Designer

About the role

At Salas O’Brien, we tell our clients that we’re engineered for impact. This passion for making a difference applies just as much to our team as it does to our projects. That’s why we’re committed to living our values every day: inspiring, achieving, and connecting as shared owners of our success with a focus on a sustainable future. Building for the long-term means that all of our team members can expect to work on amazing projects with a people-first approach to problem solving. It also means that each member of our team has truly limitless potential to build a unique, meaningful, and high-impact career—and they’ll receive great total rewards along the way.

Job Duties

• Prepare detailed lighting plans, layouts, and schematics using CAD, Revit, and lighting photometric calculation software for various commercial and residential construction projects.
• Research and recommend appropriate lighting fixtures, controls, and systems based on project requirements, budgets, and technical standards.
• Collaborate regularly with project teams to ensure lighting designs are technically feasible, integrated properly, and installed according to specifications.
• Generate design documentation, cost estimates, and progress reports to support project planning and client communication.
• Conceive and prepare conceptual lighting packages in graphic design programs to convey aesthetic options, technical considerations, and practical parameters for new projects.
• In the case of renovation work, survey existing conditions, research upgrade options, and confer with Ownership and Design team regarding the general and specific direction for lighting upgrades.
• Measure light levels using photometry meters and evaluate light levels for safety and suitability to task areas.
• Perform computer-modeling photometric calculations using specialized lighting software (AGI32, Lightstanza) to generate layouts and confirm technical design selections.
• Calculate and document compliance with mandatory and elective energy conservation allowances (ASHRAE, IECC, Title 24, LEED, etc.).
• Design to and demonstrate compliance with IES recommended practices, brand standards (for hospitality and retail), and health code requirements.
• Draw technical details to show lighting installations in specialty conditions (coves, millwork, landscape, and other conditions unique to each project).
• Review Contractor submittals and substitution requests for compliance with construction documents and adjust those documents as needed.
• Respond to Contractor queries in a fast-paced construction schedule to prevent delays to project completion.
• Provide a sequence of operations for dimming and energy-saving controls, review shop drawings, and oversee commissioning and programming of controls.
• Aim and focus adjustable luminaires.
• Evaluate installations and provide a punch or snag-list for final corrections.

Minimum Qualifications

• A U.S. Master’s degree (or foreign degree equivalent) in Architectural Engineering (with a concentration in Lighting Design) or Theatrical Lighting.
• One year's experience in the job offered or a related occupation involving lighting design.
• Experience using design tools, including InDesign, Agi, AutoCAD, and Revit.