We are 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.

The Design team has an opening for an Entry-Level Architecture Project Designer. DLR Group operates within a hybrid work model, supporting flexibility between office time and work from home.

Location: Houston, TX

Position Summary:

As a Designer at DLR Group you will be responsible for project document development and coordinating with all project team members to maintain the quality of the work product within the established project schedule for large complex projects. As part of our integrated design teams you create buildings that elevate the human experience through design.

You will be responsible for managing, with assistance from Project Manager or more senior Project Architect, all aspects of the project document development and coordinating with all project team members to produce quality work product while adhering to project schedules.

The successful candidate will:

• Identify and proposes technical solutions to design challenges.
• Provide technical feedback in the conceptual development of project documents.
• Produce accurate documents aligned with firm standards for project assignments.
• Apply practice standards to project assignments.
• Communicate to Project Manager progress of assignments according to the established project schedule and workplan.
• Ensure project information is incorporated into project documents.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Architecture from an accredited program.
• 0-5 years experience designing complex public and private projects.
• A basic understanding of technical knowledge in architectural drafting and design.
• Be proficient in the use of computer modeling and rendering software, such as Revit.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States without need for work visa or residency sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications

• An interest in sustainable design.
• On track for professional licensure.

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.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V.