Regional Design Technology Manager - Computation

Company: Gensler
Location: London
Posted on: February 22, 2021

Job Description:

Regional Design Technology Manager - Computation London, United Kingdom Placed at the heart of Gensler's People + Process + Technology the Design Technology Community is key to the firm's digital transformation of our creative and project delivery practices throughout the globe. Our ultimate outcome is to co-create a design technology ecosystem that enables our practitioners to leverage the most advanced methodologies and technological solutions reaching a new level of creativity and delivering the most impactful designs to our clients. So, if you are a disruptive technologist that's ready to change the world with big and impactful ideas, we want you to join our growing and innovative team! Your Role As of our EU-Regional Design Technology Managers, you are focused on Computational Platforms for the region. A critical multifaceted role that provides technical leadership, strategic value and deep tactical expertise in the design technology and digital project delivery space enabling the team(s) you support and aligning with the Region's projects' and clients' priorities / requirements. Reporting directly to the Regional Design Technology Director, you will use your soft skills, relationship building and technical expertise to drive with confidence process innovation, optimization and digital workflows / platforms creation and implementation in partnership / collaboration with your peers in the Regional Design Technology group. Ultimately, we believe that this role is a key contributor to delivering the highest value and best outcomes to our clients. Computationally, we believe that you can deliver high-quality code that is modular and extensible by your colleagues because it's human readable, well-commented, and thoughtfully architected. You are comfortable writing code that can interact with the application and display layers. You have a passion for code clarity, extensibility, and scalability. You are able to solve complex design problems using logic. What You Will Do

• Co-Lead elevating computational skills within the EU-Region
• Focus on establishing project specific use-cases that illustrate how to leverage computation
• Collaborate with practitioners and design synergy on how to adopt computational thinking
• Work with the regional and firmwide teams on contributing to code / piloting products
• Implement regional and firm democratized products / plug-ins into our regional practice
• Identify workflows, tools, and efficiencies that will bring value-proposition to our projects
• Research innovative solutions and co-create with partners continuously in support of projects
• Create bespoke computational solutions / code to address challenges within specific projects Your Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction and/or equivalent training and experience in the AEC / Building Industry
  • Extensive experience in Design Technology in Computational specific roles
  • Deep experience with computational geometry (medial axis, isovist, mesh topology, quad meshes, agent systems, etc)
  • High level of proficiency in C# + Linq syntax
  • Strong command of event listeners, static classes
  • Comfortable working with JSON and XML data formats--
  • Experience/ability to build and deploy Rhino plugins
  • Experience/ability to build and deploy Grasshopper plugins
  • Deep knowledge of Rhinocommon and Grasshopper SDKs
  • Experience in Windows Forms--
  • Experience with custom UI at the application level
  • Experience with using Git + source control in a team environment
  • Good code hygiene and DRY approach
  • Articulate communicator, able to convey design technology concepts to all levels of design, consultants and clients
  • Punctual, able to adhere to deadlines, have a strong work ethic and superb organizational skills
  • Creative thinker, innovative and able to win the hearts / minds of stakeholders to drive change-management in the project design cycle
    This job description reflects the core activities of the role although there will be changes in the emphasis of duties as required from time to time.
    
    Please apply for this Design Technology Manager role and submit your CV for review.
    
    Life at Gensler
    
    We encourage every person at Gensler to lead a healthy and balanced life. Our comprehensive benefits include medical and dental insurance, season ticket loans, pension, profit sharing and twice annual bonus opportunities.
    
    As part of the firm's commitment to professional development, Gensler offers reimbursement for certain professional qualifications and associated renewals and exam fees. In addition, we reimburse tuition for certain eligible programmes or classes. We view our professional development programs as strategic investments in our future. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for our colleagues. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability you may contact us here . #LI-ZC1 Posted 30+ Days Ago Full time R-3188 About Us Gensler is a global architecture, design, and planning firm with 50 locations and more than 6,000 professionals networked across Asia, Europe, Australia, the Middle East, and the Americas. Founded in 1965, the firm serves more than 3,500 active clients in virtually every industry. Gensler designers strive to make the places people live, work, and play more inspiring, more resilient, and more impactful. NOTICE TO APPLICANTS Gensler endeavors to make gensler.com/careers accessible to any and all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please contact us . This contact information is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications. Gensler is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. For more information--please--review our How To Apply page on our Careers site.--

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