Design Principal

HDR•Miami, FL

12d

About The Position

HDR is seeking a Design Principal for its Miami office to help lead its growing architecture practice and deliver creative design solutions that improve the health and human condition of the communities it serves. The role champions design excellence for the local office and region, develops innovative and integrated design solutions, and guides concepts from project pursuit and selection through successful completion across multiple projects. The Design Principal balances design goals with management objectives and project budgets, and brings an established design reputation demonstrated through awards, publications, education, or other venues, as well as positive client references. The Design Principal leads design efforts across multiple offices and partners with office management, project management, and architecture, engineering, and planning discipline leaders. The role includes teaching and training designers and interdisciplinary teams in design excellence and HDR’s Design Philosophy, mentoring and developing junior staff, and identifying, attracting, and retaining design talent. The successful candidate will also be active in professional design organizations. The role supports HDR’s three pillars—Towards a Regenerative Future, Community Well-Being, and Transforming Project Delivery—by advancing sustainable initiatives, strengthening sustainable design literacy, and ensuring an integrated design process on projects. The Design Principal will spearhead AIA 2030 reporting for their design projects through HDR’s 100% energy modeling initiative and perform other duties as needed. Travel is required.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Architecture.
15 years of related experience.
At least 7 years of project management experience.
Registered Architect.
Experience on large-scale projects.
Ability to lead project teams and make client presentations.
Experience with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and Project.
Extensive knowledge of and experience within the local and regional market.
Strong team leadership, mentoring, motivational, organizational, and people skills.
Desire to work toward integrating holistic sustainable processes into design projects at early design stages.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Willingness to travel.
Commitment to active participation in HDR’s employee-owned culture.

Nice To Haves

Experience functioning as a lead designer on projects of varied scales and complexities.
Experience with healthcare, science, or higher education projects.
Experience in sustainable and/or regenerative design.
Understanding of basic building physics, low-carbon materials, and high-performance design strategies.
PMP certification.

Responsibilities

Champion design excellence for the local office and region and develop innovative, creative, integrated, and effective design solutions.
Guide design concepts and ideas from project pursuit and selection through successful completion on multiple projects.
Meet design excellence goals while also meeting management goals and project budgets.
Teach and train designers and interdisciplinary architecture, engineering, and planning teams in design excellence and HDR’s Design Philosophy.
Mentor and develop junior design staff, motivating and inspiring others to pursue design excellence.
Lead design efforts across multiple offices and partner with office management, project management, and discipline leaders.
Identify, attract, and retain design staff, and develop strategies for hiring senior and junior design talent.
Participate in local, national, or international professional design-related organizations.
Advance HDR’s sustainability initiatives and three pillars, elevate sustainable design literacy, and ensure an integrated design process on projects.
Spearhead AIA 2030 reporting for design projects through HDR’s 100% energy modeling initiative.
Lead project teams and make client presentations.
Perform other duties as needed.