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Designer - Civil Engineering

CA | GA | NY | CR

About Sherwood

Sherwood is a civil and environmental engineering firm that is committed to investing in and embracing people, communities and the environment.

Our team has delivered net zero energy and net zero carbon systems, net positive water systems, resilient coastlines, natural resource protection, green streets, living roofs and more for thousands of clients in the region and across the globe. We specialize in sustainable infrastructure, water management strategies, green building design, and systems based solutions for infrastructure and landscapes. Our focus is on the conservation and management of the consumption of all site resources — carbon, energy, water, and waste. We’ve worked on over thirty award-winning projects, and our work has been published locally and internationally.

Founded in 2003, our award-winning projects include Hudson Yards in New York (the largest private real estate development in U.S. history), San Francisco Better Streets Plan, Greater New Orleans Urban Water Plan, revitalization of the iconic waterfront Brooklyn Bridge Park, and the 35 square-km Baietan Urban Area Plan in the heart of Guangzhou, China.

Our mission is to engineer an environmentally and socially regenerative planet. Will you join us?

Role Summary

Sherwood is currently seeking an Urban Designer to support a growing Planning practice within a progressive and dynamic civil engineering firm. The successful candidate will work as an integral part of Sherwood’s Planning team, collaborate with engineering disciplines to integrate engineering solutions into planning and urban design studies, large scale mixed-use / development master plans, public spaces, and large land development projects. This candidate will be asked to produce compelling graphic content that advances planning and engineering for projects, deliverables, client proposals, and competitions.

We are seeking a creative individual who demonstrates a professional skill set in planning and urban design, can work productively as a member of a multidisciplinary team, work independently with sophisticated design software applications, and develop clear narratives and supporting graphic content to convey and visualize design ideas for mixed-use development master plans, resiliency strategies, climate adaptation plans, landscape and ecological design, and districtwide urban infrastructure systems.

Minimum Skills

• Typically 1+ years of professional experience

• Undergraduate degree in Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, or Architecture

• Strong proficiency in Rhino, AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, and ArcGIS

• Interest in and passion for cities, land use, urban design, landscape, resiliency, and ecology

• Demonstrated understanding of planning and urban design concepts, building typologies, standard dimensions, urban infrastructure systems, zoning controls, and implementation strategies

• Proficiency and experience in the development of high-quality 2D and 3D diagrams, axonometrics, site plans, cross-sections, elevations, and perspective renderings, as well as a demonstrated capacity to introduce new and compelling ways to visually convey ideas

• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills for working within an overall design team environment on multiple projects

• Ability to plan, organize, prioritize, multi-task, work independently under general supervision, and exhibit proactivity and good judgment

• Ability to read and interpret written information including project and design documents and drawings, and email correspondence

Preferred Skills

• Masters degree in Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, or Architecture

• Experience in a consulting environment

• ASLA, AICP, AIA, and/or LEED AP certification

• Experience preparing content and narrative for proposals and design competitions

• Experience in parametric modeling, including Grasshopper, and BIM modeling

Expected Outcomes

• Actively participate as a member of Sherwood’s Planning team and demonstrate highly disciplined work ethic

• Develop and advance large-scale mixed use development master planning projects, urban design studies, landscape studies, ecological design ideas, planning frameworks

• Conduct and document research, precedents, and benchmarks; prepare urban design and streetscape design guidelines; and generate high quality and elegant graphic content for a wide variety of geographic scales, conditions, and built and natural contexts

• Ideate independently and as part of a team, visually representing conceptual design ideas and complex urban systems, and advancing production of work product in a fast-moving consulting environment

• Quickly translate urban, landscape, and ecological stories and solutions into clear concise graphics and narratives through the proficient use of technical and visualization design software

What We Offer

• Own a part of the firm with ESOP eligibility after one year

• Flexible working - with every other Friday off

• Competitive Health plans, including PPO and HMO options, Dental and Vision plans

• Learning and Development stipend to use as you see fit

• Generous PTO and 8 paid holidays

• Automatic 401k enrollment

• Fun team events, lunches and happy hours to get to know colleagues outside of work

• A tangible opportunity to truly help the environment!

Reasonable accommodations may be made to individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

To Apply:

Design portfolios must be submitted as part of the application for this position. Applications submitted without a portfolio will not be reviewed. Portfolios should be one PDF attachment, maximum 10 MB.