Architectural Designer
About The Position
STV is seeking an Architectural Designer II / Architect to join our Buildings practice in Washington, DC. This role is intended for an experienced architectural professional with 5–8 years of experience who is ready to take meaningful ownership of design, documentation, multidisciplinary coordination, and project delivery. The selected candidate will support a range of public-facing and technically complex projects, including transit stations, transit-oriented development, civic and institutional facilities, federal and education projects, industrial facilities, renovations, and adaptive reuse. This is not a task-based production role. The successful candidate should be able to independently carry a significant portion of a project, identify and resolve issues, coordinate across disciplines, guide junior staff, and translate design intent into clear, coordinated, and constructible documentation.
Requirements
- A professional degree in Architecture.
- 5–8 years of relevant professional experience.
- Architectural licensure preferred.
- Candidates actively pursuing licensure should be positioned to complete the process within approximately 12–18 months.
- Strong design judgment combined with proven technical and production capability.
- Experience developing projects through multiple phases of design and documentation.
- Ability to independently carry meaningful portions of a project with limited day-to-day direction.
- Strong understanding of multidisciplinary coordination, constructability, and project delivery.
- Experience with architectural detailing, building envelope systems, code analysis, accessibility, specifications, and construction administration.
- Strong verbal, graphic, and written communication skills.
- Ability to mentor or guide junior staff.
- Strong accountability, initiative, attention to detail, and responsiveness to feedback.
- Experience with Revit.
- Experience with Bluebeam.
- Experience with Adobe Creative Suite.
- Experience with Microsoft Office.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with complex passenger rail stations and support facilities requiring heavy multidisciplinary coordination is strongly preferred.
- Passenger stations and station support facilities.
- Station entrances and accessibility improvements.
- Multidisciplinary systems integration.
- Active or operational transportation environments.
- Complex phasing and construction constraints.
- Candidates without rail transit experience may also be considered if they demonstrate strong architectural delivery skills and the ability to learn complex project environments quickly.
- Experience with OpenBuildings Designer.
- Experience with BIM 360 / Autodesk Construction Cloud.
- Experience with AutoCAD.
- OpenBuildings Designer experience is highly valued but not required.
Responsibilities
- Lead significant portions of architectural work from concept design through construction administration.
- Take ownership of building areas, station components, work packages, or smaller projects.
- Develop and coordinate Revit models, plans, sections, elevations, details, schedules, and technical documentation.
- Translate design intent into coordinated and constructible architectural solutions.
- Generate and evaluate design options in response to program, code, systems, constructability, phasing, and project constraints.
- Coordinate directly with structural, civil, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, transportation, systems, and planning disciplines.
- Identify coordination conflicts, technical risks, and unresolved issues and help drive them toward resolution.
- Lead or actively contribute to multidisciplinary coordination meetings.
- Perform building code, accessibility, life safety, zoning, and regulatory analyses.
- Develop technical details, assemblies, and specifications.
- Review drawing sets for quality, consistency, constructability, and coordination.
- Guide junior staff and provide clear direction and constructive feedback.
- Support client presentations and technical discussions.
- Participate in field investigations and existing-condition documentation.
- Support construction administration, including RFIs, submittals, field conditions, and construction-related design issues.
Benefits
- Health insurance, including an option with a Health Savings Account
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care and Transit and Parking where applicable)
- Disability insurance
- Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment
- 401(k) Plan
- Retirement Counseling
- Employee Assistance Program
- Paid Time Off (starting at 16 days)
- Paid Holidays (9 days)
- Back-Up Dependent Care (up to 10 days per year)
- Parental Leave (up to 80 hours)
- Continuing Education Program
- Professional Licensure and Society Memberships
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
