Designer, Mixed-Use
DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you’re in the right place.
We have an opening for a Designer in our Mixed-Use Practice. We operate within a hybrid work model, supporting flexibility between office time and work from home. Considering this model, this role could be based in the following cities:
- San Francisco
About our Mixed-Use Sector
DLR Group’s Mixed-Use practice bridges enterprise and community through transformative design that enlivens social hubs, curates distinctive stories, and creates cultural identity. Our goal is to create a love affair between communities and the built environments in which people can thrive. From the first step inside, to the last step out, our studio is focused on designing a people-first journey that feeds the soul of the end-user. This can start with carefully workshopped design focused on diversification of uses, access to a network of public spaces, mobility, and adaptability to create crucial measures of resiliency.
Position Summary
As a Designer at DLR Group, you will be responsible for developing designs from conception through design development, preparing construction documents, specifications, and team coordination, and supporting the project team through construction administration for a variety of project types and sizes. As part of our integrated design teams, you create buildings that elevate the human experience through design.
What you will do:
- Propose creative technical solutions to design challenges while ensuring design excellence
- Adhere to quality assurance/control processes and company practice standards
- Contribute to project deliverables, ensuring alignment with project schedules and deadlines
- Conduct design analyses, layout designs, and code studies with some independent work
- Perform basic architectural tasks, including layout and aesthetic feature design
- Coordinate drawings and specifications, assisting in preparation of specific sections
- Apply BIM standards and develop organizational cartoon sets for projects
- Execute quality control procedures and resolve clash detection issues
- Actively collaborate with the project team to generate and communicate design ideas
- Continuously seek new knowledge and skills, proactively sharing potential solutions with peers
Required Qualifications
- Undergraduate Degree in Architecture
- 0 to 5 years of professional experience in architecture in Mixed-Use, Retail, and Housing projects
- Proficient in Revit; knowledge of Bluebeam and other standard architecture software
- Strong technical skills with the ability to contribute to the design process and develop technical solutions
- Competence in conventional aspects of architecture, including materials, methods, and tools for small to moderate-sized buildings
- Working knowledge of design techniques, tools, and sustainable design principles for producing technical plans and deliverables
- Strong written, verbal, and graphic communication skills with the ability to multitask while maintaining quality and productivity
- Ability to assist in marketing and business development efforts
Preferred Qualifications
- Professional License or in the process of obtaining licensure
- Leed AP and other relevant certifications
- Demonstrated knowledge of SketchUp, Enscape, Lumion, and/or V-Ray
- Experience and interest in sustainable building design
*TO BE CONSIDERED, PLEASE SUBMIT A PROJECT LIST/WORK SAMPLES*
Our comprehensive Benefits at DLR Group include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a 401(k) plan, employee stock ownership, and bonus opportunities. Compensation considerations are based on location, experience, and skills. The suggested pay range for this position is:
Pay Range
$70,000 - $80,000 USD
DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.
We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients’ success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.
Through our values – commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork – we elevate the human experience through design, together.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.
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