excellence in Action

• Excellence is our north star. By continuously holding ourselves to a standard greater than ourselves, we become excellent. We feel God’s pleasure when we achieve clear objectives and beautiful, on-time, on-budget remodels.

Humble/Hungry/Smart

• This is the basic DNA of any EC team member - teachable, internally motivated, and people-smart. We embrace challenges as opportunities to grow, creating better experiences for clients and teammates. Bricks and sticks build projects, and smiles and kind words elevate people.

Organized Organizer

• We create order from chaos every day through clarity, simplicity, and thoughtful planning. Our professional process achieves calm and certainty in our own lives and in the lives of our clients and trade partners.

Grateful Enjoyer

• We love Mondays. In all of history, we have the unparalleled privilege of choosing what we want to do for a living and who we do it with. Gratitude infuses everything we do. We enjoy building, and we build enjoyment.