Lead Lighting Designer & Practice Leader

Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc.; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Clark Nexsen, a JMT Company, seeks a Lighting Practice Leader to lead lighting design efforts from concept through construction on diverse projects. You will coordinate with engineers and PMs, manage multi-disciplinary teams, and ensure design intent aligns with client specifications.

The role emphasizes mentorship, high-level coordination, and delivery of solutions tailored to each client’s needs within a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant lighting design experience.
• Lighting Certified (LC) and/or IALD Design Member or higher.
• High school diploma or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Uses judgment and modifications in making advanced computations and revises specifications for adaptations and modifications.
• Coordinate projects with Local, City, State, and County codes and officials.
• Collaborate with team of designers, engineers, and sub-consultants to produce a contract drawing and specifications.
• Design complex projects using computer-aided drafting software and other design tools, ensuring compliance with client specifications and guidelines while creating project-specific content to clearly illustrate design intent.
• Manage multidisciplinary (Revit) models to maintain accuracy and consistency across production drawings, recognizing and addressing impacts on other disciplines throughout the design process.
• Resolve a variety of complex issues, and serve as a liaison between clients and agencies, subcontractors, and design teams.
• Review project production documents for quality control, coordinate with other disciplines, perform code reviews and produce mark-up drawings for Designer I and II.
• Carry out field surveys to confirm existing conditions or solve unforeseen field conditions during construction.
• Perform construction administration and oversee commissioning activities alongside the project manager.
• Participates in planning, scheduling, conducting or coordinating detailed phases of the engineering design work in a part of a major project or in total of a project of moderate scope.
• Analyze survey reports, maps, drawings, blueprints, field conditions, and manufacturer’s equipment data to plan projects.
• Develop construction cost estimates.
• Attend client meetings during design.
• Lead, mentor, and manage team members by providing leadership and continuous performance management.

Skills

Lighting design leadership

Coordination with engineers

Team mentorship

Strong communication

AutoCAD/Revit proficiency

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Associate's degree (preferred)

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit

AGI32

COMCheck

Job description

Clark Nexsen, a JMT Company, seeks a Lighting Practice Leader to lead lighting design efforts from concept through construction on diverse projects. You will coordinate with engineers and PMs, manage multi-disciplinary teams, and ensure design intent aligns with client specifications.

The role emphasizes mentorship, high-level coordination, and delivery of solutions tailored to each client’s needs within a collaborative environment.