Senior Architect

A Senior Design Architect is responsible for producing high quality project design deliverables in construction documents. A Senior Design Architect can work on any/all phases of development including Pre-Design, Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documents and Construction Administration.

Duties:

• Bring great, fresh ideas to the team that are project-appropriate
• Develop hand sketches of architectural ideas that work in the space and meet intended design goals
• Produce concept presentation for feedback and approval from the Design manager and Clients, which capture the Intended look and attitude and that reflect branding and positioning with architecture, color, finish materials, and lighting
• Select in-budget materials and finishes that support the concepts
• Consistently incorporate scale and balance, designing elements that ‘fit’ the space for maximum impact
• Produce DD project package including life safety, signage .... etc
• Ensure quality and efficiency for assigned tasks and deliverables; maintain billable efficiency rate of 80%
• Actively work on high-level tasks and deliverables for multiple projects simultaneously
• Perform red line markups and pickups of delegated work and/or complete packages of deliverables
• Produce sets of production documents in both design development (DD) and CD phases
• Maintain a daily task list for assigned projects discussing time allotments, schedules, and delegations
• Assist project teams to ensure delays are adequately documented and mitigated
• Prepare for regular project team meetings pertaining to project tasks, deliverables, and milestones
• Communicate directly with Client agents, subcontractors, and architects
• Write clear, articulate meeting and communications notes
• Independently use approved sets of schematic design (SD) documents for complex corridors, and public spaces in order to develop the following final set of production documents, each containing sufficient quality, clarity, and details
• Prepare or confirm key notes for inclusion in plans
• Verify that applicable building codes are satisfactorily addressed