Architectural Designer
Job Description
PROJECT DESIGNER
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Location: Sandy, Utah
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Reports to: VP of Development & Design
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Compensation: $65k-$95k
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Company Overview
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Our client is a fast-casual restaurant group with a well-established and growing presence across multiple states in the Western U.S. Known for fresh, house-made offerings prepared daily, they are in an active expansion phase — opening new locations while continuously refining the guest experience and raising the standard of what their restaurants can be. The culture is collaborative and people-first, with strong investment in design, operations, and brand consistency.
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Your Role:
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As the Interior Project Designer, you will lead restaurant design projects from initial concept through construction documentation — balancing brand vision, operational needs, budgets, and construction realities to create guest environments that are beautiful, functional, and scalable across a growing multi-state footprint.
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What You’ll Do:
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• Lead restaurant design projects from initial concept through construction documentation.
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• Create and refine test-fits, site plans, floor plans, elevations, and layouts.
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• Develop restaurant environments that support guest experience and operational excellence.
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• Coordinate with architects, engineers, consultants, and internal stakeholders.
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• Support entitlement, zoning, design review, and permitting processes.
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• Review construction documents, RFIs, submittals, and design packages.
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• Refine finishes, lighting, signage, millwork, and interior environments.
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• Manage design schedules, deliverables, and consultant coordination.
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• Continuously improve and evolve the restaurant prototype to support future growth.
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What You’ll Bring:
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• 8+ years in architecture, interior architecture, restaurant, hospitality, or retail design.
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• Strong experience developing test-fits, floor plans, elevations, and construction documentation.
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• Working knowledge of zoning, entitlement, permitting, and building codes.
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• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with exceptional communication skills.
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• Proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD, SketchUp, and Adobe Creative Suite; Bluebeam and rendering tools a plus.
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- • Experience with BIM 360 / Autodesk Construction Cloud and Procore preferred.
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