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About the Role
The Lighting Designer 3 leads the design and documentation of lighting systems across a wide range of project types, scales, and market sectors. This role provides project-level leadership, overseeing coordination, and quality of work for lighting design teams. The Lighting Designer 3 applies advanced design, technical, and industry knowledge to guide project delivery, mentor junior staff, and contribute to client presentations and project strategy.
Responsibilities
- Guides the modeling and creation of drawings for accurate project delivery.
- Reviews key project decisions with Discipline leadership.
- Understands software analysis to ensure accuracy.
- Applies understanding of construction methods to building design, including advanced integration of lighting systems and controls across disciplines.
- Progresses project work from schematic design through construction documentation, ensuring design and production efforts are completed within the project schedule and budget.
- Ensures project designs and construction documents comply with applicable lighting, energy, and emergency lighting requirements.
- Promotes project quality through adherence to and improvement of company standards, applying lighting design best practices and industry standards.
- Conceives projects to resolve energy and environmental impacts and meet sustainability goals.
- Initiates design approaches for distinctive solutions considering the totality of a project, including advanced lighting system concepts and specialized design applications.
- Selects lighting and control systems and identifies appropriate applications considering product lifecycle and system performance.
- Manages the construction phase through responsive coordination with the builder to maintain design intent and contractual requirements.
- Performs and reviews lighting calculations to inform fixture selection and layout.
- Analyzes construction cost estimates for alignment with design intent and approved budgets, and develops cost control alternatives.
- Conveys lighting design intent, technical decisions, and cost implications to clients, consultants, and project teams.
- Leads client presentations and discussions.
- Defines design intent for material qualitative requirements and performance standards for contractually enforceable and accurate design representation.
- Manages fees, resources, and project delivery schedule to ensure financial health.
- Assigns tasks and coordinates team workload.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Architecture, Interior Design, or Theater.
- LC Certified or IALD Certification encouraged.
- Proficient in Revit, AutoCAD, Bluebeam, and the Microsoft Suite software.
- Excels in the guidelines of preceding roles including Lighting Designer 2.
Skills
- Advanced design, technical, and industry knowledge.
- Project-level leadership.
- Coordination and quality oversight of lighting design teams.
- Mentoring junior staff.
- Client presentations and project strategy contribution.
- Documentation and drawing creation.
- Software analysis.
- Building technology and construction methods.
- Lighting systems and controls integration.
- Project delivery from schematic design through construction documentation.
- Code compliance (lighting, energy, emergency lighting).
- Adherence to company standards and industry best practices.
- Sustainability and environmental impact resolution.
- Advanced lighting system concepts and specialized design applications.
- Material research and selection for lighting and control systems.
- Construction administration and coordination.
- Lighting calculations and analysis.
- Cost consciousness and budget alignment.
- Design communication and presentation.
- Specification writing.
- Fee, resource, and schedule management for project profitability.
Location
- Philadelphia, PA
- Wayne, PA
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Lighting Designer 3
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
Benefits
- Generous paid time off
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Flexible/hybrid work options
- Paid parental leave
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Accident insurance
- Critical illness insurance
- Hospital indemnity insurance
- Identity protection
About the Company
- EwingCole is a nationally recognized architecture, engineering, interior design and planning firm with offices across the country.
- Our multi-disciplinary practice is built on the core values of professional excellence, design quality and collaboration.