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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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,…