Technical Designer

Job Description

Your Role

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 will help drive delivery of a project, collaborate with office and regional technical leaders and develop delivery and process improvement strategy. You have exceptional design skills, a background in architecture or design, and a portfolio of innovative project work.

What You Will Do

- Work with the Design Director(s) and project team(s) on conceptual designs, presentations, schematic design, design development, construction documents and production.

- 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.

- Manage client, team and project communication and coordination, including full documentation coordination with structural, MEP, lighting, AV, landscape and civil consultants.

- 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.

- 10+ years of relevant architecture and design experience, with a strong background in the design and delivery of 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.

- Ability to lead a team and develop collaborative relationships across the firm, with clients, and with other key partners.

- Creative, original thinking and technically biased, demonstrated through a strong creative and technical portfolio.

- Knowledge in sustainable design principles required.

- LEED, WELL, Fitwell, 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.

Your Design Technology Qualifications

- Deep understanding and expertise in Autodesk Revit for design authoring, documentation, data extracts and project delivery.

- Deep understanding and expertise in the strategic planning, setup of BIM projects, and troubleshooting, specifically in the context of Revit and allied workflows.

- Deep understanding and expertise with collaboration in the BIM context, including cloud-based markups, consultant coordination and clash detection.

- Understanding of the capabilities and application of Information Management tools such as Aconex, Asite, Newforma, etc.

- Good working knowledge and experience in Rhinoceros for design authoring.

- Good knowledge and experience with interoperability workflows between Rhino & Revit throughout all the stages of a project.

- Good knowledge and experience with real-time rendering processes, and material creation & management within the context of integrated BIM and parametric workflows.

- Good knowledge and experience with Computational Design applications such as Grasshopper and/or Dynamo.

- Good knowledge and experience with simulation principles and processes, including interpretation, and application of results. Familiarity with Performance Design applications such as Autodesk Insight, Sefaira, and Ladybug tools.

- Good knowledge and experience in the use of VR walkthroughs and panoramas for client presentations, consultant coordination and internal design reviews.

- Design Authoring - Revit, Rhino, Autocad, Navisworks

- Collaboration - BIM360

- Computational Design - Grasshopper, Dynamo

- Building Performance Simulation - Insight, Sefaira, Diva, Ladybug tools

- Visualisation - Vray, Enscape, Twinmotion, 3DSMax

- Graphics & Productivity - Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office Suite

- Experiential - Unreal Engine, Unity

- Development - C#, Python

To be considered, please submit portfolio and/or work samples in PDF format.

Life at Gensler

As a people-first organization, we are as committed to enjoying life as we are to delivering best-in-class design. From internal design competitions to research grants to Well-being Week, our offices reflect our people's diverse interests.

We encourage every person at Gensler to lead a healthy and balanced life. Our comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability and wellness programs. We also offer profit sharing and twice annual bonus opportunities.

As part of the firm's commitment to licensure and professional development, Gensler offers reimbursement for certain professional licenses and associated renewals and exam fees. In addition, we reimburse tuition for certain eligible programs or classes. We view our professional development programs as strategic investments in our future.

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