Technical Specialist - Retail Architecture

About Us

Larson Design Group (LDG) is an award-winning, employee-owned Architecture, Engineering, and Consulting Firm. Guided by our core values, we’re expanding our team, opening new offices, and adding new offerings to provide responsive, innovative solutions to clients nationwide.   

Being 100% employee-owned directly impacts our culture: it drives our decision-making, motivates our teams, increases our productivity, improves retention, and contributes to the future success of our company. Our culture is one where we work hard for our clients and for each other – and we have fun collaborating, sharing experience and expertise, and learning along the way. We’re passionate about delivering exceptional quality, elevating client relationships, enriching the careers and lives of our employee-owners, and enhancing the communities where we live and serve.     

At LDG, we strive to create an organization where people want to work. We offer a flexible work environment, paid training for required licensures, competitive benefits, bonus plans, and a company-funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) while supporting your professional and personal growth.   

Your Opportunity + Impact

The Technical Specialist works closely with design technical team and is involved in all stages and disciplines of design projects. The Technical Specialist is considered a subject-matter expert, is responsible for accurate and technical correctness of the work assigned and, must be familiar with all aspects of the work they are supervising. This position is responsible for assisting the Project Team with developing scope and fees for small to moderate single discipline projects or a specific discipline on multi-discipline projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Performs independent planning and design tasks, reviews work of others, prepares construction documents, and successfully delivers projects to completion.
• Maintains collaborative inter-departmental and cross functional working relationships with members of the project team.
• Possesses knowledge of codes and standards applicable to design of projects.
• Performs initial QA/QC review of project submissions.
• Develops schedules, technical proposals, and labor hour estimates.
• Works closely with project teams to effectively describe and deliver the scope of work.
• Promotes, utilizes, and supports quality assurance and quality control processes to improve the quality of deliverables and reduce design errors & omissions.
• Performs and checks design calculations, technical specifications, and prepares cost estimates.
• Develops and maintains design budgets for complex scopes of work.

Education and Experience

• Education: Associates or Bachelor’s degree in a Technical discipline preferred.
• Experience: Minimum of fifteen (15) years’ job-related experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Must have a strong desire to expand knowledge base and undertake new responsibilities. Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Power Point, Outlook), be a strong communicator, and have strong presentation skills. Must also be self-motivated and able to mentor. Must be proficient in CAD, Civil 3D, Revit, Microstation, InRoads (Surfaces/Templates), Sketch-Up, Photoshop and other related software programs.

EEO Statement

Larson Design Group, Inc. is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization.