Senior Project Architect

**Overall Responsibilities:
**As a licensed Architect, responsible for guiding design teams through design and technical development on multiple projects or large complex projects; risk management review; and managing all technical documents through each phase of construction.

Overall Leadership:

-Serve as a resource across the organization through training, mentoring, and conducting seminars.
-Sustain and raise the firm's image as a design-driven firm.
-Stay current on technical innovations and trends of specific project types and take initiative for providing continuing education opportunities for staff.
-Assist Principal-in-Charge, Project Manager, and Project Designers in developing marketing materials and marketing project narratives.
-Participate in marketing meetings and interviews.
-Represent the Firm by actively participating in external professional organizations and social functions.
-Responsible for developing white papers and thought leadership pieces for industry organizations.

Design Leadership:

-Involve exploration of subject area, definition of scope, selection of items for investigation, and development of novel concepts and methods.
-Manage large number of consultants, delegate work assignments and provide direction and guidance to large number of junior staff.
-Develop solutions to technical problems; design and review production drawings; manage record keeping; implement risk management standards and review documents with planning, building, fire and other appropriate authorities of jurisdiction.
-Administer some management tasks (staffing, fee estimating, scheduling, and reviewing payment requests) but work primarily on developing solutions through technical and design refinement.
-Develop, design, and review of production drawings and construction documents for compliance with design intent, building systems, construction detailing and coordination with specifications.
-Respond to bid inquiries regarding pre-bid approvals, meet with governmental agencies, committees or officials for purposes of project presentation, approvals and permits.
-Conduct on-site observations and prepares observation reports.
-Conduct project close-out efforts including punch lists, certificate of occupancy, and certificate of substantial completion.
-Responsible for managing all technical documentation through all phases of construction including proposal requests, change orders, revisions to project scope through all phases of construction and project close-out efforts.

Risk Management:

-Responsible for check set and risk management review.

-Keep records of design decisions pertaining to selection of materials, detailing methodology and maintains project manual.

-Provide effective technical oversight so that projects meet the Firm's quality control and quality assurance standards.