Senior Technical Designer

Senior Technical Designer

WATG is the world's preeminent destination and hospitality design firm. We are employee-owned, home to more than 500 professionals globally, located remotely and in our offices in Atlantic City, California, Dallas, New York, Honolulu, London, Singapore, and Shanghai.

Our approach to design applies a hospitality ethos to the development of all shapes and sizes. From initial feasibility studies to finishing touches, we operate globally as an integrated, multidisciplinary practice. Along with our interior design studio, Wimberly Interiors, we specialize in hospitality, gaming + entertainment, urban + mixed-use, and high-end residential design.

WATG is hiring a Senior Technical Designer for our office in Atlantic City. This role requires in-person collaboration, with the option to work remotely only on Friday.

The Senior Technical Designer is a solutions finder who combines creativity and technical knowledge with business skills and management responsibilities to produce functionally beautiful spaces across several projects of small scale or a few mid-to-large projects simultaneously. The Senior Technical Designer provides advanced technical knowledge, a background in architecture or design, and a portfolio of innovative design conceptual solutions that support the project team in the delivery of complex interior and architectural projects.

Responsibilities include ensuring the overall design intent established by the designers is incorporated into the technical documentation, leading the team in planning the work and developing solutions to technical and design detail problems throughout the phases of the project, leading the development of interiors concepts based on the client's vision and architectural concepts, managing client expectations, team communications, and consultant coordination to meet the overall project objectives, coordinating and overseeing technical design assignments and the preparation of design details, to include programming client needs, conceptual design, schematic design, design development, space planning, and construction documentation, reviewing the technical implementation document sets, including interior plans, fixture plans, elevations, and other section details, generating project documents and schedules, managing the finances, and keeping the project on schedule, delivering thorough sets of construction documents for projects, working with clients, external consultants, and project team members in the production of detailed drawings for schematic design, design development, and construction, communicating with the client to verify design requirements and specifications, specifications, progress reviews, and delivery of final presentation are on target, ensuring that construction detail documentation conforms to quality assurance and quality control and meets regulations and building codes, participating in construction administration, evaluating bids, conducting site visits, field reviews and attending project meetings, addressing technical issues, and maintaining the quality control of a project within established standards and regulations and building codes, resolving project and technical issues and providing design support and documentation during the execution of design concepts, leading proposal preparation process and participating in negotiation of scope and fees on contracts, and in marketing interviews, incorporating integrated Sustainable Design solutions into projects, and fostering a green workplace through sustainable work practices.

Qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in Architecture or Interior Design or related field from an accredited university, licensed professional or working towards licensure, environmental accreditation preferred, 7+ years of experience in interior-design-related projects, with a strong background in hospitality projects, and experience designing multiple building typologies of varying scale, proficiency in Revit with 7+ years of experience is required, proficient technical expertise in MS Office, Adobe Suite, DesignSmart, AutoCAD, Sketchup, and other design tools, advanced knowledge of design trends, construction techniques and methodology, material application, architectural building systems, building codes, building materials, specifications, understanding of project work plans, staffing, schedules and budgets, ability to manage multiple projects of a complex scope simultaneously, excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, experience in managing a team and working across teams across multiple disciplines, strong negotiation skills, and highly effective written and verbal communication and presentation skills.

Salary range: $100,000.00 to $115,000.00 per year

WATG is an Equal Opportunity Employer