Architectural Designer

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.

DLR Group's Orlando office has an opening for a Designer . We operate within a hybrid work model, supporting flexibility between office time and work from home.

About Justice+Civic at DLR Group

We are a design-driven integrated design firm, committed to thoughtful, context-responsive work that engages culture, environment, and community. As a nationally recognized expert in Justice+Civic facility planning and design, DLR Group serves municipal, county, state, and federal public-sector clients to deliver civic, public safety, and justice design solutions that achieve excellence in operations, sustainable design, resilience planning, space planning, building assessment, cost of ownership analysis, and project management. As stewards of the built environment, DLR Group's Justice+Civic practice elevates behavioral, environmental, and social betterment, resulting in healing, equity, and transformation for the individual and community.

Position Summary

We are seeking a creative, design-minded architectural designer to join our team. This role is ideal for an emerging professional who is passionate about design, eager to learn, and ready to contribute to a collaborative studio environment. You will support project teams across multiple phases, from concept design through documentation. Kickstart your career with us as an essential contributor to our project teams. In this role, you'll take on specific aspects of project development under the mentorship of experienced professionals, gaining hands-on experience and learning the ins and outs of the industry. You'll assist in creating and delivering project documents, working closely with our collaborative design team to deliver high-quality results. This is an excellent opportunity to begin your career, build your skills, and contribute to projects while staying on track with timelines and budgets.

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:

• Propose creative technical solutions to design challenges while ensuring design excellence

• Contribute to conceptual and schematic design through drawings, diagrams, and physical/digital models

• Assist in the development of design presentations and graphics

• Participate in internal design discussions, critiques, and reviews

• Adhere to quality assurance/control processes and company practice standards

• Contribute to project deliverables, ensuring alignment with project schedules and deadlines

• Conduct design analyses, layout designs, and code studies with some independent work

• Perform basic architectural tasks, including layout and aesthetic feature design

• Coordinate drawings and specifications, assisting in preparation of specific sections

• Apply BIM standards and develop organizational cartoon sets for projects

• Execute quality control procedures and resolve clash detection issues

• Actively collaborate with the project team to generate and communicate design ideas

• Continuously seek new knowledge and skills, proactively sharing potential solutions with peers

Required Qualifications:

• Undergraduate Degree in Architecture

• 0 to 5 years of professional experience in architecture

• Professional licensure not required; LEED AP and other certifications preferred but not required

• Proficient in Revit; knowledge of Bluebeam and other standard architecture software

• Strong technical skills with the ability to contribute to the design process and develop technical solutions

• Competence in conventional aspects of architecture, including materials, methods, and tools for small to moderate-sized buildings

• Working knowledge of design techniques, tools, and sustainable design principles for producing technical plans and deliverables

• Strong written, verbal, and graphic communication skills with the ability to multitask while maintaining quality and productivity

• Ability to assist in marketing and business development efforts

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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.