Architect

Job Description

At Ballinger, we are passionate about complex challenges and real-world problem-solving. Design challenges come in all shapes and sizes, and the ones we prefer test us as design professionals. We seek out complex projects with big impact because they require us to ask tough questions, synthesize data, and push past the boundaries of existing answers into the realm of innovative solutions. Ballinger team members thrive on those challenges because our clients do, too: our work for them enables their ambitious endeavors in science and medicine, research and government, manufacturing, and technology. Ballinger welcomes ambition with career development, mentorship, and leadership opportunities. Here ideas will always be more important than hierarchy because they result in buildings as transformative as the missions they serve.

Position Summary

The architects at Ballinger work on a wide range of projects, focusing on creating innovative and sustainable designs that prioritize functionality, aesthetics, and the needs of our clients. This position collaborates closely with clients, engineers, and other professionals to develop design concepts, manage projects from start to finish, and ensure compliance with building codes and regulations. This position will require professionals who are dedicated to creating spaces that promote wellness, sustainability and enhance the user experience. This position resides in the Architecture department and reports to the Studio Leader.

Position Responsibilities

• Assignments may include working with a team through programming, conceptual design, schematic design, design development, space planning, construction documentation, and construction administration activities
• Conduct design-related research
• Work with external consultants, products reps, and fabricators
• Interface and coordinate with other disciplines
• Mentor team members with less experience
• Develop knowledge of Ballinger’s project types (health care, academic/lab/research, corporate/workspace) through on-the-job experience, repetition, and scalability of tasks and responsibilities
• Participate in construction administration related activities as applicable to level of responsibility by project
• Travel as project requirements dictate for surveys and field/site visits during construction
• Produce 3D renderings
• Pick up and generate redlines in a documentation set
• Accountability for budget adherence
• Provide mentorship with discipline and actively share knowledge
• Create and maintain firm standards
• Ability to engage in internal project leadership (lead a component of discipline during the design/coordination phases
• Produce field site visit reports as applicable to the level of responsibility by project
• Initiates level of responsiveness and collaboration with contractors and clients
• Perform ongoing studies for process improvement
• Initiate industry network, potentially through local events, speaking, or conferences where applicable
  
  

Technical/Professional Skills

• Self-starter, able to independently generate design solutions and provide direction to other team members
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite applications (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite applications
• Graphics and visualization skills to effectively communicate design ideas
• Attention to detail
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
• Ability to take direction within a larger team
• Develop design or technical solutions under the supervision of the Project Architect and/or team
• Self-starter, able to independently generate design solutions and direction to other team members.
• Working knowledge of Revit, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Enscape, or other modeling software applications
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science Architecture or equivalent; BS or BA degree in Interiors or knowledge gained over years of work experience
• Five (5) to 15 years’ experience
• Professional Registration
  
  

It is the policy of Ballinger to ensure Equal Employment Opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race (including hairstyle/texture), religion, color, citizenship, national origin, sex, pregnancy, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Ballinger prohibits any such discrimination or harassment. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace for all.

About Us:

Ballinger is one of the oldest continuously practicing architecture and engineering firm in the United States. Founded in 1878. We make places for people who make the future. Healers and learners, makers, and innovators: they are the people who inspire us, because their work changes lives for the better. For them, a building must be both functional and exceptional, an environment that empowers those who experience it. We believe that a building designed and engineered with insight and intelligence becomes a catalyst for today’s transformative endeavors – and an enabler of tomorrow’s promising futures.

What We Offer:

We believe that people are our greatest asset and the precision, expertise, and collaboration that we bring to our projects sets us apart from the competition and enables us to make an impact on our world and community. We offer a Comprehensive Benefits Package, including Medical, Dental, Prescription, Wellness, FSA/HSA, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Short and Long-Term Disability Programs, Tuition Reimbursement, Paid Parental Leave, 401(K) plan with company contribution, Commuter Benefits, Paid Holidays, and Personal Time Off (PTO), Community Volunteer Events, and fresh fruit and yogurt provided every morning in the office.

Location and Travel:

This role is based in our Philadelphia, PA headquarters with several days per week on-site and a flexible, hybrid work schedule to balance your day. Occasional travel, less than ten percent, to client sites (<10%) may be required.