At BSA, we design spaces that inspire and enhance healing, learning, and discovery. We are currently seeking an Architectural Designer to join our St Louis team and help create environments that make a meaningful impact on communities.
What You’ll Do:
- Provide support to all members of the design team.
- Architectural design and planning process on projects. Assist in client engagement through all processes and tools.
- May lead preparation of design presentation documentation, design process documentation, and working drawings.
- Presents portions of design to client, participate in consulting partner or design committee meetings and discuss need for modification for change.
- Communicates and improves all aspects of design processes with other team members.
- Measurables: Positive client satisfaction survey. Supports positive project outcomes, including meeting deadlines and quality deliverables.
- Develop quality project documents. Participates in all design and construction phases of projects.
- May "own" small projects in entirety and/or significant portions of larger projects related to project delivery. Participates in all portions of project documentation including drawings / details / specifications necessary to deliver project within assigned workplan hours.
- Participates in project debriefs and lesson’s learned sessions
- Measurables: Positive 360 Peer Review feedback. Projects delivered within workplan hours. Positive project outcome, including deadlines, etc. Low errors and omissions on projects.
- Meet deadlines and manage personal utilization within project budgets.
- Works within assigned workplan hours and/or asks for guidance.
- Measurables: Projects delivered within workplan hours. Positive project outcome, including deadlines, etc
Education and Experience:
- Design related technical degree, Bachelors or Professional degree in applicable field.
- 5-10 years of applicable experience.
- Expertise/Mastery of concepts from Designer I and II.
Why BSA?
At BSA, we empower our team members to make a meaningful impact. As a 100% employee-owned firm recently recognized by Zweig Group as one of the 2025 Best Firms To Work For and a Top 25 Hot Firm, you'll have a direct financial stake in our growth and success while benefiting from a collaborative and innovative environment. Join us and be part of a team dedicated to creating spaces that support healing, learning, and discovery.
Exceptional Benefits:
We offer a comprehensive benefits package including:
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Flexible Time Off (FTO)
- Parental leave
- Hybrid work schedule
- Paid volunteer time and a giving back Program
- Employer-matched retirement funds and Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
Why You’ll Thrive at BSA:
Our core values define us:
- Partners: We value team success as much as individual achievements.
- Purposeful: Our designs are rooted in creating inspired solutions for healing, learning, and discovery.
- Learners: We embrace growth, striving for expertise and sharing knowledge.
- Owners: As employee-owners, we’re empowered to think and act with purpose.
- Ideal Team Players: We are humble, hungry, and smart.
If these values resonate with you, we encourage you to apply and take the next step in your architecture career with BSA!
BSA is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Skills Required
- Design-related technical degree, bachelor's degree, or professional degree in an applicable field
- 5–10 years of applicable experience
- Expertise or mastery of concepts from Designer I and Designer II
What We Do
BSA LifeStructures is a national, integrated architecture, engineering, interior design, and planning firm. It creates facilities for healthcare, higher education, and research institutions, designing spaces that support healing, learning, and discovery. Its multidisciplinary teams combine expertise, evidence-based design, metrics, and collaborative planning to develop effective environments that improve outcomes for the people who work, learn, and heal within them, while engaging clients and communities in the design process.
