Project Architect | Healthcare

Overview

The 50+ person growing studio is seeking a Project Architect (licensure preferred) with healthcare experience to join their growing collaborative firm! (This is a fully remote position, but candidates must reside in Southern California to allow for occasional visits to project job sites as needed.)

Mid-size Los Angeles & San Diego Architecture + Interiors studio has received acclaim for its award-winning healthcare designs for clients including Kaiser Permanente, UCLA, UCI, and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Voted as one of the “Best Places to Work” for healthcare, designers and architects at this firm never leave! This is one of our first clients and candidates love it here. From landmark medical campuses to intimate imaging suites, the studio designs exceptional environments that promote healing while meeting the healthcare industry's planning, efficiency and technical demands. Their studio's architectural ingenuity, technical expertise, and attention to detail consistently place their projects at the forefront of cutting-edge design. (Note: Opportunity for fully remote available with occasional travel to job sites.)

Overall Responsibilities

• Support Management and running of architectural projects with the firm
• Ability, skills, and motivation to act as independent project architect

Job Responsibilities 

• Assist team in business development efforts to win new projects as required

• Work closely with Project Manager to establish project plan, milestone schedule, and staffing

• Work closely with Project Manager to follow both construction and internal project budgets

• Work in all project phases from programming through project closeout

• Develop project cartoon set for assigned projects

• May conduct client design meetings

• May conduct team meetings

• Responsible for code compliancy as it relates to Title 24, ADA, Energy Codes and Life Safety in relation to planning and documentation. Mentor and train staff on code compliancy.

• Work closely with the Design Team to execute the vision and spirit of the design for assigned projects and ensuring that constructability methods and technologies are explored and implemented

• Monitor project schedules and tasks while enforcing office standards and budgeting hours per fee contracts

• Keep abreast of technological developments and understand design and technical criteria such as new codes, new design concepts, computer applications, drafting methods, etc.

• Lead project team through documentation, modeling, quality control, and consultant coordination

• Perform building systems selection, evaluation, and detailing

• Proficiency with development of building envelope details and interior building systems coordination

• Understand, lead and review the development of project manuals

• Schedule the work and oversee its production

• Ensure each project complies with the client’s needs, facility standards, and the company quality standards, delivering projects on-time and on-budget

• Perform ongoing document quality control reviews

• Motivate and mentor junior staff ensuring their professional and technical development and leading by example

• Understand construction sequencing and constructability

• Coordinate work and maintain professional relationships with clients, contractors, agencies, inspectors, and consultants.

• Perform in all aspects of the CA phase

• Responsible for quality control of documents

• Provide exceptional customer service to our clients and build strong relationships based on trust, value, and expertise

• Identify ways to innovate and improve the accuracy and efficiency of our processes

Qualifications

• Licensed Architect preferred

• 10+ Years of experience preferred

• Ability to manage and appraise own working practices

• Good organizational skills and ability to work under own initiative

• Exceptional Revit and CAD skills