Urban Designer Job at Stewart in Raleigh

About Stewart:At Stewart, we put great emphasis on serving and leading our employees, clients, communities, and professions. We believe that every employee has an impact on our company and our community. What we do is significant and legacy building. Our work is not only about footings, beams, and columns, or roads and bridges, or surveys and inspections, or parks or community planning. We are strengthening our communities through the building of hospitals, office buildings, schools, housing, places of worship, roads to mobilize people, parks and greenways to enjoy the beauty of nature, and thoughtful community plans that delineate the future growth. We love to see how our employees' contributions enhance our communities.Designer, UrbanPosition Highlights:Stewart is seeking a design-focused creative for the Urban Designer position on our Community Planning team in our downtown Raleigh office. You will work in a highly collaborative process with multiple disciplines on a variety of projects including city comprehensive plans, downtown plans, parks and greenway master plans, conceptual site plans and development codes. You will be encouraged to think creatively and develop innovative project deliverables that illustrate placemaking opportunities, public space and transportation improvements, urban development form and best practices in conservation and landscape design. You will have the opportunity to research and employ best practices, conduct site analysis and grow your abilities in story-telling to create compelling, highly graphic plans and studies. We are excited about each individual on our team as we look to build and leverage their skillset, interests, and experience to improve the work we do to strengthen communities. In addition, Stewart is pleased to offer a hybrid work schedule to support employee wellbeing while driving our interdisciplinary and collaborative work model.Position Responsibilities:Develop and implement urban design strategies, planning documents and regulatory codes.Conduct site analysis and research to inform design decisions.Collaborate with community planners, landscape architects, arborists, engineers and surveyors.Prepare maps, designs, drawings and presentations for project proposals and interviews.Assist with inventory, analysis and urban design recommendations for projects under supervision of the project manager.Prepare for, participate in and facilitate community engagement activities.Present design ideas to clients, public officials, and community members.Coordinate and support production of graphics, reports, website and other digital and print media.Research best practices in urban design, public spaces and park design.Prepare reports and documentation for projects at a variety of scales (e.g. site, area, neighborhood, city, county, region).Coordinate and effectively communicate with staff in other disciplines and clients.Advocate for sustainable and inclusive urban design practices.Assist in compiling all components required for jurisdictional review, approval processes, and submitting documents to the appropriate agencies.Design and prepare project reports for Community Planning projects using Adobe InDesign or other relevant software.Design and prepare project branding and advertisement materials for Community Planning projects using Adobe Illustrator or other relevant software.Position Qualifications: 0-5 years of work experience in urban design, landscape architecture, community planning or related fieldWorking knowledge of ArcGIS Pro softwareYou must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for an employment-based visa.Working Conditions and Physical Demands:You are willing and able to work in a professional, climate-controlled office environment with moderate noise levels and exposure to lots of light, both natural and artificial. Workstations are in an open space layout with frequent collaboration and interactions from co-workers throughout the day. Within the office you are willing and able to constantly operate a computer and other office productivity peripherals, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer. Additional requirements include providing on-site technical assistance by occasionally accessing client or construction sites with varying terrain.Our Team:Stewart's Community Planning practice area is a response to our clients' needs for building healthy, equitable, resilient, and connected communities. Now, more than ever, our communities are adapting to changing climate, demographics, land use trends, environments, and technologies. We are a team of experienced community planners, designers, and engineers that focus on provided high quality data-driven and design-focused solutions for our clients. Our Community Planning Group provides services such as the development of comprehensive and small area plans, urban design plans, GIS mapping, scenario planning, and land use ordinances. We see these planning processes as an opportunity to facilitate meaningful dialog, address priorities and strengthen communities.Stewart is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Affirmative Action Employer, Including Individuals with Disabilities and Protected Veterans.Please note, any unsolicited resumes forwarded by third-party recruiters to Stewart or to any of our managers or employees will be considered public information and may be treated as a direct application from the person identified in the resume. Stewart has the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person, or entity.Other details Pay Type HourlyApply Now