Senior Project Architect-Architecture/Engineering

About the role

AECOM is seeking a Senior Project Architect to join our growing Los Angeles, CA or Orange, CA office and take on a key leadership role in delivering impactful architecture and engineering solutions. Lead complex, multidisciplinary projects and mentor high-performing teams. In this role, you'll bring deep technical knowledge, strategic leadership, and a collaborative mindset to oversee teams, guide project execution, and engage clients across a variety of markets. This is a career opportunity for someone who thrives on challenge, ownership, and meaningful impact in the built environment.

Project types

US West Buildings + Places provides opportunities across a wide range of project typologies, including Science & Technology, Advanced Manufacturing, Commercial, Aerospace, Higher Education, Industrial and Process, Transportation, Aviation, Sports and Federal market sectors across the western United States and beyond. As a dynamic team of Architects, Planners, and Engineers, we strive to incorporate beauty, sustainability, resiliency, equity, and innovation in our projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage a range of small to large size architectural and engineering projects, assuming primary responsibility for client leadership, communication and satisfaction.
• Provide leadership in the design management of the project in partnership with office design leaders and provide stewardship over the process as an advocate for design excellence.
• Provide management strategy necessary to achieve successful project delivery, financial performance and risk mitigation.
• Develop and manage positive client relationships and work as the client's advocate by identifying and balancing expectations within the context of contractual obligations, corporate goals, and client satisfaction.
• Communicate often and effectively with all project participants, internal staff, consultants, clients, owners, contractors and jurisdictions in an effective and collaborative manner.
• Develop, define, and maintain project schedule to meet contractual obligations and to match team size and skill.
• Establish and update project staffing requirements consistent with contractual obligations.
• Provide technical and administrative supervision of the multi-disciplinary project staff assuring the technical, administrative and schedule targets are met within the framework of corporate policy and in accordance with applicable professional and corporate standards.
• Take responsibility for overall client satisfaction, service, quality and financial performance.
• Manage project delivery and deliverables to ensure the highest quality of documentation and professionalism.
• Participate in office business development efforts through learning/understanding the local client market, maintaining an active role in professional organizations and supporting proposal development and interviews.
• Mentor junior staff and participate in performance coaching.
• Participate in the recruitment and interviewing process as requested.

Required skills and experience

• Demonstrated effectiveness in working in a multi-disciplinary team setting, collaborating, mentoring and client satisfaction.
• Thorough knowledge of the entire project delivery process and ability to lead design efforts through all project stages, including leadership with the client, contractors, and internal team.
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite, Revit, AutoCAD, and Adobe Creative Cloud Suite.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, or related field and 6 years of relevant experience
• Professional registration/licensure required

Preferred qualifications

• 15 years of project management experience leading Institutional, Commercial or Federal projects of varying types and complexity
• LEED AP preferred
• Experience using programs that report on financial management for resource planning preferred

Pay

USD 150,000 - 180,000 yearly