Design Studio Architect

About the role

Lerch Bates is seeking a Design Studio Architect to join our Architectural Design team. This role is ideal for an architect with strong technical design expertise, building enclosure knowledge, and a passion for solving complex building performance challenges.

Responsibilities

• Manage architectural consulting and design projects from initial investigation through construction completion
• Define project scope, schedules, budgets, and technical objectives while coordinating project teams and deliverables
• Serve as the primary client contact for assigned projects, providing technical guidance, presenting design solutions, and managing project communications
• Collaborate with architects, engineers, consultants, contractors, and internal project teams to develop integrated design solutions
• Mentor junior staff and provide technical guidance to support professional development
• Contribute to technical standards, specification libraries, design details, and best practices within the Design Studio
• Support proposal preparation, fee development, and project planning activities
• Participate in client meetings, presentations, and business development efforts

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture or Architectural Engineering
• Licensed Architect preferred; candidates actively pursuing architectural licensure through NCARB AXP/ARE completion are encouraged to apply
• 4–8 years of experience in architectural design, construction documentation, project management, building enclosure consulting, or building science
• Experience developing construction documents from schematic design through construction administration
• Knowledge of building enclosure systems, including roofing, waterproofing, curtain walls, glazing systems, exterior cladding, air barriers, vapor barriers, and thermal performance
• Experience with restoration, rehabilitation, building enclosure consulting, or enclosure commissioning (BECx)

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of applicable building codes and construction practices
• Proficiency with AutoCAD, Revit, Microsoft Office, and specification development software
• Excellent technical writing, communication, presentation, and client relationship skills
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously
• Ability to work collaboratively while exercising sound technical judgment and independent decision-making

Skills

• Technical writing
• Communication
• Presentation
• Client relationship
• Project management
• Building enclosure systems
• Building science
• AutoCAD
• Revit
• Microsoft Office
• Specification development software

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off (starting at 17 days annually)
• 9 paid holidays
• 401(k) with employer match
• Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP)
• Paid parental leave
• Professional development and tuition reimbursement
• Performance-based incentives and bonuses
• Employee assistance and wellness programs

Pay

Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience.

Schedule

The role involves supporting daily office operations, coordinating administrative activities, and managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced setting. Physical demands include sitting, talking or hearing, in meetings, in person and via telephone; crawling through tight spaces to access elevator pits and elevator car tops; climbing ladders; moving around construction sites to conduct inspection; stretching, reaching or other physical motions to take measurements and observe project requirements; traveling via car, air or rail to visit customer sites; working at extreme heights; using fingers, hands and arms for functions such as typing, operating elevators from top of car, controlling and reaching interlock switches, prying elevator doors; working in confined spaces; seeing details at within a few feet of the observer. Mental demands include using written and oral communication skills; reading and interpreting complex data, information and documents; analyzing and solving problems; using math and mathematical reasoning; arranging things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g. patterns of numbers, objects, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations); applying general rules to specific problems to produce sensible answers (deductive reasoning); combining pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (inductive reasoning); observing and interpreting people and situations; learning and applying new skills and information rapidly; performing highly detailed work on multiple, concurrent tasks with frequently changing deadlines and interruptions; and interacting with LB Executives, Project Managers and Administrative Assistants as well as clients, members of governmental agencies, professional and community organizations and committees, the media and the public.