Project Architect

Responsibilities

• Leadership: Ensures the overall design intent of the project is incorporated into detailed documentation.
• Design Process: Monitors the design process from conceptual phase through construction administration, ensuring consistency and proper execution.
• Technical Resolution: Resolves and coordinates technical issues within a defined portion of a project.
• Specification Development: Works with Specification Writer to develop specifications and coordinates drawings and specifications.
• Quality Assurance: Checks completed reports, plans, estimates, and calculations for accuracy.
• Project Strategy: Sets the overall strategy for producing documents and identifies sheets planned for each stage of the work.
• Team Management: Supervises preparation of technical drawings by other less senior level architects or technicians.
• Mentorship: Mentors and directs the work of less experienced staff, participates in professional development reviews, and “Lessons Learned” sessions.
• Client Interface: Regularly communicates with client representatives to verify design requirements, specifications, progress reviews, and delivery of final presentations.
• Team Collaboration: Coordinates with other disciplines, vendors, and contractors to ensure incorporation of all information into project requirements and provides support as necessary.
• Communication: Attends on-site visits, field reviews, and project meetings; prepares and coordinates the review of contractor’s schedules, submission of shop drawings and samples.
• Support: Provides technical support and project communications to team as required.
• Business Development: Participates in business development meetings with team leaders to target specified project, client, or market opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture or equivalent in education or experience required.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• 10+ years’ design experience.
• Licensed Architect with current registration in your region required, if licensure is offered in your region.
• NCARB registration preferred.
• LEED accreditation or Green Associate preferred.