Technical Designer

**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. * 8+ 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, 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. Your Design Technology Qualifications *Essential:* * 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. *Desirable:* * 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. *Applications we work with:* * Design Authoring - Revit, Rhino, Autocad, Navisworks * Collaboration - BIM360 * Computa