Lighting Designer

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Are you a recent graduate or emerging professional lighting designer with a passion for design, sustainability and creative problem solving? Are you seeking an exciting job opportunity where you can experience the field of lighting design within a collaborative multidisciplinary environment?

Stantec's Lighting Design group offers talented professionals the opportunity to transform visions into designs that illuminate some of the most impressive buildings in the world. We are looking to add a lighting designer with 0 - 4 years of experience to our award‑winning Lighting Design group. The candidate would be responsible for working on lighting designs, luminaire selection, lighting controls, energy code compliance and all aspects of lighting design and documentation.

The preferred candidate will be a self‑starter that enjoys working collaboratively alongside other creative minds and problem solvers.

This position will be hybrid with at least 3‑days per week in person. Location could be in Boston, MA or in the Washington DC office.

• Developing lighting design solutions and collaborating with the design team.
• Producing lighting layouts in Revit.
• Photometric calculations utilizing AGI
  32 or Light Stanza software.
• Implementing energy code compliant designs and providing code calculations.
• Lighting control intent, documentation and specifications.
• Report writing.
• Developing presentation materials, renderings and graphic packages.
• Developing luminaire schedules and pulling product specification sheets.
• Develop and review mock-ups.
• Collaboration with design team.

• Can‑do approach to project work and assignments.
• Competent knowledge of and proficiency working in Revit.
• Familiarity with BIM applications such as Sketch Up, Enscape, Navisworks, Lumion, Rhino.
• Understanding of applicable building and energy codes and ability to apply them for typical project types.
• Able to apply best practices of appropriate content for lighting drawings (plans, elevations, sections and details).
• Well‑developed communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to research and present design options.
• Strong prioritization and time‑management skills.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Familiarity with InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator Adobe tools.
• Competent knowledge of and proficiency with photometric calculation software such as Light Stanza, AGI
  32, photometric toolbox, and IES files.

Bachelors' degree in related field or equivalent combination of education and experience. Entry level new graduates to three years’ experience designing lighting systems and performing lighting calculations for projects.

• Prior experience in the field of lighting design
• Jr Associate IALD or IES membership

• Locations in WA, DC & Various CA areas – Min Salary $ 53,700.00 - Max Salary $ 75,200.00

Pay Transparency:
In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part‑time roles will be pro‑rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Regular full‑time and part‑time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short‑term/long‑term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full‑time and part‑time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year.

In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local…