About This Role
This Project Architect role is for a technically skilled champion of the design process with expertise in Revit, joining the higher education practice. The technical leader will collaborate with and lead consultant and project teams to achieve successful outcomes for clients.
Responsibilities
- Understand all aspects of the design process and project complexities to proactively contribute to the overall success of the team while adhering to firm and project goals and standards of excellence in design, project management, execution and living design
- Understand and respond to technical implications, design decisions and project financial goals
- Coordinate project documentation development and the production of deliverable drawings and specifications
- Review deliverables at each phase for conformance with firm standards, contractual obligations and project design intent, with a focus on quality, accuracy, legibility, completeness and constructability
- Be responsible for addressing Quality Control review comments at each phase
- Manage project Quality Assurance and adherence with Perkins&Will standards
- Lead project coordination efforts among internal disciplines (architecture, interior design, landscape architecture) and with external consultants
- Communicate with clients related to project technical matters
- Administer project regulatory reviews (building code, accessibility, zoning) and coordination with, and submission to, authorities having jurisdiction
- Lead construction contract administration responsibilities including: submittal review and response, RFI review and response, field observation and reporting and project closeout
- Maintain awareness of evolving building technology and engineering systems relevant to project work
- Contribute to project marketing pursuits, proposal preparation and interviews
- Participate in design reviews, charettes and pin-ups
- Demonstrate strong and effective communication, decision making and collaboration, which inspires high team performance
- Mentor staff
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience
- Professional Licensure: Required
- Building, zoning, energy and zoning codes
- Site analysis
- Preliminary design studies
- Contract documents
- Specifications
- Construction contract administration
- Project team organization and management
- Consultant coordination
- Construction techniques, system assemblies and material selection
- Client communication
- Advanced Revit
- Microsoft Office and 365
- Adobe Creative Cloud (including presentation tools such as InDesign and Photoshop)
