Project Architect

Job Title: Project Architect

Job Summary:

A Project Architect is a professional responsible for the design, construction document preparation, construction, and observation of construction projects. Accountable to meet and discuss their project requirements with clients. A Project Architect will manage one or more complex projects. They are expected to have a broad set of experience and knowledge. This leadership role requires oversight, guidance, and mentoring of others. Plans, organizes, and directs projects.

Responsibilities:

General:

• Conduct field observation and report the progress of construction to clients.
• Review shop drawings and submittals, respond to RFIs, prepare site observation reports, issue ASIs and change orders, process pay apps, and other contract administration tasks.
• Evaluate building design using sustainable design principles.
• Lead project coordination and site meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner and contractor, and sub-contractors.
• Coordinate specifications with building plans and specifications writer.
• Recommendation and selection of building systems and materials.
• Conduct site analysis, including geotechnical, hydrological, environmental, social, and economic conditions.
• Conduct a constructability review.
• Coordinate consultants.
• Participate in evaluating the quality and progress of consultants' work.
• Responsible for complex projects.
• Oversee drawings, codes, building programs, and other similar materials.
• Oversee preparation of documentation in various architectural phases, including site plans, floor plans, building elevations, building sections, details, models, and renderings.
• Oversee preparation of specifications in coordination and building plans.
• Ensure building design meets client budget, schedule program, and basic design intent.
• Inspires creativity, critical thinking, and internal and external design excellence.
• Evaluate the quality of work and activities to ensure high standards throughout the firm.
• Participates in performance reviews, including setting job goals.
• Engages staff in dialogue on various design tasks, ensures adherence to the design/work process, and promotes the use of technology tools.
• Expresses the philosophy of the work using appropriate vocabulary.
• Fosters collaboration between offices, promoting and providing vision.
• Acts as a mentor, teacher, and coach to staff, guiding them through their careers.
• Ability to oversee the development of building documentation in modeling/drafting software (Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD).
• Strong understanding of project financials.
• Manage bidding and negotiation phase
• Select, manage, and coordinate consultants

Marketing & Community Engagement:

• Participate in developing and negotiating contracts with owners, contractors, and consultants.
• Business development activities, including marketing proposals, interviews, and conference attendance.
• Oversee selection of building systems (structural, mechanical, electrical, landscape, etc.)
• Work with the marketing team to track client and competition information.
• Work collaboratively with Project Managers to secure new clients and projects, including preparing proposals, interviews, and presentations.

Internal Leadership:

• Conduct quality assurance and quality control on own projects and projects under other's control.
• Lead project coordination and owner/site meetings with internal team members, external consultants, owner and contractor, and sub-contractors.
• Monitor individual and overall team performance.
• Motivate project teams.
• Act as a mentor, teacher, and coach to staff, guiding them through their careers.
• Leads coaching sessions and reviews for exciting staff.
• Advocates for learning, stewardship, and craft.
• Lead one or more teams through all phases of architectural document production.

Office Success:

• Conduct value engineering and basic cost estimating.
• Conduct bidding and negotiation phase.
• Assist in preparing project budget, schedule, and overall work planning.
• Conduct quality assurance and quality control on own projects and projects under other’s control.
• Manage and track change orders, pay apps, and other contractual modifications impacting budget and schedule.
• Develop and manage project budget, schedule, and overall work plan to return to target profit level.
• Strong understanding of project financials.

Note: This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time, with or without notice.

Qualifications:

A professionally accredited degree in Architecture/Engineering supporting a professional license is preferred

NCARB or NCEES certification preferred

LEED Green Associate Accreditation or LEED AP preferred.

1-5 years of experience Preferred

EEOC Statement:

At COLE Architects, we don't just accept differences; we celebrate them, support them, and thrive on them for the benefit of our employees, products, customers, and community.

COLE Architects is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of any kind. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at COLE Architects are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. COLE Architects will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.”