Senior Construction Architect
A registered architect with 8-12 years of experience leads cultural, learning, and heritage projects (new construction and adaptive reuse) through all design and construction phases. Day to day they produce Revit-based design and construction documents, coordinate consultants, handle construction administration, and mentor junior staff at an architecture firm.
- Compensation
- $100K–$120K / yr
- Location
- Richmond, Virginia, United States
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 12+ years
- Category
- Architecture
- Posted
Must have
- Registered Architect with professional degree in Architecture
- Minimum 8 years of experience (8-12 years)
- Excellent communication skills in design, graphics, and presentation
- Demonstrated leadership and experience working in project team environments
- Experience participating and presenting in client meetings and sub-consultant coordination
- Proficient with Revit
- Experience in preparing construction documents and construction administration
- Strong knowledge of building codes and regulations
Nice to have
- Experience with Housing/Mixed Use projects
- Experience with Newforma and MS Teams
- LEED credentials
Full description
About Quinn Evans
Quinn Evans is a nationally recognized architecture and design firm and recipient of the American Institute of Architects’ 2024 Firm Award. Our process is informed by the past to address today’s complex challenges and design our shared future. We are technical experts, caretakers, conveners, and listeners. We identify the solutions that best serve the community and the long-term life of a place. We bring expertise in cultural and sustainable stewardship to every aspect of our practice and projects. Our projects encompass a variety of project types including public sites, museums, and visitor centers, civic, performing arts, educational, and hospitality, to multi-family housing.
Team building is critical to our practice. Together, we create better work and more fulfilling professional lives. We do this through a culture that fosters constructive engagement leveraging a diversity of staff, practice, client communities, and points of view.
Be a part of a collaborative and diverse team that is designing ways for places and people to thrive today and tomorrow. Quinn Evans is one of the largest women-owned design practices in the country. We take pride in our diverse team and workplace culture. We emphasize leadership, innovation, teamwork, and professional development. We offer competitive compensation, a supportive hybrid work environment, and opportunity to make a difference through work on unique and impactful projects.
We contribute to and advance our profession through sponsorship and team member leadership positions. This includes the American Institute of Architects, Association for Preservation Technology, membership in the President’s Circle of the National Organization for Minority Architects (NOMA) and as a signatory of the 1.5°C COP26 Communiqué.
Senior Construction Architect
Quinn Evans is seeking a full-time Senior Construction Architect with 12+ years of professional experience, including strong experience in project management and construction administration. The ideal candidate will have experience leading projects through the construction phase and coordinating closely with clients, consultants, contractors, and internal project teams to successfully deliver complex projects. Experience with learning, civic/community, cultural, and heritage projects, including both new construction and adaptive reuse, is preferred. Strong communication, technical, organizational, and leadership skills are essential, along with a thorough understanding of construction processes, building systems, codes, and project delivery.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage construction phase services for multiple concurrent projects, including project meetings, site observations, documentation, correspondence, submittal and RFI reviews, payment application reviews, and field reporting
- Coordinate and collaborate with owners, consultants, contractors, and internal project teams to address technical, scheduling, and construction-related issues while maintaining alignment throughout project delivery