Our team members are collaborative, creative, professional, expert, and entrepreneurial. Joining our team requires skill, daring, leadership, teaming, humor, and a love of interiors. We are presently searching for a Project Architect for our Federal DC Studio.
The Project Architect, while working under general supervision of a Managing Director/Technical Director, provides design support primarily in project administration, design development and contract documents.
Specific responsibilities will include:
- Creates construction documents (CDs).Review CDs to ensure compliance with firm standards, mechanical, building systems, codes and ADA requirements. For smaller projects may oversee all CD production and review. Coordinates with senior technical staff and design staff to provide technical solutions for design dilemmas.
- Manages project through contract administration phase.
- Coordinates engineering consultant’s work to ensure compliance with design solution and timely submission of documents.
- Manages contract administration budget for assigned projects. Ensures adherence to set budget and immediately informs Senior Job Captain, Senior Project Architect, Project Manager and / or client of any potential variances to the budget.
- May mentor the work of Junior and Intermediate Designers. Oversee tasks and provide feedback on work product.
- Conducts client interviews to determine technical requirements for the design.
Education, Work Experience, and Leadership
- Graduate of architecture or design school. Equivalent experience may be substituted.
- Architecture license required.
- 5+ years’ work experience on corporate interior design projects, preferably Federal and/or DOD markets
- US Citizenship
- Active Top Secret security clearance
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Extensive knowledge of design principles and standards.
- Intermediate documentation and field observational skills.
- Advanced interior architecture detailing skills.
- Advanced Revit skills.
- Working knowledge of CDs and procedures.
- Working knowledge of building systems, codes and ADA requirements.
- Working knowledge of space requirements.
- Working knowledge of contract administration.
