What We're Looking For
At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.
This opportunity entails being responsible for achieving the firm’s design goals by providing leadership, creativity, and mentorship throughout the practice. This role establishes foundational design goals and values serving select market sectors or specialized discipline in support of firmwide philosophy, values, and principles governed by the Chief Design Officer and other practice-wide leadership. This role serves as a primary source of leadership and accountability for the consistency, quality and innovation within the role’s market and/or discipline focus. Design Directors also foster a positive creative culture across all studios and with clients to ensure the delivery of high-quality design work across the organization.
Responsibilities
- Define and lead the vision for client-centered design in airport and airline facilities.
- Develop strategies for cohesive and scalable design across major and regional aviation projects.
- Champion passenger experience enhancements in terminal design.
- Emphasize the integration of technology and sustainability within aviation projects.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver future-ready aviation infrastructure.
- Drive design solutions that balance operational efficiency with aesthetic excellence.
- Support the advancement of airport planning and terminal flow design strategies.
- Lead initiatives to redefine the traveler experience through innovative spatial design.
- Promote the firm’s reputation in aviation design through strategic outreach and industry thought leadership.
What You’ll Do:
- Work in conjunction with each Office Design Leader to coordinate and produce a consistently high quality design product achieving HNTB's 4 for 4 standards (Consistent delivery of quality work, on time, on budget and to the client's satisfaction on every project).
- Instill a design culture of excellence by conducting regular project design reviews within all offices to ensure project design performance.
- Lead the development and implementation of the activities of the National Design Committee.
- Provide HNTB an active link to academia through studio and advisory council participation.
- Represent HNTB at the national level within professional and design societies.
- Work closely with Officers by representing design with strategic planning framework.
- Assist Office Leaders in the hiring, supervision, development and evaluation of the design staff throughout the organization.
- Actively participate in the development and presentation of pursuit strategies across all market sectors within the firm.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
What You’ll Need:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture, Engineering, or Planning as appropriate to the specific core practice and 15 years of experience in progressively responsible positions, ideally with a large, multi-discipline firm.
- 10 years’ experience in design of complex projects.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree in Architecture or related field.
- 20+ years of experience, including leadership roles.
- Professional registration (AIA, NCARB, etc.) in good standing.
- Recognized industry thought leader with a robust network of professional relationships.
Travel Requirements:
25%-50% as needed to support design efforts and business development.
Work Environment:
Work is primarily performed in an office environment, with occasional site visits or attendance at client meetings and industry events.
Job Type:
Regular
Full/Part Time:
Full time
Job Category:
Architecture Group
ReqID:
R-24782
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