Architectural Designer

Join a firm that’s growing while staying true to its values.

About RBS Design Group

RBS Design Group is an award-winning architecture firm headquartered in Owensboro, Kentucky, with an office in Louisville. Since 1978, we’ve designed schools, civic buildings, churches, athletic facilities, and commercial projects across Kentucky and the region, with a reputation built on excellent service, great value, creative design, and a close-knit, family-first culture. Much of our work is for school districts, cities, and counties, and RBS is part of a growing family of companies alongside RJA Engineering.

About the Role

We’re adding an experienced Architectural Designer to our design staff — someone fluent in Revit who enjoys seeing ideas become buildings. You’ll turn concepts, sketches, and markups into models, drawings, and renderings, from the early exhibits that help an owner see a project through the detailed construction documents you’ll develop in partnership with a licensed architect. You’ll work on projects led by our Principals, day to day with each project’s licensed architect.

The position is open to architecture graduates and to designers with a technical degree in architectural drafting or design technology. It’s a full-time, in-office position at our Owensboro headquarters. It is not an

entry-level role: we’re looking for at least three years of professional experience producing architectural drawings in Revit.

What You’ll Do

• Develop project designs in Revit from Principal and architect direction, sketches, and markups, building well-organized models

• Prepare preliminary exhibits — site and floor plans, elevations, massing studies, and presentation boards — for owner, board, and public meetings

• Produce renderings and visualizations with Enscape, Twinmotion, Lumion, or similar tools, along with project graphics for proposals

• Develop design development and construction documents with a licensed architect — plans, sections, wall sections, details, schedules, and notes

• Coordinate the architectural model with our building engineers and with structural, MEP, and civil consultants, and flag conflicts early

• Pick up markups completely and promptly, and help maintain our Revit templates, families, and drawing standards

• Prepare code and life-safety plans and door, window, and finish schedules under an architect’s direction

• Field-measure and document existing buildings for renovations and additions

• Support bidding and construction with addenda, revision drawings, sketches, and record documents

Schedule

Monday–Friday, full-time, in our Owensboro office. This is an hourly position, and approved hours over 40 are paid as overtime.

What You’ll Need

• 3 years of full-time, professional experience producing architectural drawings in Revit — beyond internships, coursework, or student work

• A degree in architecture, or an associate degree or technical diploma in architectural drafting or design technology

• Advanced Revit skills: modeling, views and sheets, families, schedules, annotation, and worksharing

• A portfolio or work samples showing drawings, models, and renderings or exhibits you produced

• A working understanding of building construction and how a construction document set is organized

• Careful, accurate work and the discipline to follow office standards and check your own drawings

• Ability to take direction, ask good questions, and work with architects, engineers, and other designers across several projects

• Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check

Nice to Have

• Experience with Enscape, Twinmotion, Lumion, or V-Ray

• Construction documents for schools, civic, municipal, or other public projects

• AutoCAD, SketchUp, Bluebeam Revu, and Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator)

• Familiarity with the Kentucky Building Code, the IBC, and accessibility standards

• Existing-building documentation, including field measurement or point-cloud data

• For architecture graduates: progress toward licensure through NCARB’s AXP and the ARE

Why Join RBS?

You’ll carry real projects from the first exhibits an owner sees through the construction documents a contractor builds from — schools, civic buildings, and community facilities that people across the region use every day. You’ll work alongside licensed architects and experienced designers who are invested in your growth, at a firm with nearly 50 years in Owensboro and a growing family of companies behind it. Architecture graduates get real support on the path to licensure.

Benefits

• Competitive hourly pay, with overtime at time-and-a-half

• SIMPLE IRA with a 3% company match

• Health insurance

• Company-paid life insurance, plus an optional employee-paid policy

• Paid time off and paid holidays

• Dental, vision, and short-term disability available through pre-tax payroll deduction

• Continuing education and tuition reimbursement

• For architecture graduates, reimbursement of first-attempt ARE exam fees and primary study materials

How to Apply

Apply here on Indeed with your resume and a link to your portfolio or work samples. Finalists will be asked to walk through a Revit project they produced.

Equal Opportunity

RBS Design Group is an equal opportunity employer.

Work Location: In person — Owensboro, KY

Pay: $23.00 - $30.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

• How many years of full-time, professional experience do you have producing architectural drawings in Autodesk Revit? — Minimum 3, required
• Do you have a degree in architecture, or an associate degree or technical diploma in architectural drafting or design technology? (Yes/No)
• Please share a link to your portfolio or work samples, or tell us how you will provide them. (Open answer, required)
• Which rendering or visualization tools have you used (for example, Enscape, Twinmotion, Lumion, or V-Ray)? — open answer, optional

Work Location: In person

Salary : $23 - $30