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.

We have an opening for a Project Architect to support our Workplace practice.

About Workplace at DLR Group:

DLR Group’s Workplace practice provides a suite of services to end users and developers throughout the US, including core and shell architecture, tenant improvement, interior design, workplace strategy, engineering, and building performance optimization. The distributive leadership of our Workplace studio enables us to mobilize comprehensive teams that can meet the requirements of virtually any workplace building project or program, regardless of size or location.

Position Summary

As a key contributor to our design team, you will be responsible for the day-to-day design and technical development of projects. You will coordinate all aspects of project documentation and delivery, working closely with our integrated design team to produce high-quality work while ensuring adherence to project schedules, budgets, and work plans.

As part of our integrated design team, you create buildings that elevate the human experience through design. You will partner directly with the Project Manager to ensure the financial health of the project, the quality of project documents, claim prevention, team collaboration and communication. You’ll help lead small to medium-sized workplace projects, both interiors and select exteriors, while collaborating across disciplines to create environments that reflect each client’s culture, operations, and brand.

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 and technically sound solutions to design challenges, ensuring high standards of design excellence
Coordinate project drawings, specifications, and documentation with the project team, ensuring alignment with design intent and budget
Lead collaboration within project teams, generating innovative design ideas and solutions
Apply advanced architectural concepts to projects, including complex assignments requiring new or improved techniques
Integrate QA/QC procedures and practice standards into project deliverables, resolving any issues
Ensure BIM standards are applied and coordinate with the Project Manager and BIM Manager
Provide technical guidance to less experienced staff, fostering a collaborative learning environment
Meet project deliverable deadlines and manage time effectively to maintain project schedules and work plans
Participate in client presentations and contribute to successful project outcomes

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Architecture (Graduate degree not required unless mandated by local licensure regulations)
Minimum of eight years of professional experience in architecture
Professional licensure required; LEED AP and other certifications preferred but not required
Proficient in Revit, Bluebeam, and standard architectural software
Competent in technical design, with the ability to investigate, evaluate, and recommend solutions that meet client needs
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to multitask and maintain quality standards
Demonstrates initiative, problem-solving skills, and a commitment to continuous learning
Willingness to travel 30–35% of the time to support client engagement, design collaboration, and on-site project work.

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Our comprehensive Benefits at DLR Group include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a 401(k) plan, employee stock ownership, and bonus opportunities. Compensation considerations are based on location, experience, and skills. The suggested hourly rate for this position is:

Hourly Rate

$90,000—$110,000 USD

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.

Hourly Rate 90000 - 110000 USD

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