Intermediate Architectural Designer - Healthcare Practice

NBBJ Design; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

NBBJ Seattle is seeking an Intermediate Architectural Designer - Healthcare Practice to join our collaborative studio. You will support design leadership on projects, contribute to setting design quality standards, and advance the firm’s reputation through active participation in project work, mentorship, and client interactions.

The role requires 5–10 years of experience, a B Arch or M Arch, healthcare project experience, and proficiency in Revit (with 3D modeling).

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of architectural design experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Architecture (B Arch or M Arch preferred).
• Experience on healthcare projects.
• Architect licensure is a plus.
• LEED accreditation or near-term.
• Strong conceptual and schematic design skills.
• Strong verbal and graphic communication.
• Proficiency in Revit; 3D modeling.
• Knowledge of Grasshopper beneficial.
• Ability to manage deadlines with diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and exemplify quality standards through design reviews and mentorship.
• Lead the studio toward impactful design with radical thinking.
• Provide hands-on design work on 1-2 projects from concept to construction.
• Review and critique projects with firm-wide peer reviews.
• Present compelling design stories to clients and peers.
• Collaborate with multiple disciplines for integrated project delivery.
• Develop expertise in a single typology.
• Utilize latest design and visualization technologies.

Skills

Conceptual design

Schematic design

Communication

Collaboration

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree (B Arch/M Arch)

Architectural licensure a plus

Tools

Revit

3D modeling

SketchUp

Rhino

Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)

Grasshopper

Job description

NBBJ is an award-winning design firm recognized as a TIME100 Most Influential Company, a Fast Company Most Innovative Architecture Firm and a two-time 2025 AIA National Honor Award recipient. These recognitions reflect our purpose-driven approach that, fueled by ideas and a culture of collaboration, creates healthy buildings, strong communities and a resilient environment. That’s where you come in. With leading clients, diverse colleagues and offices in creative capitals around the globe, a career at NBBJ will inspire you to be extraordinary. You can learn more about our firm, see what it’s like to work here and explore recent projects and ideas at NBBJ.com. Join us to make an impact today!

NBBJ is an award-winning design firm recognized as a TIME100 Most Influential Company, a Fast Company Most Innovative Architecture Firm and a two-time 2025 AIA National Honor Award recipient. These recognitions reflect our purpose-driven approach that, fueled by ideas and a culture of collaboration, creates healthy buildings, strong communities and a resilient environment. That’s where you come in. With leading clients, diverse colleagues and offices in creative capitals around the globe, a career at NBBJ will inspire you to be extraordinary. You can learn more about our firm, see what it’s like to work here and explore recent projects and ideas at NBBJ.com. Join us to make an impact today!

The Role At a Glance

NBBJ Seattle is seeking an Intermediate Architectural Designer - Healthcare Practice to join our team. We are seeking a designer, with experience with good conceptual, visual, and communication skills to work in a highly collaborative and design-oriented studio. At NBBJ, an Intermediate Architectural Designer is responsible for supporting design leadership on projects, contributing to setting design quality standards, fostering a collaborative design environment, and advancing the firm’s design reputation through active participation in project work, team mentorship, and client interactions.

In Your New Role

• Set Expectations: Define and exemplify quality standards through design reviews, mentoring, and open discussions.
• Inspire: Encourage radical thinking and creativity at all levels, leading the studio toward impactful design.
• Create: Provide hands-on design work for 1-2 projects, ranging in concept to construction, ensuring holistic design continuity.
• Review/Critique: Ensure design quality by reviewing projects and engaging teams in firm-wide peer reviews.
• Present/Communicate: Craft and present compelling design stories to clients and peers.
• Network Internally: Connect with design peers firm-wide, enhancing collaboration and design quality.
• Methodologies: Ensure projects utilize the latest design/visualization methods and technologies.
• Process: Champion proper process design and encourage designers to lead alongside PMs and PAs.
• Expertise: Apply sound design methods across practices, while developing expertise in a single typology.
• Integrated Design Delivery: Collaborate with multiple disciplines to ensure rigorous, integrated project delivery.

What You Will Need To Succeed

• 5 - 10 years of experience
• Bachelor's Degree: B Arch or M Arch desired
• Experience in healthcare projects, ranging in scale
• Architectural licensure a plus
• Deep understanding of high-performance building concepts, with LEED Accreditation or at-or-within 18 months of hire
• Strong conceptual design and schematic design skills
• Strong verbal and graphic communication skills and ability to work with diverse teams of designers, and develop diagrams and visualization renderings
• Proficiency in Revit with 3D modeling skills; Sketchup, and/or Rhino desired
• Working knowledge of Adobe Suite; Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
• Interest and experience in Grasshopper workflows are beneficial
• Ability to participate in multiple projects and manage deadlines
• Ability to thrive in a collaborative, open environment
• Ability to travel, if the project requires

The annual base pay range for this role is anticipated to be between $70,000 and $85,000. Actual compensation for successful candidates will be carefully determined based on a number of factors, including their skills, qualifications and experience.

NBBJ is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F Disabled and Vet EEO/AA Employer.