Senior Urban Designer/ Project Manager - Perkins Eastman

Life at PE:

Perkins Eastman is a global design firm with expertise that covers all aspects of the built environment. With studios in 25 locations worldwide, we design for people, to enhance the human experience and leave a lasting and positive impact on people’s lives and the world we inhabit.

We are an integrated firm with a professional roster that consists of architects, interior designers, planners, urban designers, landscape architects, graphic designers, construction specification writers, construction economists, environmental analysts, resiliency experts, traffic and transportation engineers, and several other professional disciplines.

Our ethos is HUMAN BY DESIGN; a commitment to place-making that responds to people; our clients and the people who will experience our buildings and places. We value intellectual curiosity, an eagerness to engage with others and the willingness to contribute to a healthy, vital workplace culture.

The Opportunity:

We are currently seeking candidates for the position of Intermediate Urban Designer/Project Manager in our downtown Los Angeles office. This position would work on a variety of large-scale development projects, designing for the human experience around transit and transportation of all modes, on corridors, and related transit-oriented development. We see this position as an opportunity to manage and design in a variety of contexts while advancing practice leadership skills and responsibilities.

We are interested in exceptional candidates with strong analytical and communication skills who are passionate about community building at all scales. This person will work within our multidisciplinary team to coordinate commercial, civic, transit, and other private and public sector projects.

What We Provide:

Our cities are growing rapidly, and the ways we move through them are quickly evolving. Perkins Eastman (PE) is committed to being at the forefront of these innovations. We provide meaningful place-based solutions to large-scale infrastructure, urban design, architecture and planning for a broad variety of public sector clients on the West Coast.

PE is a strategic architectural and planning firm, highly networked across offices in Los Angeles, Costa Mesa, Vancouver, Seattle, and San Francisco Bay Area regions. Our studios focus on designing, delivering, and advising our clients on how to achieve the highest quality urban Place-making and infrastructure – from the streets, bridges and transit systems that connect us, to the buildings and spaces between.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Large-scale public project delivery experience, with a sophisticated understanding of the urban built environment a plus
• Public Engagement experience
• Experience in a variety of contract arrangements – and participating in collaborative work with multi-disciplinary design teams, including integrated project delivery.
• Able to multi-task – including advancing internal project teams on design tasks, and tracking project scopes.
• Comfortable when working with clients and extended teams in workshop settings.
• Fluency with various software programs – such as Adobe Suites, Rhino, Sketchup, ESRI GIS
• Managing teams
• Excellent communications, possessing demonstrated skill in the execution of politically, technically, or operationally complex projects.

Required Qualifications:

• 5-10 years of experience in built environments – public or private sector
• Masters in architecture, Urban Design or Planning
• Time Management Skills
• Superior organization skills and the ability to juggle multiple deadlines.
• Ability to work independently.
• Must possess strong computer skills and high proficiency in InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Office 365.
• Compensation may vary based on the job level.

What we offer you:

• Robust medical, dental and vision coverage
• 401k Options
• PTO
• Company Paid Holidays
• Life Insurance
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Professional Development
• Competitive salary

Type: We are a hybrid model (3days in the Office and 2 days working remotely)

Compensation may vary based on the job level and your geographical work location.

Salary Range: $94,000 to $114,000

Perkins Eastman is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and a participant in the U.S. Federal E-Verify program. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.