Senior Architect

Scope of Position

As a senior licensed professional, you will assist the Group Discipline Leader, Group A/E Principal and A/E Discipline Leader in training and mentoring staff, developing group and corporate standards, and researching and incorporating innovative technologies. You will also produce innovative, appropriate, cost-effective designs, drawings and specifications in your discipline for assigned projects, maintain professional registration, and sign/seal documents prepared under your supervision.

Responsibilities

• Conceptual Design
  • Utilize innovation in design and methods.
  • Develop design concepts, recommend systems and produce pricing and proposal documents and outline specifications.
  • Research and ensure discipline design compliance with proposal/client criteria.
  • Establish Discipline basis of design.
• Detailed Design Analysis
  • Research, document and ensure discipline design compliance with all applicable codes, ordinances, standards and regulations.
  • Apply discipline-specific technical standards and procedures.
  • Incorporate designing for safety into drawings.
• Detailing
  • Comply with the QIP.
  • Ensure office standards are used.
  • Responsible for discipline document checking and interdisciplinary coordination processes.
  • Check specifications to ensure they do not conflict with the drawings.
  • Coordinate work with other disciplines, including outside consultants as applicable.
  • Perform interdisciplinary coordination checks to minimize deficiencies, errors and omissions in drawings and specifications.
  • Lead the production of well-organized, finished drawings of good appearance, accuracy, clarity and correctness.
• Construction Documents
  • Manage production of a complete coordinated set of discipline construction documents.
  • Sign and seal design documents when assigned as Professional of Record.
• Construction Support
  • Coordinate the review and checking of discipline shop drawings and submittal data.
  • Review applicable shop drawings and submittal data for compliance with construction documents.
  • Serve as discipline field interface with design team during construction.
  • Advise and assist Construction Project Managers, Superintendents and Subcontractors in the interpretation and clarification of construction documents.
  • Participate in construction inspection to monitor compliance with design intent, construction drawings and specifications.
  • Prepare inspection reports and punch lists.
  • Provide solutions to field problems, respond to RFIs and prepare field orders and addenda.
  • Lead production and archiving of record drawings and specifications.
  • Assist Design Manager with project closeout.
  • Participate in post-construction review process.
• Planning, Scheduling and Profitability
  • Project and monitor discipline work plan and advise Design Manager of work plan status.
  • Project, monitor and inform design manager of workload status of project discipline staff.
  • Participate in project strategy meetings.
  • Participate in creation of overall key date schedule, including permitting schedule.
  • Create discipline work plan for assigned projects.
  • Prepare man-hour estimate for discipline work.
  • Assist Design Manager in monitoring costs of discipline-related outside consultants.
  • Participate in team review to ensure discipline scope is covered in project budgets, estimates and subcontractor bids.
  • Project and monitor discipline project budget and advise Design Manager of budget status.
• Project Management
  • Direct technical efforts of discipline staff assigned to the project.
  • Monitor discipline adherence to strategy, key date schedule and workplan.
  • Communicate discipline design decisions to A/E project team as directed by the Design Manager.
  • Assist in coordinating information with and monitoring discipline-related outside consultants.
  • Prepare meeting minutes and other communications in coordination with design manager.
  • Interface with client as directed by Design Manager.
  • Lead production of a complete coordinated set of construction documents.
  • Mentor assigned staff.

Education/Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture required.
• Degree from accredited curriculum (NCARB or ABET) preferred.
• Master's degree in architecture preferred.
• 10+ years of professional experience.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Revit.
• Very detail oriented.
• Good eye for design.
• Ability to manage team members and mentor new professionals.