Computational Planning Consultant - NBBJ LP

Computational Planning Consultant  

Remote/Onsite in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Columbus, New York, Boston, or Washington DC 

NBBJ is a design and architecture firm, fueled by ideas and a culture of collaboration. With offices around the globe, the diverse perspectives of your future colleagues and clients will inspire and challenge you to be extraordinary. Innovation and creativity are at the heart of our work: creating spaces and experiences that better connect people to each other as they live, learn, and work in their communities. We partner with pioneers like Amazon, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Massachusetts General Hospital as we create solutions for tomorrow guided by our vision: we design for life. Are you interested in designing what’s next? Join us.

The role at a glance:  

The Computational Consultant is involved with all things data, computation, and visualization within NBBJ’s Consulting Studio. This is an opportunity to work alongside other passionate technologists with a diverse blend of skills to enable our project teams and impact lives.                                              

In this role you will work directly on project teams within our Healthcare, Workplace Strategy, Capital Planning, and Design Performance service lines to craft custom tools, complete qualitative and quantitative analytic studies, and contribute to planning and design projects across the US. You’ll be challenged to help develop innovative new workflows that shape our design process and to implement new technologies that enhance our offerings and delight our clients. 

Why this role is important to NBBJ:  

We believe that technology plays an important role in our consulting process, by amplifying the capabilities of subject matter experts and opening new opportunities for our clients. As a member of this team, you will support the firm’s most important projects delivering cutting edge analytics and visualizations. 

In your new role, you will:  

• Craft tools and workflows to help clients make informed decisions with confidence 
• Create graphics and visualize data to effectively communicate design scenarios and recommendations 
• Work closely with architects, planners, and consultants to help our clients maximize their resources and achieve their vision 
• Communicate and distill technical information to both clients and project teams in simple terms 
• Investigate and explore how new tools and technologies can benefit our different service lines 
• Collaborate in a high-energy global team in support of projects in multiple offices 
• Explore scenarios and data driven impacts in real time with clients and team members 
• Analyze qualitative (surveys, interviews) and quantitative data (space inventories, plans, etc) to find meaningful insights 

What you will need to succeed:  

• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Architecture, Planning, or related spatial design field. 
• 5-10 years of combined experience in any or all of the following areas: 
• spatial design (architecture, interiors, engineering, planning, etc) 
• analytics and/or data visualization 
• Proficient or Knowledgeable in some combination of the below software/coding languages (in order of importance): 
• Architectural Design 
• Revit, Dynamo, Rhino, Grasshopper, AutoCAD, or others 
• Data ETL, Analysis, and Visualization 
• Tableau & Tableau Prep, PowerBI, Excel, R, SpSS, or others 
• Planning and Urban Design 
• Esri Suite, especially web tools and 3d GIS 
• Graphic Design 
• Adobe, Figma, Affinity, or others 
• Web Design and/or Front-End Development 
• Wix and Corvid 
• Front-end web development for any interactive tools (especially space planning or analytics) 
• General Programming 
• Python, Javascript, C#, or others 
• Understanding of the architectural design and delivery process 
• A love for technology and a passion for learning new tools 
• Comfortable speaking in front of internal and external clients 
• Highly developed organizational skills 

Show don’t Tell 

Work samples will be key in selecting the right candidate for this role. Please show us your best work samples in any of the following formats: 

• Presentations 
• Traditional and/or Interactive Data Viz (qualitative and/or quantitative) 
• Spatial Data Visualization, 3d Modeling / Supportive Visualization 
• Simulations (people, space, environments, etc)
• Tool Building 
• to help clients make decisions 
• to support/improve workflows 
• to access and understand data quickly