Design Associate I - Architecture

Overview

Are you ready to move your career forward, and start the BEST job of your life? Haskell is committed to providing you with the resources to help you grow and discover your potential. We promote an environment that encourages innovative ideas and allows you to develop the best “how” to get the job done. 

Haskell’s Design & Consulting Team unites architecture, engineering, and consulting professionals from across industries and geographies. Our diverse and innovative team allows Haskell to serve our clients with multiple project delivery methods including design-build, engineer-procure-construct, fee-for-service, or consulting services. These services allow our team to form a strong rapport with clients, marshalling them as they grow and helping them address industry and market challenges. The Design & Consulting Team serves a diverse set of markets including food and beverage, consumer products, aviation and aerospace, civil infrastructure, healthcare, and Federal Government projects. As a team member at Haskell, you’ll have the opportunity to work on impactful projects that will challenge your creativity, innovation, and expand your skill set.

In this role, you will perform basic design and production of construction document duties assigned by a Licensed Professional. You will work to fulfill experience requirements for eligibility to take the professional licensing exam.

Job Responsibilities:

• Conceptual Design
  • Establish a Discipline basis of design for the Design Manager to review
  • Detailed Design
  • Analysis Ability
    • Performs dimensional, interference, and basic design checks on the layouts and sketches of Licensed professionals and, as requested, on interdisciplinary drawing sets
    • Performs analysis or calculations as assigned
    • Designing for Safety incorporated into drawings
    • Responsible for design compliance with Owner criteria
  •  Detailing
    • Applies discipline design and detailing fundamentals in developing designs and specifications under the supervision of and subject to final approval by the Licensed Professional
    • Assists Licensed Professional with plotting/production/assembly of drawing packages and writing specifications
    • Code compliance review with a design professional
    • Maintains AE checklists for the Design Manager to review
    • Participates in coordination review sessions
    • Maintains orderly work files and prepares clear well-written memos/correspondence.  When assigned, prepares presentation materials
    • Coordinates and checks work carefully to minimize all deficiencies, errors, and omissions
    • Uses Haskell standards and procedures
  • Construction Documents
    • Produces well-organized, finished design documents of good appearance, accuracy, clarity, and correctness from layouts, sketches, or written instructions
  • Construction Support
    • Subject to final approval of Licensed Professional, check shop drawings and submittal data for conformance with contract documents
    • Assists Licensed Professional in-field inspections, development of solutions to field problems, preparation of field orders, addenda, and record drawings
    • Shop drawings returned on schedule
    • Responds to field/construction questions as directed by the discipline leader
    • Creates inspection reports and punch lists
  • Planning, Scheduling, and Profitability
    • Creates work plans for assigned tasks. Monitors and projects personal workload status, advising supervisor of difficulties in accomplishing schedules
    • Meets scheduled key dates
    • Discusses progress regularly with Licensed Professional of Record
    • Advises Design Manager of changes
    • Design to budget man-hours
  • Project Management
    • Adhere to project strategy
    • Documents meetings and telephone conversations to communicate to discipline leader

Education/Experience:

• Professional degree in architecture from an accredited college or university
• Typical minimum experience: 0-3 years experience

Specific Knowledge, Skills, License, Certifications:

• Discipline production software at a beginner level (i.e., Revit, Sketch-Up, etc.)
• Intermediate skills with Microsoft Office (i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Haskell offers a very robust and comprehensive benefits package! Some of our offerings are:

• Health, dental, and vision insurance plans
• Company provided hospital indemnity, accident and critical care plans
• Retirement savings plan (401k) with company discretionary matching contributions
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan
• Paid time off and nine company holidays
• Professional development and training opportunities to enhance your skills and advance your career
• Flexible work hours and remote work options
• Employee assistance programs for physical and mental well-being
• Opportunities for growth and advancement within the organization
• AND many more!

Environmental Factors and/or Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, this position is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations; and the ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-50 pounds. Requires good hand-eye coordination, and arm, hand and finger dexterity, including the ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and read application/form information. The associate frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability, or protected veteran status.

Haskell will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008. The job description will be reviewed periodically as duties and responsibilities change with business necessities. Essential and marginal job functions are subject to modification.

Haskell is a Drug-Free Workplace.

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