Architectural Designer 2

STV • Washington, DC

15d • $91,977 - $105,116

About The Position

STV’s Washington, DC Architecture practice is seeking an Architectural Designer II to support a growing portfolio of transportation, civic, federal, institutional, and other complex building projects for its Buildings Group. The role focuses on developing coordinated, accurate, and constructible architectural documentation and understanding how design intent is communicated through drawing sets. The designer will work with project architects, designers, and engineering disciplines on projects from design development through construction documentation, with opportunities to contribute to earlier design phases and construction administration. The position offers increasing ownership of architectural work packages and opportunities to deepen technical expertise and grow toward greater responsibility as a Project Architect. This position is not eligible for sponsorship.

Requirements

• Professional degree in Architecture from an accredited program.
• 5–8 years of professional architectural experience, with substantial involvement in design development and construction documentation.
• Demonstrated experience assembling and coordinating architectural drawing sets, including understanding drawing hierarchy, cross-referencing, annotation, scheduling, and the relationship between drawings and specifications.
• Solid knowledge of architectural detailing, building materials, construction assemblies, and fundamental constructability principles.
• Working understanding of structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection systems and their interfaces with architectural design.
• Familiarity with applicable building codes, accessibility requirements, life-safety principles, and conventional construction practices.
• Strong working proficiency in Autodesk Revit, including independently developing and maintaining models for design development and construction documentation; managing views, sheets, templates, filters, schedules, legends, and annotations; modeling common architectural elements; creating and modifying project-specific loadable families; working with linked models, shared coordinates, levels, grids, and coordination views; using schedules, tags, parameters, and model-based documentation; resolving common modeling and documentation issues; and producing coordinated drawing sheets for reviews and submissions.
• Ability to interpret architectural and engineering drawings and identify inconsistencies across disciplines.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage assigned work independently, recognize unresolved issues, and seek direction when necessary.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with transportation, civic, federal, institutional, or other technically complex building projects.
• Exposure to construction administration, including RFIs, submittals, shop drawings, and field observations.
• Familiarity with multidisciplinary BIM coordination workflows and model review tools such as Navisworks or Autodesk Construction Cloud.
• Experience developing customized Revit families, schedules, and project templates.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite; experience with Rhino, Enscape, or similar design and visualization tools is beneficial.
• Progress toward architectural licensure.

Responsibilities

• Develop architectural construction documents, including floor plans, reflected ceiling plans, elevations, sections, enlarged plans, wall sections, details, door and finish schedules, and other project-specific drawings.
• Contribute to the organization, coordination, and completeness of architectural drawing sets, maintaining consistency among plans, sections, details, schedules, and specifications.
• Develop architectural details addressing material interfaces, building assemblies, waterproofing, thermal continuity, fire-rated construction, installation requirements, and constructability.
• Coordinate architectural elements with structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, and other building systems, identifying spatial conflicts, clearance requirements, and constructability concerns.
• Develop and maintain Revit models, views, sheets, schedules, families, and annotations according to project BIM standards and documentation requirements.
• Participate in interdisciplinary model and drawing reviews, identify discrepancies, and help resolve coordination issues before document issuance.
• Support application of building codes, accessibility standards, life-safety requirements, and applicable design criteria in architectural documentation.
• Work with project architects and technical leads to evaluate design alternatives, resolve detailing challenges, and develop practical solutions consistent with design intent.
• Assist with responses to RFIs, review of submittals and shop drawings, and documentation of construction-phase clarifications under project architects’ guidance.
• Communicate progress, coordination needs, and unresolved issues clearly while taking ownership of assigned drawing packages and deliverables.

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
• Paid Holidays
• Back-Up Dependent Care
• Parental Leave
• Continuing Education Program
• Professional Licensure and Society Memberships

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level