Project Architect - Education
The buildings that make up the landscape of our daily lives seem like permanent fixtures, fastened to a time and place. But what if that didn’t have to be true? What if our built environment — where we live, learn, play, and conduct business — carried us forward instead?
Our Buildings practice keeps people at its heart, recognizing that our shared journey forward is shaped by the meaningful and responsive places we design. From iconic designs to monumental groundbreakings, join us to bring transformational building solutions to life. Every day we apply our expertise, creativity, and passion to propel communities into the future—join us!
Your Opportunity
A Project Architect is a licensed professional with responsibility for project performance in terms of design excellence and technical quality.
They would be expected to promote design excellence, possess technical skills to support project work and employ strong communication to lead a multi-disciplinary team. Supporting the office leadership and account management team, they will often serve as the primary contact for a client, communicating progress and status as they lead the design team through the documentation of project work from initial conception to construction administration. This shall be done in a manner consistent with firm-wide standards for project delivery.
We are looking for talented Project Architects to join our Arlington, VA office.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Assist in preparation of project budget, schedule, and overall work planning.
- Utilize Revit in development of three-dimensional models of buildings and their components.
- Prepare documentation in various architectural phases including site plans, floor plans, building elevations, building sections, details.
- Interpret and apply building codes, energy codes, and requirements of regulatory agencies.
- Assure permit requirements for local jurisdiction building permit sets are achieved.
- Coordinate building systems (structural, mechanical, electrical, etc.) and associated documentation including clash detection within the BIM model.
- Coordinate with and direct external consultants including evaluation of quality and progress of work.
- Execute building design using sustainable design principles.
- Lead project coordination and site meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner and contractor and sub-contractors.
- Participate in client project meetings.
- Participate in value analysis, constructability reviews and basic cost estimating.
- Recommend and assist in the selection of building systems and materials.
- Be responsible for the accuracy of and assist in the preparation of specifications.
- Participate in bidding and negotiation and preparation of addenda.
- Conduct quality assurance and quality control on own projects.
- Proactively inform the construction process in maintaining quality standards and adherence to the contract documents.
- Review shop drawings and submittals, respond to RFIs, prepare site observation reports, and other construction administration tasks.
- Coordinate the efforts of the production team to ensure that work conforms to project budget, schedule, and overall work planning.
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- LEED Green Associate Accreditation or LEED AP preferred.
- Experience in the K12, Higher Education, Transit, or Federal markets strongly preferred.
- Ability to hand sketch and communicate concepts and ideas to others effectively.
- Strong technical competence. Ability to faithfully execute and support design ideas through well-conceived, constructible, and coordinated detailing.
- Ability to apply accessibility codes, applicable building codes, and life-safety codes to a wide variety of project scopes and complexity.
- Proficient in use of Revit.
- Design-focused, team player, flexible, responsible, organized, rigorous thinker, committed to high quality, personable with strong communication skills. Open minded and curious.
Education and Experience
Architectural license is required for this position. A minimum of 8 years of experience required.
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
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