Senior Project Architect - Healthcare

EwingCole • Philadelphia, PA

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

EwingCole is seeking a Senior Project Architect to join its Philadelphia office. Within the architecture discipline, this role leads project delivery across all design phases, from schematic design through construction administration, maintaining design intent, technical quality, and regulatory compliance. The Senior Project Architect coordinates and oversees project teams, organizes and directs work, and delivers high-quality specifications and documentation for large, complex projects. The role integrates technical requirements into documentation through graphics and modeling, communicates design intent to builders, and leads projects through construction by addressing issues as they arise. Providing a high level of client satisfaction and advancing company standards and best practices are also valued.

The role provides expert leadership in documentation, building technology, project delivery, codes and accessibility, quality standards, sustainability, material research, construction administration, cost consciousness, and specification writing. It also calls for advanced skills in profitability and planning; proficient abilities in representational skills, site planning, programming, and presenting narratives; and foundational capability in design generation.

EwingCole describes its workplace as collaborative and seeks to align employees’ strengths with project needs. Project responsibilities may sometimes extend beyond the specific scope of the job description, and employees are expected to apply their skills where needed to support project success and client outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Architecture required.
• Registered Architect in at least one state, with suitable credentials for registration in other states.
• 15+ years of relevant experience.
• Sustainability credential strongly encouraged.

Nice To Haves

• Master of Architecture preferred.
• Sustainability credential strongly encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Lead project delivery from schematic design through construction administration, maintaining design intent, technical quality, and regulatory compliance.
• Coordinate and oversee project teams, organizing and directing work to deliver high-quality specifications and documentation for large, complex projects.
• Guide modeling and drawings used to accurately deliver projects.
• Apply understanding of construction methods to building design.
• Ensure project designs and construction documents comply with applicable codes and accessibility standards.
• Promote project quality through adherence to and ongoing improvement of company standards.
• Conceive projects with rigor to resolve human and environmental health impacts and meet sustainability goals.
• Select quality materials and identify appropriate applications while considering product lifecycles.
• Manage construction administration through responsive coordination with the builder, maintaining design intent and contractual requirements.
• Analyze construction cost estimates for alignment with design intent and approved budgets, and develop cost-control alternatives.
• Write specifications defining material qualitative requirements and performance standards so the design is accurately and enforceably represented in the contract.
• Manage fees, resources, and project delivery schedules to support project profitability.
• Develop spatial configuration options through analysis of adjacencies, phasing, and expansion.
• Guide visualization of design concepts.
• Address project, sustainability, and regulatory requirements in site planning.
• Progress exploratory discussions to capture and align quantitative and functional requirements with aspirational and experiential goals.
• Present design vision through engaging, informative presentations to project stakeholders.
• Initiate design approaches that consider the totality of a project and produce distinctive solutions.
• Apply skills where needed beyond the specific job-description scope to support project success and client outcomes.

Benefits

• Generous paid time off.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Flexible/hybrid work options.
• Paid parental leave.
• Insurance offerings including medical, dental, vision, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and identity protection.

What This Job Offers

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