Technical Designer Full Time

As a Gensler Technical Designer, your job is to combine creativity and technical knowledge with a focus on project delivery and an understanding of how to produce functionally beautiful designs for our clients. You have great design skills and technical understanding, a background in architecture or design, and a portfolio of high-quality project work.

What You Will Do

• Participate in all project phases, including programming, conceptual designs, presentations, schematic design, design development, construction documents and production.
• Provide design support and documentation during completion and execution of design concepts.
• Perform technical design assignments that include programming client needs, conceptual design, schematic design, design development, space planning and construction documentation.
• Conduct and document site visits, process submittals, substitution requests, and RFI’s during construction.
• Collaborate with design team, clients, consultants, contractors, fabricators and other vendors to meet overall project objectives.
• Produce graphic presentations, 3D renderings, plans, elevations, details and sections through to detailed construction drawings.
• Resolve complex design issues with innovative and practical solutions.
• Support project sustainability targets throughout project phases and actively engage in delivering them. Coordinate sustainability targets with project consultants and engineers.
• Implement sustainable design strategies in every project stage and investigate solutions to sustainable design challenges.
• Work collaboratively with the team to optimize sustainability performance through design iterations and research.
• Lead climate focused analysis and studies for each project.
• Contribute to office activities, initiatives, and learning programs.

Your Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Architecture or Design preferred.
• 6+ years of relevant architecture and design experience, with a strong background designing multiple building typologies of varying scale.
• Proficient in design modeling/visualization tools including but not limited to Revit, Rhino, Enscape; having experience with Excel and computational tools like grasshopper/dynamo is also a plus.
• Proficient in production software including but not limited to the Adobe Creative Suite, experience working with video/animation software such as After Effect and Premier is a plus.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Outstanding graphic presentation skills.
• Creative, original thinking and technically biased, demonstrated through a strong creative and technical portfolio.
• Knowledge in sustainable design principles required.
• LEED, WELL, Fitwel, LFA or other rating systems accreditation preferable.
• Previous experience in sustainable design projects preferable. Especially built projects with LEED, Living Building Challenge, WELL Building Standard, Fitwel and /or Net Zero Building certification.
• Demonstrate a collaborative and integrated approach towards achieving high sustainability project goals.
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines efficiently.
• Ability to develop collaborative relationships across the firm, with clients, and with other key partners.