Junior Architect - Lansing, MI
DISHER is partnering with a small, engineering-forward architecture firm to add a Junior Architect/Architectural Designer to their growing team in Lansing, MI. This company is a one-stop shop for clients, delivering projects from early concept through construction across higher education, heavy industrial, mixed-use, multi-family, and municipal markets. In this role, you’ll help turn facility and building projects into clear, coordinated designs and construction documents alongside a tight-knit team of experienced architects and engineers.
What it’s like to work here
This company is a relationship-driven, one-stop-shop A/E firm where most work comes from long-term, repeat clients. The team is small, experienced, and highly collaborative, allowing them to deliver complex projects with the efficiency and agility that larger firms often can’t match. You’ll work in a setting that values technical quality, open communication, and genuine camaraderie across disciplines.
What you will get to do
Contribute to projects that range from smaller commercial buildings to large, complex facilities (for example, heavy industrial/OEM facilities and sizable mixed-use or higher-ed projects).Support and, at times, lead architectural development from conceptual and schematic design through construction administration.Create high-quality visualizations and renderings to communicate design intent to clients and internal teams.Produce and coordinate detailed construction documents using Revit and CAD, integrating consultant drawings into cohesive, buildable sets.Collaborate with project managers, engineers, and consultants to ensure coordinated, code-compliant designs and documentation.Participate in client meetings, site visits, RFIs, and shop drawing reviews to support projects through construction.Help maintain project schedules, deliverables, and quality standards, and mentor designers/drafters as appropriate.
What will make you successful
Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Architecture from an accredited institution.Architectural licensure preferred; active progress toward licensure considered.5–10 years of professional experience, ideally with industrial, commercial, multi-family, and/or municipal projects.Strong proficiency in Revit, working knowledge of AutoCAD, and skills in visualization/rendering tools such as Lumion or Enscape are preferred. Solid understanding of BIM workflows, detailing, construction methods, building systems, and applicable codes and zoning.Excellent organization, communication, problem-solving skills, and the ability to thrive in a collaborative, multidisciplinary team environment.