Design Professional - Architecture

Freese and Nichols•Fort Worth, TX

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

Do you want to enhance your community by creating sustainable solutions to make it more livable and environmentally sound? Freese and Nichols has a great opportunity for an early career Architecture Design Professional to launch their career in our Dallas, Fort Worth or Austin TX offices in 2026! Our opportunity provides you with a supportive pathway to grow your career in many areas – design, technical excellence, and business development. What your day looks like – You will partner with others to complete design tasks, including: Develop/Operate/Maintain BIM models, utilizing them to generate construction documents. Support Project Architects by performing or delegating a range of architectural planning, design, and construction activities including plan layouts, circulation studies, quantity takeoffs, space utilization studies, construction submittal review and preliminary code analysis/research. Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including engineers, designers, contractors, and consultants, to deliver high-quality architectural solutions Research and develop background material and correlate data for others. Prepare information and diagrams for reports. What we will do for you – We offer you a flexible work environment with options such as a hybrid work schedule with remote work up to 2 days per week and an alternative work schedule with every other Friday off. Our support for you in your career journey includes providing you with professional development in technical areas, along with soft skills such as collaboration, managing workload, presentation skills, and building partnerships. Our mentoring program allows you to learn from those who have worked in our industry, from recent grads to subject matter experts. Rise and Thrive, our Young Professionals ERG (Employee Resource Group), will help you grow your career. They facilitate networking and development opportunities and social events, too! About Freese and Nichols At the heart of our culture is our LEADS values (Learn continuously, Engage as family, Act with integrity, Deliver quality, and Serve always). Each year, our employee engagement survey confirms that our leaders and our employees live our values. We strive to be the firm of choice for clients and employees through innovative approaches, practical results, and outstanding service. For more than 130 years, we have been planning and designing the infrastructure our communities need: developing water supplies, designing roadways and bridges, preparing for natural disasters, and much more. Besides our comprehensive benefits package (see more at Benefits That Work for You), we offer paid overtime for salaried employees, an annual bonus, and access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico and Banner Elk, North Carolina. We are proud of our flexible work environment which includes a hybrid schedule with up to 40% of remote work, and an alternative work schedule program which provides a day off every other Friday. Join our team of 1,300+ employees as we grow from Virginia to Colorado. Learn more about working here at Working at Freese and Nichols. Freese and Nichols is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws. #LI-Hybrid Freese and Nichols is a professional planning, consulting and engineering firm serving clients across the United States. With client service and continuous improvement in mind, we plan, design and manage sustainable water and infrastructure projects.

Requirements

Bachelor of Architecture from an accredited college or university
Proficiency in Autodesk Revit

Nice To Haves

Preferred 1+ years of experience producing working drawings with Autodesk Revit in the office of a registered architect, or equivalent experience
Master of Architecture preferred
Working knowledge of with Microsoft Office and Adobe suites
Experience with Sketchup and InDesign
NCARB Record
LEED Green Associate

Responsibilities

Develop/Operate/Maintain BIM models, utilizing them to generate construction documents.
Support Project Architects by performing or delegating a range of architectural planning, design, and construction activities including plan layouts, circulation studies, quantity takeoffs, space utilization studies, construction submittal review and preliminary code analysis/research.
Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including engineers, designers, contractors, and consultants, to deliver high-quality architectural solutions
Research and develop background material and correlate data for others.
Prepare information and diagrams for reports.

Benefits

flexible work environment
hybrid work schedule with remote work up to 2 days per week
alternative work schedule with every other Friday off
professional development in technical areas
soft skills such as collaboration, managing workload, presentation skills, and building partnerships
mentoring program
Young Professionals ERG (Employee Resource Group)
paid overtime for salaried employees
annual bonus
access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico and Banner Elk, North Carolina