At Van Metre, we believe that each employee contributes directly to our growth, success, and culture. We seek out candidates who love to challenge themselves and work with others to fulfill this role. Van Metre has a Project Designer I position available with our Design and Purchasing team in our New Homes Division.

As a Project Designer I, you take pride in your work, recognizing the value of teamwork and ownership of your responsibilities and impact. Project Designers I are key contributors to the company’s success and we’re here to support you in your journey with professional development, career mentorship, growth opportunities, and great benefits and perks. Designers will embrace Van Metre’s mission, vision, and values and use them to guide their performance and decision-making in support of the company’s long-term goals.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare conceptual presentations and conceptual design drawings
• Assist with improving the design process with the use of SketchUp Pro and Layout as a presentation tool
• Assist with increasing efficiency and productivity of the design presentation development
• Provide design support in the preparation of design development drawings and specifications
• Create 2D & 3D Rendering of product conceptual designs
• Assist in coordinating color schemes for new and existing community products and clubhouses
• Review marketing materials, like interior and exterior views, for compliance with the design intent
• Assist in developing product design concepts
• Assist in product design coordination
• Assist in coordinating interior color packages carrying the vision from the exterior design to the interior of the home
• Assist in creating extensive curated interior design packages
• Stay informed and participate in ongoing product training meetings
• Awareness and interest in the design industry and market trends
• Offer design input and inspiration for model homes and spec homes
• Participate in Design Centre product selections
• Assist and perform field visits to new and existing communities to ensure accurate execution of design & color

Qualifications / Required Skills and Expertise:

• Degree in Architecture or related field
• 5+ years’ Experience in Architectural Design Techniques, Graphic Design
• 1-2 years’ Experience in Residential Design preferred

• Proficiency in AutoCAD Architecture, Revit, and SketchUp Pro
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Office) and SharePoint
• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop
• Proficiency in Sketch Up Pro
• Proficiency in Lumion or Enscape preferred
• Adobe Acrobat Professional/Bluebeam preferred

Essential Competencies:

• Maintains a teamwork-oriented working style that prioritizes problem-solving, the exchange of ideas, and collaboration in solving issues at hand
• Understand urgencies and fast-acting results
• Takes pride in and accountability for one’s work, exercising attention to detail and analytical thinking
• Ability to work in a team environment and contribute to key team goals

Van Metre Companies has been named a Top Workplace by the Washington Post for seven consecutive years! We have received the Washington Business Journal’s Best Places to Work Award for the last six years, and have received their Corporate Philanthropy Award for the last nine years in a row!!!

We offer excellent benefits, and a work environment that fosters and rewards excellence. We also promote work/life balance, including a robust Employee Wellness Program, which encourages healthy living and physical fitness. We encourage employees to make full use of vacation and company paid volunteer time to refresh their bodies and minds.

Van Metre Mission Statement

The mission of Van Metre Companies is to build and continually improve upon the storied reputation, earned over the years since the Company’s founding in 1955, of providing top quality homes, investment properties and services to our customers and clients. The Company’s emphasis on integrity, professionalism and philanthropy ingrained by our founder Albert G. Van Metre, Sr. has garnered trust and respect in the Washington, D.C. area and beyond. It is critical to our future that we maintain that reputation and assure that Van Metre Companies continues to excel in real estate development and construction and in the management of apartment, retail and office investment properties, as well as in the provision of mortgage and related services. It is the task of our dedicated, energetic, and involved professionals to advance our ability to set the benchmark for luxury living and refined commercial development. The capstone of our mission is to make the “Van Metre” signature an icon for elegant residential communities, and industry leading condominium and apartment communities, as well as Class A neighborhood retail centers and office developments.

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