Sr. Project Architect

About the Role

A recognized leader and licensed Architect responsible for envisioning, designing, and delivering exceptional projects for clients. This role requires strong communication skills, a flexible attitude, creative problem-solving, and the ability to foster and manage effective client relationships. The position involves high-impact decision-making, technical leadership, and acting as an advisor on projects while endorsing the firm’s values of client service, innovation, and communication. Serves as a subject matter expert for technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Leads team and other Project Architects in planning work and developing solutions to technical and design detail problems.
• Collaborates with PIC/PM in defining project work plans and developing and managing the production schedule, including effectively defining and meeting deadlines.
• Leads the creation and modification of complex detailed implementation documents to incorporate the design intent, using diverse knowledge of architecture principles and practices and advanced techniques.
• Leads development of code analysis and confirms code and zoning requirements for assigned segment of project are met.
• Supervises the preparation of documents by architectural team, including verifying implementation documents conform to QA/QC and HKS standards, best practice, and quality expectations.
• Manages the technical resolution and coordination for the project.
• Writes reports or specifications for assigned project.
• Prepares client presentations and presents design concepts and drawings.
• Maintains open communication with client and provides guidance through projects.
• Coordinates with PM, clients, public agencies, consultants, and contractors to incorporate engineering systems, respond to requests for information, clarifications, and modifications, and obtain approvals, negotiations, and adjusting scope of services.
• Communicates with client representatives to verify design requirements and specifications, progress reviews, and delivery of final presentation.
• Exercises skills of persuasion and negotiation on critical issues.
• Oversees consultant team work sessions.
• Oversees product research; assists project designers with material and system evaluation to make proper selections.
• Maintains awareness of risk management for potential project issues and involves PIC/PM if needed.
• Participates in team meetings to discuss project issues, technical issues, and coordination with other disciplines.
• Attends on-site visits, field reviews, and project meetings and documents as needed.
• Responsible for preparing and/or reviewing meeting minutes for consultant coordination meetings.
• Travel will be required.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Accredited professional degree in Architecture.
• Typically 15+ years of experience.

Licenses and Certifications

• Architectural Registration required.
• Sustainable design accreditation preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Advanced – expert-level experience, knowledge, or skills:
  • Revit, Navisworks, and Bluebeam.
  • MS Office Suite.
  • Sustainability and integrated design guidelines.
  • Materials, construction techniques, architectural building systems, building codes, accessibility guidelines, and QA/QC process.
  • Research and application/incorporation into implementation documents.
  • Entire project lifecycle, through post-occupancy.
  • Presentation, graphic, and visualization skills to communicate ideas.
  • Organizational skills and the ability to work on multiple projects at the same time.
  • Manage team with diplomatic leadership style valuing relationships and collaboration, both internal and external.
  • Maintain existing client relationships and build new client relationships.
  • Communicate in a clear, concise, and professional manner both verbally and in writing.
  • Problem-solving and applying innovative solutions.
  • Collaboration and encouraging collaboration in a team environment.
  • Effectively meet deadlines at expected quality.
• Intermediate – experience, knowledge, or skills required to produce high-quality solutions or work:
  • Rhino, Grasshopper, Dynamo, Twinmotion, Enscape, or other visualization tools.
  • Illustrator and InDesign.
• Basic – familiar with primary concepts or capabilities and may perform elementary functions depending on role:
  • Photoshop.