What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Architect for Senior Living Development position at Spiezle Architectural Group, Inc.?
**Company Culture:**
At Spiezle Architectural Group, Inc., we value teamwork, innovation, and community involvement. Our team has earned a reputation as preeminent professionals who provide the best possible design and service.
We offer a comprehensive benefits package, flexible work hours, and opportunities for professional growth and development.
**Job Summary:**
We are seeking a results-driven and talented licensed architect for our Senior Living Project Manager role to lead project teams. This exciting opportunity will allow you to work on both local and national projects, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and contribute to the success of our company's growth and development.
**Responsibilities:**
- Manage, communicate, and coordinate all technical aspects of the project, delegate components appropriately
- Adherence to schedule, making adjustments when needed
- Manage complex projects and provides guidance to project architects, including monitoring project status and profitability
- Mentoring of project architects and other project team members leading to increasing maturity and soundness of judgment in decision-making and in anticipating and solving project-related problems
- Define and focus the goals of the client and continuously communicate these effectively throughout the project team members
- Closely interact with client and client representatives
**Requirements:**
- Bachelors or master's degree in architecture from an accredited college/university
- At least 8 years of experience, with demonstrated leadership skills successfully leading project teams, Profit/Loss capability, and project management responsibility for projects of various sizes
- Architectural License in the United States (or eligibility for reciprocity) required, or other related discipline certification or license
- LEED or equivalent designation in sustainable design preferred but will train
- Ability to communicate effectively both in written format and oral presentation
- Ability to multi-task and establish priorities
- Ability to maintain organization in a changing environment
- Ability to serve as an agent of change and foster positive employee morale
- Ability to delegate tasks appropriately
- Exhibits initiative, responsibility, flexibility and leadership
- Possess an in-depth understanding of most building systems
- Possess a thorough knowledge of contract administration and office procedures
- Possess a thorough knowledge and ability to implement quality project management processes and methodologies
- General knowledge of AutoCAD/BIM/Revit, Bluebeam, Sketchup
- Ability to use Microsoft Office products such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint required
- Knowledge of Deltek for project planning/budgeting/profitability is preferred but will train
