Professional Architect

Role overview

Minimum qualifications

• Professional degree in Architecture or a related field.
• At least four years of professional experience or equivalent knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Professional licensure process is close to completion; LEED accreditation is preferred.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• High proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, parametric and rendering software, and Adobe Suite.
• Proficiency in Google Workspace.

Position responsibilities

• Lead distinct portions of projects with periodic supervision, demonstrating initiative, process innovation, problem solving, and decision quality.
• Produce, coordinate, or oversee presentation and contract deliverables such as diagrams, 3D models, drawings, renderings, physical models, and animations.
• Communicate with project teams, consultants, and clients through appropriate written, oral, and visual means.
• Create conceptual designs and integrate interdisciplinary criteria into assigned project areas.
• Collaborate with project, consultant, and client teams; evaluate ideas and participate in studio and office work.
• Apply understanding of building materials, systems, specifications, codes, details, and construction techniques to design and documentation.
• Manage own workload and others' efforts to meet project deadlines; guide and teach less experienced staff.

Leadership contributions

• Mentor and train staff, define expectations, empower others, and delegate based on team members' abilities and potential.
• Contribute to work plans for project budgets, deliverables, and schedules.
• Contribute sustainable strategies to project assignments and develop staff knowledge.
• Contribute to standards, policies, and procedures and protect the firm from financial and legal risk.
• Participate in internal professional development opportunities.

Benefits

• SOM describes competitive salaries, health insurance, wellness, retirement, and other financial and work-life plans.

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