Architect/Landscape Architect – Entry/Junior Level

Waggonner & Ball, a Moffatt & Nichol Studio, is actively seeking an entry/junior level Architectural Designer with landscape interests to join our New Orleans office. The successful Designer will be actively working with our Registered Architects and Registered Landscape Architects on projects across the United States. 

Waggonner & Ball is an internationally respected urban planning, design, and architecture firm with an interdisciplinary practice committed to creating resilient landscapes, buildings, and communities. Our projects span all scales from buildings and sites to regions with a focus on water, culture, and history. 

About us:

Waggonner & Ball is an internationally respected urban planning, design, and architecture studio with an interdisciplinary practice committed to creating resilient landscapes, buildings, and communities. Our projects span all scales from buildings and sites to regions with a focus on water, culture, and history. As a Moffatt & Nichol design studio, we collaborate with clients and partners across the country from our home in New Orleans.

Moffatt & Nichol is a leading U.S.-based global infrastructure advisor specializing in the planning and design of facilities that shape and serve our coastlines, harbors and rivers, as well as an innovator in transportation. For the 4th year in a row, Moffatt & Nichol is Ranked #1 in Engineering News-Record for Marine & Port Facilities in the U.S. Additionally, our firm consistently ranks in the Top 100 Pure Designers in the US and the Top 50 Designers in International Markets. 

Moffatt & Nichol's professional staff includes engineers, planners, scientists and architects who serve our global client base from offices in Europe, North America, Latin America, and the Pacific Rim. The firm provides clients worldwide with customized service and a level of excellence that have become the firm’s hallmark in several primary practice areas – ports and harbors; coastal, environmental and water resources; urban waterfronts and marinas; transportation, bridges and rail; inspection and rehabilitation; and energy. 

Together, we deliver beautiful, holistic solutions to the most critical climate challenges of our time. 

Duties and responsibilities:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Assists the Design Team to develop and advance creative design concepts for clients/projects
• Produces drawings to create and document architectural and landscape designs
• Assists in the development and revision of production drawings and construction documents and corrects and updates documents as required
• Assists in design analysis and compilation of specifications for basic to complex assignments
• Assists in preparation of finished material sample boards and graphic presentations for client approval
• Assists with coordination of outside disciplines such as Civil, Structural, Electrical and Mechanical and other consultants
• Supports review of building codes and zoning analyses to ensure that designs comply with minimum legal standards
• Takes initiative to explore current graphic standards and building construction methods
• Researches construction materials and systems 
• Performs other duties as requested by management

Other duties:

Please note this job posting is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture with 2 years of related design experience
  • OR Master's degree in Architecture with entry (0) years of experience
• Interest in Landscape Architecture and willingness to learn design from licensed professionals
• Interest in working at all scales of design, from regional systems to details, and all project phases
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Problem solving skills, attention to detail, and motivation to learn
• Proficiency in 3D modeling, visualization, and graphic software
• Mastery of Adobe Creative Suite
• Interest in completing ARE, LARE, LEED AP, or NCIQ exams
• All new hires will be required to successfully complete and pass a pre-employment (post offer) background check in compliance with NIST 800-171
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