Project Manager - Higher Education - Columbia

About the role

We are seeking a Project Manager to join our Higher Education team! The ideal candidate will have a professional degree in Architecture from an NAAB-accredited program, 10+ years combined experience as a design professional and/or architect, proficiency with Microsoft Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, and Revit, and a firm grasp of building technology fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Actively participate in the marketing and business development processes; create and monitor marketing and business development plans.
• Prepare strategic plans for practice success and establish, communicate, and execute a vision for the market practice.
• Represent Firm at practice market’s professional and trade organizations.
• Ensure practice organization, operation, and direction aligns with Firm and practices strategic plans.
• Foster an environment of learning, collaboration, innovation, professional development, and communication.
• Review and advocate for individual practice team members’ professional development plans.
• Take responsibility for finished plans, specifications, and approval of materials and construction and for managing all aspects of multiple small to large complex projects.
• Prepare design and proposal / presentation materials, estimate fees, determine scope of work.
• Conduct code research and analysis and review with various agencies for approval.
• Collaborate with engineers, consultants, contractors and/or clients.
• Ensure that the project meets environmental, safety, structural, zoning, and aesthetic standards.
• Review shop drawings, submittals, and respond to RFIs.
• Cookinate all project efforts, administrative and technical, to ensure the most efficient and cost-effective execution of assigned project.
• Actively manage client budgets, schedules, and programs, project communications and documentation, office administrative tasks, and project team assignments.
• Supervise and/or perform site observations, such as recording and reporting of existing conditions and construction progress.
• Responsible for major design decisions, involving spatial, aesthetic elements, and detailing of materials.
• Document the progression of a routine project through correspondence, memos, etc.
• Follow routine projects through approvals and construction. Initiate contact with client and town officials.

Requirements

• Professional degree in Architecture from an NAAB-accredited program.
• Ability to provide business development for firm within practice expertise area.
• 10+ years combined experience as a design professional and/or architect.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, and Revit.
• Firm grasp of building technology fundamentals.
• Thorough knowledge of relevant codes, operations, processes, and trends.
• Excellent time management, organizational and written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree of Architecture.
• Registered as a licensed architect.
• Experience with Newforma Project Center and/or Newforma Project Analyzer.
• Experience with Microsoft Project, Bluebeam PDF Revu.
• Additional relevant certifications indicating additional expertise such as for construction administration, interior design, LEED/Green Globes/sustainability, etc.
• Experience writing and editing specifications Write and edit specifications as assigned.