Design Architect II Details

Design Architect II

Progressive AE - Charlotte, NC

Employment Type : Full-Time

Design Architect II1811 4 Mile Rd NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49525, USA 330 S Tryon St, Charlotte, NC 28202, USA Req #26

Monday, January 18, 2021

What is it you want out of your career?If you’re looking for an opportunity to grow, to be challenged, to work hard and to be part of a growing team, then Progressive AE may be the place for you. We work hard to surround ourselves with professionals who are more than just good at their job. We want engineers, architects, designers and support staff who have a desire to help shape our company. We need colleagues who will help us grow by thinking outside their job description. The work we do here is challenging, and sometimes the hours are long. But we’re committed to serving our clients and providing the best solutions possible.
Progressive AE is a full-service, forward-thinking design firm. With offices in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Charlotte, North Carolina, we work on projects around the country that offer a variety and challenge you won’t find at many other firms. And we don’t relegate creativity just to “creatives”—we encourage original thinking in every part of the organization–from support staff to engineering.
Since we’re an employee-owned company, you’ll be able to see the benefits of your hard work. And in return, we’ll invest in you. This includes an in-depth wellness program with fitness classes and health coaching, flexible schedules, continuing education, mentorship, volunteer opportunities and internal leadership positions. In fact, we’ve been named one of the Best & Brightest Places to Work for since 2006, named Business Leader of the Year, received the Community and Educational Partnership Awards, and are the proud winners of the Governor's Fitness Award.
We are always looking for talented individuals to advance the strategic goals of our firm. If you are a big picture thinker with unique technical skills, we’d like to consider your application.

YOUR ROLE:

As a Design Architect II, you are an experienced, registered architectural professional with a strong background in generating and translating design concepts into final solutions on a wide variety of project types as part of a multi-disciplinary project team.

You will work under mentorship of senior staff, leveraging communicating effectively and cultivating innovation to develop design concepts and produce accurate and complete documentation in all phases within the established design principles with strong customer focus. You coordinate with other disciplines and the client to ensure design intent meets the project budget and schedule. Through planning and aligning, organizational savvy and nimble learning, you have experience in developing and meeting project schedules and budgets.

As a Design Architect II, you utilize your tech savvy, interpersonal savvy, and resourcefulness to provide leadership in the building systems integration process during all phases of the design process within a multi-disciplinary project team, with limited oversite from senior staff.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

Leadership

• Provide direction and leadership to team members in all phases of the design process including predesign, schematic design, design development, construction documentation, bidding, and construction administration.
• Ensure the overall design intent of the project established by the Performance Based Design is incorporated into the detailed documentation.
• Monitor and contribute to the design process from the conceptual phase through construction administration, ensuring the design intent is consistently and properly executed.
• Clearly communicate your design ideas to the project team and clients.
• Lead or guide others in Design Charrettes. Utilize hand sketching techniques to communicate design concepts.
• Lead and oversee the preparation of documentation in all phases of the design process, including designs, graphic presentations, and 3D renderings.
• Support a culture of excellence in quality and design appreciation, encouraging that this culture is embraced by all team members.
• Provide strong support with the conceptual and technical design documentation of projects.
• Resolve moderately complex design issues, ensure integration of disciplines, and provide strategies for meeting aggressive schedules and budgets.
• Attend interviews for new projects as well as interviews for potential staff as required.

Management

• Review project designs with the Director of Design on a timely basis in relation to the project schedule.
• Conduct field observations to monitor progress of construction or check in with others, if applicable, to help resolve issues such as unforeseen conditions, code issues and interpretation of construction documents.
• Understand the overall strategy for producing documents and check in with team members in reviewing the content of the deliverables at each stage of the work.
• Work successfully on multiple moderately complex projects, as well as designing projects of a routine nature.
• Assist the project teams in product research and selection and attend meetings with product representatives.
• Assist with quality assurance/quality control measures for all projects.
• Support overall coordination of the contract documents including the work of other disciplines and consultants.
• Utilize and provide guidance to others in the best use of design software/technology, including Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe, SketchUp, BSD Spec Link and other emerging technologies, for presentation and production purposes.
• Foster and maintain a collaborative professional working relationship with all the various disciplines, including consultants and vendors.

Staff Development

• Mentor and support the work of less experienced staff, including Architectural Student Interns, Graduate Architects, and Design Architects I.
• Provide technical support to other team members as required.

Project Quality

• Exhibit comfort in multiple project types and delivery methods.
• Help to ensure the overall design intent of the project established by the Performance Based Design process is incorporated into the detailed documentation.
• Provide support in programming and coordination in response to design intent and code compliance.
• Bring design thinking to the process of producing contract documents.
• Guide the communication and coordination with all disciplines, consultants, vendors, and contractors to ensure adherence to the contract documents and provide support as necessary.
• Coordinate design aspects of projects with other internal disciplines and outside consultants. Guide communication and coordination among all disciplines, consultants, vendors, and contractors to ensure adherence to the contract documents and provides support as necessary.
• Review completed designs and documentation for accuracy.
• Work with discipline leaders to establish best practices and quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) measures.
• Coordinate and track shared electronic documentation and files with internal and external project team members including clients, contractors, and consultants.
• Regularly communicate with Project Managers, Project Architects, and Practice Leaders to understand any changes to project design, scope, schedule, and budget.
• Act as an ambassador for company-wide values and ethical standards of practice.
• Attend and participate in or lead professional development activities including ‘Lessons Learned’ sessions.

Financial

• Ensure the design meets the overall project budget and schedule requirements.
• Provide input on anticipated complexity and hours needed to complete work to help generate proposals for new work.
• In partnership with Pre-Construction Estimator, make informed decisions regarding construction costs during the design process.
• Work with Practice Leaders and Project Managers to support the internal project budget for projects and advise on strategies to meet the project schedule.
• Develop strategies for producing the design deliverables that are efficient and consistent with the scope of work, schedule, and fee allotted to complete the work.

Commitment to Client Service

• Foster a commitment to external and internal client service.
• Clearly communicate, graphically and verbally, design ideas to clients during presentations or design charrettes.
• Clearly understand the client’s needs, goals, and aspirations, including better positioning clients in a competitive marketplace, understanding the key drivers that will lead to design adaption, and strong utilization of Performance Based Design tools.
• Exhibit comfort with client representatives and leadership regarding their area of expertise.
• Develop and maintain a positive relationship of trust with Practice Leadership regarding your area of expertise.
• Embrace the iterative nature of the design process and execute work in a timely manner.

Progressive AE is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and is committed to providing equal opportunity to all qualified individuals in its employment practices. Progressive AE strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination against employees and applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, national origin, disability, age, qualified veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Applicants with a disability, who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, may email hr@progressiveae.com for assistance. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodations will be made on a case-by-case basis.

Other details

• Job Family

  Architecture

• Job Function

  Architect

• Pay Type

  Salary

• Required Education

  Master’s Degree