Design Intern - Architecture/Landscape Architect - Summer 2024

Waggonner & Ball, a Moffatt & Nichol Studio, is actively seeking a Design Intern to join our New Orleans office for the summer of 2024. The Design Intern will be actively working with our Registered Architects and Registered Landscape Architects on projects across the United States. 

Waggonner & Ball is an internationally respected urban planning, design, and architecture firm with an interdisciplinary practice committed to creating resilient landscapes, buildings, and communities. Our projects span all scales from buildings and sites to regions with a focus on water, culture, and history. 

Moffatt & Nichol is a leading U.S.-based global infrastructure advisor specializing in the planning and design of facilities that shape and serve our coastlines, harbors and rivers, as well as an innovator in the transportation complexities associated with the movement of freight. The firm is currently ranked Engineering News Record #1 in the United States for Marine & Port Facilities and Top 20 for Transportation.

Moffatt & Nichol's professional staff includes engineers, planners, economists, visualization designers, architects, landscape architects, and scientists who serve our global client base from offices in Europe, North America, Latin America, and the Pacific Rim. The firm provides clients worldwide with customized service and a level of excellence that have become the firm’s hallmark in several primary practice areas – ports and harbors; coastal, environmental and water resources; urban waterfronts and marinas; transportation, bridges and rail; inspection and rehabilitation; and energy.

Together, we deliver beautiful, holistic solutions to the most critical climate challenges of our time. 

Duties and responsibilities:

 Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions. 

• Evaluate, select, and apply advanced architectural, landscape, and design methods with responsibility for project assignments including programming, design development, and coordination and production of construction documents
• Develop and prepare construction documents, plans, and details; execute red-marked revisions
• Evaluate and integrate engineering systems and implement code, accessibility, and zoning analyses
• Work independently and alongside team to meet project constraints of budget and schedule
• Develop project visualizations using 3D rendering software
• Develop, prepare, and coordinate presentation and marketing materials
• Be involved with coordinating contractors, consultants, and vendor assignments
• Collaborate with Design Staff & Firm Leadership

Other duties:

Please note this job posting is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications:

• Seeking a professional degree in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Design, or related discipline
• Commitment to Design Excellence
• Interest in working at all scales of design, from regional systems to details, and all project phases
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Problem solving skills, attention to detail, and motivation to learn
• Collaborative and professional work ethic
• Proficiency in 3D modeling, visualization, and graphic software
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite
• Interest in completing ARE, LARE, LEED AP, or NCIQ exams
• All new hires will be required to successfully complete and pass a pre-employment (post offer) background check in compliance with NIST 800-171
• Waggonner & Ball, a Moffatt & Nichol Design Studio uses E-Verify and employment is contingent upon the legal ability to work in the United States.

Physical requirements:

Majority of work is office based. Some site visits may be required which may necessitate navigating unpaved or natural terrain while carrying equipment. 

Moffatt & Nichol’s EEO Statement:

As a global business, Moffatt & Nichol and Waggonner & Ball, a Moffatt & Nichol Design Studio rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goal of Creative People, Practical Solutions® serving our client needs, and ensures nondiscrimination in all activities in accordance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. We continuously seek talented, qualified employees in our world-wide operations regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, religion, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, protected veteran status, or any other protected classification under country or local law. Moffatt & Nichol is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer/ Federal Contractor desiring priority referrals of all protected veterans for job openings. 

EEO is the LAW

If you need more information or require special assistance for persons with disabilities or limited English proficiency, please contact Human Resources at (562) 590-6500 or TTY/TDD users please call 711.