Senior Associate Urban Designer

Company Description

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts – planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers – leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.

Job Description

AECOM is actively seeking a highly motivated Senior Associate Urban Designer for employment in the Dallas Office (hybrid). AECOM is searching for candidates that can be a role model, be client-focused, be impactful and be decisive. This opportunity is anticipated to begin before the end of the year (2023).

About Buildings + Places & Urbanism and Planning.

AECOM’s Buildings + Places practice includes architecture, interiors, building engineering, workplace strategy, business transformation, asset advisory, and other similar businesses.

It is also home to our Urbanism and Planning practice, a collaborative of designers, economists, data scientists, policy researchers, and social activists who are advancing an agenda of progressive city building. This position’s primarily responsibilities is to support our national efforts in leading urban design initiatives and to support the development and growth of our design studios.

Job Summary/Responsibilities

Imagine working on rewarding projects within a diverse culture and having access to exceptional training and career development opportunities. Working within our Urbanism and Planning Practice means being part of a global team, working with award-winning professionals across the world. Aspire to be a key player on some of the best projects regionally, with opportunities to work on projects nationally or internationally.

This position will be responsible for:

Responsible for initiating and developing design drawings through completion for assigned projects in conformance with the requirements, applicable codes, and design criteria established by the project’s discipline engineers.

• Under minimal supervision, may develop complex urban design drawings.

• Applies a solid level of understanding within an urban design and architectural discipline.

• Understands codes, permits, and application processes related to the discipline.• Fully understands the process of preparing designs and drawings using project specifications and discipline-associated written and verbal instructions in accordance with established design practices, standards, and procedures.

• Basic understanding of designer’s process of performing and verifying design calculations to support the overall project design.

• Basic understanding of planning codes including form based and performance based standards

• Basic understanding of objective design standards and how they are used to inform an urban design or architectural project

• Basic understanding and ability to identify new clients and pursue projects, write proposals, create teams for project responses and participate in project interviews for new work

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