JOB DETAILS

Lighting Designer

Progressive AE • Full-time • Grand Rapids, Michigan, US • 5d ago

Make an Impact

As a Lighting Designer, you will work collaboratively across a variety of internal and external disciplines to provide lighting design services across a wide range of project scopes and sizes. This may include fixture selection, providing design layouts, and performing calculations, renderings, and sketches. A focus on user experience and correct application of electrical codes will be utilized throughout the project lifecycle.

Deliver Results

Perform assigned documentation and design lighting layouts in Revit.
Organize detailed construction document sets from beginning to end with direction. Use design software/technology, including Revit, BlueBeam, Adobe Creative Suite, ElumTools, AGi32, and other emerging technologies for presentation and production purposes.
Attend site-visits to resolve issues encountered in the field such as unforeseen conditions, code issues, and interpretation of construction documents.
Check submittals, issuing addenda and construction change directives.
Coordinate technical components of projects with other internal disciplines and outside consultants. This will include high amounts of collaboration with architects, interior designers, and electrical engineers, particularly during conceptual and pre-schematic phases.
Collaborate closely with lighting vendors and manufacturers.

Required Qualifications

5+ years of post-graduate lighting design experience for various building types.
Bachelor’s Degree in Architectural Engineering, Lighting Design, Theatrical Design, or related.
Experience with Revit and Adobe Creative Suite.
Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Preferred Qualifications

Master of Fine Arts in Lighting Design.
IALD (International Association of Lighting Designers) Associate/Member.
CLD (Certified Lighting Designer).
Proficiency in Visual Lighting Software.
Experience in BlueBeam, ElumTools, or AGi32.
Experience using Microsoft Project, Sharepoint, and Teams.

People Matter

Each individual’s background, knowledge, ability, and experience contributes to strengthening our organization and projects. Our dedication to diversity includes company provided training and education, equitable recruitment, a grassroots employee DEI committee, and robust community partnerships.

Progressive Companies is comprised of people with a variety of abilities, races, colors, religions, genders, sexual orientations, national origins, ages, veteran statuses, and more. As an equal opportunity employer, we believe diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential elements of innovative design. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Transforming Spaces. Empowering People.

The talented professionals of Progressive Companies are designers of a bold new future, creating high-performance structures and pathways, delivering on today’s needs and preparing for what’s to come. We live by the idea that design isn’t simply about beauty, it’s about improving strategic outcomes—what we call Performance Based Design. Our work spans across the nation, allowing team members to work on a variety of exciting projects and maximize impact as trusted partners to our clients and communities.

Sustainable and Inclusive

We are dedicated to human-centered, sustainable, and inclusive design practices. We believe diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential to building trust, respect, and truly innovative design making spaces welcoming and accessible to all. Our sustainability approach embraces the AIA 2030 Commitment, together with a range of high performance, restorative, and regenerative strategies with a focus on climate responsive results to maximize positive impact in our industry.

Employee Owned

We act like owners—because we are. From modest beginnings of four original engineering partners in 1962, to almost 300 architects, engineers, designers, and consultants across multiple regional offices today, the energy, resourcefulness, and entrepreneurial mindset you expect from a CEO come standard with every team member.

Culture of Excellence

The firm is continually ranked as one of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Nation®, with comprehensive benefits including an award-winning wellness program, hybrid work schedule, summer hours, profit-sharing, and employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). We take our work seriously, but have fun along the way, which fuels the creative spirit and supports a focus on work and life integration.
Progressive Companies is committed to development and growth of team members through continuing education, mentorship, growth opportunities, and more. We are dedicated to giving back to our communities, with paid service-learning hours available to every employee and corporate sponsorship for a wide range of community organizations and activities.

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