Specialist

About the role

As an Openings Specialist at HGA, you will serve as the firm’s technical expert in the development and coordination of door hardware specifications across a diverse range of project types. In this role, you will prepare complex hardware specifications, maintain and enhance firmwide master guide specifications, and collaborate with project teams to assess life safety, functional performance, accessibility, and hardware design requirements. The Openings Specialist provides critical technical leadership throughout the design and construction process, ensuring quality, consistency, and accuracy in project documentation and specification development.

Responsibilities

• Prepare door hardware specifications for complex projects including larger projects with multiple phases and high-security applications with an emphasis on quality design.
• Maintain and refine the firm’s master guide door hardware specifications.
• Review and coordinate hardware specifications with project drawings and design intent.
• Review door hardware submittals during construction administration, and coordinate revisions in specifications and architectural drawings.
• Conduct technical research to support criteria for functionality, lifesafety, and hardware design.
• Stay current with industry product literature, best practices, and innovative hardware technologies.
• Apply applicable accessibility requirements, codes, life-safety standards, and state agency requirements, including California-specific requirements where applicable.
• Provide technical guidance on hardware applications and project needs.
• Coordinate closely with Project Specifiers and project teams.
• Meet with clients and facilities managers to determine hardware requirements for their facilities.
• Support communication across disciplines for openings requirements.
• Ensure consistency and accuracy in hardware specifications and related documentation.