Project Architect Construction Field Representative

At Ballinger, we are passionate about complex challenges and re-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
Ballinger is seeking a Project Architect to serve as our Construction Administration Representative and primary contact for day-to-day project progress for a significant multi-phased healthcare complex and related projects in Alexandria, Virginia. This position will work directly with the firm’s project leadership in all aspects of the project construction process. This is a high-visibility role on a high-profile project with extensive client and construction manager interaction, collaboration with the architectural, interiors, and engineering discipline leadership and extensive consultant team engagement.
As a Project Architect with Ballinger, you must possess superb production, analytical, and communication skills, have high appreciation for design excellence and be able to perform well in a rigorous design environment. Responsibilities of the Construction Administration Representative include administering technical drawings and specifications to ensure that their construction conforms to drawings, specifications, codes, standards, and client requirements.
The Construction Administration Representative will represent Ballinger and the entire design team while co-located with the client and construction manager. Organizational, time management, and interpersonal skills are of the utmost importance along with strong professional judgment and discretion.
Requirements, Responsibilities and Technical Skills
Education: Bachelor or Master of Architecture or BS, or BAE degree in Architecture; post graduate degree preferred.
Registration/License: Registered Architect License required
•    Minimum of 15 years of experience in an architecture role, with emphasis on CA experience.
•    Knowledge of and experience with the construction of healthcare facilities with complex programs (physics, engineering, biomedical).
•    Experience working with institutional clients and multiple stakeholder groups.
•    Ability to facilitate the execution of the project as designed and documented. Experience coordinating with a large and complex team.
•    Represent Ballinger at all construction meetings for the various project components and phases.
•    Coordinate with other Ballinger and consultant team members who will be making weekly site visits.
•    Collaborate with the design team to produce field site visit reports, review submittals, and respond to Requests for Information
•    This is an on-site position based in Alexandria, Virginia. Periodic travel to Ballinger’s office in Philadelphia will occur to facilitate coordination with the project team. During the initiation period, a weekly presence in both locations may be required.
•    This position is not eligible for remote work (WFH), though the Construction Administration Representative will attend remote meetings from either location.
•    Highly versed with preparing and executing full sets of construction documents.
•    Understanding of construction administration process and procedural knowledge of contractual and liability issues.
•    Coordinate construction administration-related activities across the team and all disciplines.
•    High level of responsiveness and collaboration with contractors and clients.
•    Self-starter, able to independently generate solutions and take and provide direction within a larger team.
•    Lead large-scale or multiple projects, develop work plans, and project execution strategies with the project leadership.
•    Demonstration of superior technical skills, dedication, and ownership of work.
•    Superb production, analytical, and communication skills, with attention to detail.
•    Strong interpersonal skills, including work planning, time management, organization, dependability, responsibility, and adaptability.
•    Extensive experience and skill with client relations.
•    Proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD or other modeling software applications is highly desirable.
•    Proficiency in Bluebeam Studio and Microsoft Office Suite is required.
Location:  This position will be based on-site (no remote work) at the project construction site on-site at Inova Healthcare in Alexandria, Virginia with periodic travel to our Philadelphia, PA office.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement 
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 l878. 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.