Lead Lab Planner Architect for Life Science Facilities

DGA; Newport Beach (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Disability insurance

401k

PTO

Staff development allowance

Bonus program

Job summary

DGA is seeking a Lab Planner and Architect to fuse design excellence with lab programming for science and tech facilities in commercial and academic settings. You will lead client meetings, develop space programs, and guide the production of construction documents with strong coordination across project teams.

You bring 8+ years of lab programming/planning, architectural registration preferred, and expertise in AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of architectural lab programming/planning and project architecture experience.
• Strong leadership and client-management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate creativity and planning of laboratories within technical facilities.
• Advance knowledge of regulatory requirements for laboratory design.
• Lead client meetings to develop or validate program requirements and space plans.
• Collaborate on planning facilities by developing flexible planning grids and service distribution concepts.
• Lead documentation of laboratory systems and casework for next-generation settings.
• Support marketing through proposals, interviews and presentations.
• Ensure designs and construction documents adhere to codes, zoning and environmental requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Client management

Mentoring juniors

Education

Architectural registration preferred

Tools

AutoCAD

SketchUp

Revit

Microsoft Office

Job description

DGA is seeking a Lab Planner and Architect to fuse design excellence with lab programming for science and tech facilities in commercial and academic settings. You will lead client meetings, develop space programs, and guide the production of construction documents with strong coordination across project teams.

You bring 8+ years of lab programming/planning, architectural registration preferred, and expertise in AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp.