Lab Planner

LPA is seeking a passionate Lab Planner to join our integrated team of architects, engineers, interior designers, landscape architects and master planners. Our Dallas studio is continuing to grow, and you’ll have the opportunity to be a central part of our expansion. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with team members across studios on projects that are both local and across California and Texas.

We walk the talk in changing lives by design. Our sustainability commitment is real, we are the only large firm in the nation to comply with the 2030 Challenge for the past two years running. Our award-winning projects aim to have a positive and enduring environmental, economic and social impact.

You will be working with directors and principals in the studio and across the firm. We are looking to you to help us continue to develop our talented designers and engineers.

We’re committed to diversity, wellness and work-life balance and it is neatly summarized in our Just label. We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits, including health and dental insurance, retirement and financial, wellness and other work/life plans.

What You Will Do

• You will serve as the primary point of contact for our key project stakeholders, engineering consultants and medical equipment vendors
• Responsible for establishing project spatial usage programs, develop preliminary planning layouts and coordination with other project leaders
• Design of creative spaces that define and shape the principles of innovative laboratory design.
• Provide inspiration and guidance for strategic firm-wide initiatives to advance our Science & Technology project design, operations, and business development.
• Develop content, research and technical white papers for internal and external thought leadership presentations and publications in collaboration with our Sustainability and Applied Research team.
• Lead laboratory programming assignments and lab organization concepts.
• Provide subject matter expertise and leadership for laboratory facilities in the areas of programming, design, fit-out planning, equipment planning, MEP systems integration planning, casework specification and construction administration.
• Be an essential part of a project team working on all phases of a laboratory design project from Programming and Schematic Design through Construction Administration in Academic and/or Corporate Science & Technology sector.
• Collaborate throughout the design process in developing high performance design strategies associated with the lab planning and building infrastructure approach.
  
  

What We Will Do

• Provide mentorship from Managing Directors and Design Directors as well as other in-house disciplines on all projects
• Provide career growth opportunities including licensure incentives, professional development grants and our professional development process
• In-house management and leadership training opportunities
• Opportunities to attend nationwide conferences related to lab planning
• Education opportunities including LPA+U and LPA Tech Talks
• Provide study grants for exploration – Catapult, LPA Foundation
  
  

Lab Planner Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Architecture required
• 10+ years of experience in all phases of architectural projects
• Strong Revit knowledge
• Expertise in building codes and construction as it relates to design and construction services
• Architectural license preferred
  
  

LPA is an integrated design firm with offices in California and Texas. We specialize in creating innovative, sustainable environments that work better, do more with less and improve people’s lives. We provide a vibrant and rewarding work environment—one that values and fosters creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, community engagement and ongoing career development and growth. LPA is also committed to diversity, wellness and work-life balance. LPA offers competitive salaries and generous benefits, including health and dental insurance, retirement and financial, wellness and other work/life plans.

Notice To Recruitment Agencies And Recruiters

Please note that LPA does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed contract, LPA will not agree to pay any recruiter fee. In the situation an agency or recruiter submits a candidate or resume without a previously signed agreement and/or without LPA’s request , LPA explicitly reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of LPA.