What are the responsibilities and job description for the Architectural Designer position at dlrgroup?
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.
DLR Group has an opening for a Architectural Designer. 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:
- Phoenix, AZ
- Houston, TX
- Atlanta, GA
About Industrial Design at DLR Group
DLR Group’s Industrial Manufacturing practice delivers facilities where speed, precision, and performance directly impact operations. Our teams design high-performance core and shell buildings and integrated facility systems that support manufacturing, distribution, and fulfillment environments with increasing automation, power, and technology demands. We remain actively engaged from early planning through construction, working collaboratively with owners, builders, and operators to optimize flow, manage risk, and support reliable operations.
Driven by industrial expansion, U.S. reshoring, and growing demand for high-tech goods, we are growing our Industrial teams to support a wide range of facility types—from logistics and storage to light, heavy, and advanced manufacturing. Our focus is on building teams capable of delivering technically complex facilities that balance performance, flexibility, and speed to market.
Position Summary
In this role, you will be responsible for the day-to-day design and technical development of projects. You will coordinate all aspects of project document creation and delivery, working closely with our integrated design team to produce high-quality work. This position requires a strong commitment to meeting project schedules, budgets, and work plans while collaborating effectively with team members to ensure successful project outcomes.
If you are a collaborative thought leader with a strategic mindset this might be the position for you. DLR Group is 100% employee owned and as such you’ll enjoy the opportunity to have ownership in the Firm. We rely on all our employee-owners to apply their financial acumen to grow the Firm profitably.
What you will do:
- Develop creative technical solutions to design challenges while maintaining design excellence
- Integrate quality assurance/control and company protocols into project work, coordinating with Project Managers
- Assist in maintaining project schedules and coordinating the delivery of project documents
- Plan, design, and coordinate projects of various sizes, including complex assignments
- Apply advanced architectural concepts and develop new techniques as needed
- Ensure BIM standards are implemented and oversee quality control procedures
- Lead collaboration within the project team, generating and communicating design ideas
- Provide technical guidance to junior staff and ensure alignment of cost estimates with design objectives
- Participate in client presentations and contribute to project success through effective communication
- Manage time and deliverables in alignment with project schedules and budgets
Required Qualifications:
- Comprehensive technical knowledge with strong collaboration, organization, and communication skills
- Undergraduate Degree in Architecture required; professional licensure not required
- Minimum of 6 years of professional experience in architecture
- Proficient in Revit and Bluebeam, with a high level of proficiency in architecture software
- Competent in technical design, including evaluating and recommending solutions that meet client needs
- Applies sustainable design principles and technical skills in producing precise deliverables
- Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and innovative thinking with attention to detail and accuracy
- Actively seeks to enhance knowledge and skills, and contributes to marketing and business development efforts
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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.
DLR Group follows a four-day in-office work model, with employees having the flexibility to work somewhere other than the office on Fridays.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.