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# Product Designer I at Heavy Construction Systems Specialists, LLC

- **Company:** Heavy Construction Systems Specialists, LLC
- **Location:** Remote
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-22
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-25
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/heavy-construction-systems-specialists-llc/am9icG9zdDoRG9Mm9wyfqMehtdh9PpQE

## Job description

We are HCSS. For the last 40 years, we have been developing software to help construction companies streamline their operations. Based in Sugar Land, TX, our mission is helping customers achieve excellence through our proven customer-centric, end-to-end solutions and exceptionally helpful service, while providing a great life for our employees. With this mission at the core of everything we do, HCSS is a pioneer and leader in the construction software space and a consistently recognized employer. We have earned Best Companies to Work for in Texas honors for 18 consecutive years and have been named a USA Today Top Workplace. HCSS has also been recognized by Built In as a Best Place to Work in Greater Houston and by Construction Executive for our technology innovation, reflecting our strong culture, industry leadership, and commitment to excellence.

## WHO WE NEED:

As a Product Designer I at HCSS, you are the primary advocate for our users and a core strategic partner within our Product team. You are driven by a strong curiosity to understand the complex workflows of the heavy civil construction and utilities industry, and you are passionate about designing solutions that make a tangible impact on the people building our world's infrastructure.

In this role, you will focus on discovering and validating the right problems to solve. You will partner directly with Group Product Managers, Product Managers, Technical Product Managers (TPMs), and other UX peers to conduct UX discovery and validation research as well as ideate solutions via wireframing, whiteboard, and proofs-of-concept. You will advocate for the user's voice throughout the product lifecycle to ensure our solutions are highly valuable, impactful, and usable. You are empowered to focus on product strategy, user advocacy, and workflow validation.

Qualifications:

- A portfolio that demonstrates your critical thinking process, showing how you moved from an ambiguous user problem to validated structural wireframes (e.g., how you approach problem-solving, not UI).
- High comfort level with "messy" whiteboarding, rough sketching, and throwaway design work over high-fidelity polish.
- Strong proficiency in using AI tools alongside modern whiteboarding tools to rapidly generate proofs-of-concept and visualize ideas at a high velocity.
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills to collaborate effectively with Product members, actively participating in defining and gathering product requirements alongside them as well as presenting research findings clearly
- Solid understanding of user-centered design methodologies, including how to structure and synthesize user interviews and usability tests
- Strong proficiency in modern design and whiteboarding tools to rapidly visualize concepts
- A natural curiosity and willingness to dive deep into the highly technical and complex workflows of the heavy civil construction and utilities industry
- Demonstrates foundational UX discovery and workflow mapping skills, and thrives in the ambiguity of early-stage product definition

Preferred Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in Design, Psychology, HCI (or equivalent academic/bootcamp background) or ~2 years of relevant work experience
- Experience using research repositories or product discovery tools

Role Responsibilities:

- Partner closely with Group Product Managers, Product Managers, and Technical Product Managers to understand business requirements, define user problems, and participate in upstream product strategy discussions.
- Assist in planning and conducting generative and evaluative research (e.g., user interviews, contextual inquiries, discovery interviews). Synthesize qualitative data to uncover actionable insights about heavy civil construction and utilities workflows.
- Translate complex logic into structural wireframes, user flows, and low-to-mid fidelity proofs-of-concept to quickly visualize and test ideas.
- Act as the collaborative UX strategy and solutions partner with Product Management to help them visually map out their business logic.
- Design and run usability tests on proposed workflows to validate that the solution is both valuable and intuitive for the end-user before any code is written.
- Package validated user flows and research insights to collaborate with UX peers to ensure the core UX strategy is maintained as they review and curate the final design and specifications.
- Continuously build strong empathy for our unique user base (e.g., estimators, project managers, foremen, field personnel, mechanics, etc.), and advocate for their needs in every product conversation.

Travel Requirements:

- Initial Onboarding: During the first 3 months of employment, employees (in the Houston area) must work on-site at the Sugar Land office 3 days per week to ensure comprehensive training and integration.
- Hybrid Requirements- Following the initial onboarding phase, employees transition to a flexible hybrid work model.
- If an on-site workspace is requested, employees are expected to work from the Sugar Land office up to 2 days per week, subject to team needs and manager discretion.
- Remote Requirements- Fully remote employees are expected to visit the Sugar Land office periodically up to once a Quarter
- Employees will be expected to attend HCSS-sponsored events per the manager’s discretion (e.g., UGM).

## BENEFITS & PERKS:

Part of our mission is to provide a great life for our employees. We believe that when our people are happy, they do their best work. Some of the benefits and perks we offer include:

- Flexibility to work Remotely
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage with company-paid and employee-paid options
- Paid holidays, sick days, and personal time off
- Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that foster connection and inclusion
- On-site amenities including a covered basketball court, soccer field, track, pickleball/tennis courts, gym, etc.
- Dog-friendly campus and WiFi-accessible courtyards
- 401(k) with a 5% company match
- Coverage for employee professional development and wellness
- And more!

## About Heavy Construction Systems Specialists, LLC

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: HCSS develops integrated construction management software for heavy civil, highway, and utility contractors to streamline estimating, operations, fleet management, and safety.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Bootstrapped/Employee-Owned)
- **Headquarters**: Sugar Land, Texas, USA
- **Founded**: 1986
- **Founders**: Not publicly listed (known as a long-tenured leadership team)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Construction Technology (ConTech) / Heavy Civil Construction Software
- **Target customers**: B2B – heavy civil, infrastructure, highway, and utility contractors of all sizes, including 43 of the ENR top 50 heavy civil contractors
- **Mission statement**: “To help customers achieve excellence through our proven, customer-centric, end-to-end solutions and exceptionally helpful service, while providing a great life for our employees.”

## Products & Services
- **HeavyBid**: Industry-standard estimating software for heavy civil contractors; helps users submit competitive bids faster by organizing complex costs and managing bids from backlog to execution.
- **HeavyJob**: Operations and field management software for tracking daily activities, labor productivity, material costs, and equipment utilization; 95% of projects close within budget.
- **Equipment360**: Fleet management software built for heavy civil; reduces breakdowns by 65% through real-time monitoring, automated maintenance, and optimized asset utilization.
- **HCSS Safety**: Safety management software to keep workers safe on the job.
- **HCSS Data & Reporting**: Remote software access and reporting solution hosted on secure servers; offers 80+ automated and customized reports via Microsoft Power BI, with 99.5% uptime.
- **HCSS University**: Software training program provided to 170+ colleges and universities since 1992.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed (private, employee-owned)
- **Key Metric**: Serves 4,000+ companies with 50,000+ construction professionals using HCSS software daily
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Dispatcher-Pro (acquired, France-based resource management technology leader); Microsoft Power BI integration partner; integration ecosystem connecting HeavyJob to accounting and payroll applications
- **Growth Signals**: Acquired Dispatcher-Pro to expand globally; recognized as a “Top Construction Technology Firm” by Construction Executive (2024); repeat gold medal winner of Roads & Bridges Contractor’s Choice Awards; Constructech Vision Awards winner; 17 consecutive years as a “Best Company to Work for in Texas”; over 400 employees

## Competitive Advantages
- **Market Dominance**: HeavyBid is the gold standard for heavy civil estimating; used by 43 of the ENR top 50 heavy civil contractors.
- **End-to-End Platform**: Integrated suite covering the entire project lifecycle from bid to closeout — not just point solutions.
- **Award-Winning Support**: 24/7/365 instant support from Sugar Land, TX office with “three rings or less” pickup, no phone trees.
- **Customer Lock-In & Switching Costs**: Deep integration into customer workflows; 95% of HeavyJob projects close within budget; 60% more bids submitted than competitors.
- **Employee Ownership Culture**: Every contributor shares in ownership and success of the company, driving long-term thinking.

## Strategic Focus
- **Global Expansion**: Building on the Dispatcher-Pro acquisition to serve contractors worldwide.
- **Platform Integration**: Continuing to refine and expand the integrated suite, connecting office to field with real-time data.
- **Innovation in Fleet & Safety**: Enhancing Equipment360 and safety modules to reduce breakdowns and improve job site safety.
- **Talent Attraction**: Maintaining a people-first culture to attract top talent in Sugar Land, TX.

## Why Work Here
- **Award-Winning Culture**: 17 consecutive years as a “Best Company to Work for in Texas”; ranked among “100 Best Places to Work in Houston” by Built In (2025).
- **Work Environment**: Unique campus in Sugar Land, TX with on-site gym, basketball/volleyball court, soccer field, racquetball court, 200-meter track, 600-meter jogging trail, game room, theatre room, and dog-friendly campus.
- **Perks**: Daily fresh fruit/snacks/drinks, catered Friday lunches, company picnics, crawfish boils, holiday cookouts, birthday lunches with paid day off, anniversary awards every 5 years.
- **Compensation & Benefits**: Company-paid medical and dental premiums, 100k life insurance, long-term care, STD/LTD, pet insurance, 3% 401k match, employee ownership plan.
- **Learning & Growth**: Continuous learning fund, tuition reimbursement, mentorship program, leadership/management training.
- **Work Policy**: Office-based in Sugar Land, TX with casual dress code; not a remote-first company based on campus amenities and culture.

## Sources
1. [hcss.com - About Us](https://www.hcss.com/about-us/)
2. [hcss.com - Product Suite](http://www.hcss.com/)
3. [careers.hcss.com - Careers](https://careers.hcss.com/)
4. [careers.hcss.com - Perks](https://careers.hcss.com/company-perks/)
5. [jobs.gem.com - HCSS Careers](https://jobs.gem.com/heavy-construction-systems-specialists-llc/)

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