Project Architect - Commercial - Charlotte
About The Position
McMillan Pazdan Smith is an award-winning architecture, interior design, and advisory services firm with eight studios in the Southeast. The firm values strong client relationships and community partnerships, and its collaborative design professionals aim to deliver functional, imaginative, constructible, and well-designed environments. The Project Architect manages multiple projects ranging from small to large and complex, taking responsibility for finished plans, specifications, material approvals, and construction. The role contributes to business development and practice strategy, represents the firm in professional organizations, and fosters team learning and professional development. It coordinates project design and delivery with clients, consultants, contractors, engineers, and public agencies, ensuring projects meet applicable environmental, safety, structural, zoning, aesthetic, budget, and schedule requirements. The position includes design and proposal preparation, fee estimates, scope definition, code research, project documentation, construction administration, site observations, and client and town-official communications. Work takes place in an office and may include construction-site visits, where hazardous conditions and loud noise may occur. The office environment is generally free from hazardous conditions and has moderate noise.
Requirements
- Professional degree in Architecture from an NAAB-accredited program.
- Ability to provide business development for the firm within the area of practice expertise.
- At least 10 years of combined experience as a design professional and/or architect.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, and Revit.
- Firm grasp of building technology fundamentals.
- Thorough knowledge of relevant codes, operations, processes, and trends.
- Excellent time-management, organizational, written communication, and verbal communication skills.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in Architecture.
- Registered as a licensed architect.
- Experience with Newforma Project Center and/or Newforma Project Analyzer.
- Experience with Microsoft Project and Bluebeam PDF Revu.
- Additional relevant certifications demonstrating expertise, such as in construction administration, interior design, or LEED/Green Globes/sustainability.
- Experience writing and editing specifications.
Responsibilities
- Participate in marketing and business development, and create and monitor related plans.
- Prepare strategic plans for practice success and establish, communicate, and execute a vision for the market practice.
- Represent the firm at professional and trade organizations relevant to the practice market.
- Align practice organization, operations, and direction with firm and practice strategic plans.
- Foster learning, collaboration, innovation, professional development, and communication; review and support team members’ professional development plans.
- Manage multiple projects and take responsibility for finished plans, specifications, materials, and construction-related approvals.
- Prepare design and proposal or presentation materials, estimate fees, and determine project scope.
- Conduct code research and analysis and coordinate reviews with agencies for approval.
- Collaborate with engineers, consultants, contractors, and clients.
- Ensure projects meet environmental, safety, structural, zoning, and aesthetic standards.
- Review shop drawings and submittals and respond to RFIs.
- Coordinate administrative and technical project efforts for efficient, cost-effective execution.
- Manage client budgets, schedules, programs, communications, documentation, office administrative tasks, and project-team assignments.
- Supervise or perform site observations, including recording and reporting existing conditions and construction progress.
- Make major design decisions involving spatial and aesthetic elements and material detailing.
- Document routine project progress through correspondence, memos, and other documentation.
- Follow routine projects through approvals and construction, and initiate contact with clients and town officials.
- Write and edit specifications as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
