Project Architect

Arcadis US Inc. is seeking an experienced Project Architec t to join our U.S. Places Industrial Infrastructure team.

At Arcadis we focus on attracting, retaining and developing people who share our passion and commitment to improve quality of life. In return we offer you the opportunity to transform your world and the world around you, that could be through client work, upskilling yourself, championing equality and inclusion or getting involved in charity work, to name just a few. Our people value different perspectives, they care about the sustainability of our planet and dare to shape the future.

One of our core values is ‘people first’, and supported by our Lovinklaan foundation, we invest in you for the long term, to ensure you reach your full potential. You’ll have the opportunity to own your career and work on industry-defining projects, finding solutions to real challenges that make a difference to people’s lives. You’re encouraged to have a growth mindset and are given the space to develop personally and professionally, building a flexible career that works for you.

Role description:

Our new Project Architect would work as part of a team and be responsible for the development of deliverables across the entire spectrum of base bid design services, including Pre-Design (PD), Schematic Design (SD), Detailed Design (DD), Permitting, Construction Documents (CDs) and Construction Administration (CA) services. Work in these design phases would be across a variety of Industrial construction project types (for both Private and Governmental Clients), doing light and heavy Industrial Market Sector work such as, but not limited to, Automotive, Food & Beverage, Life Science, Oil & Gas, Chemical, and Conglomerates.

Role accountabilities:

• Working with Project Manager and other Engineering Disciplines to prepare design presentations and produce documents.

• Coordinating with other discipline leads including (CIVL, STRU, MECH, ELEC, PLMB, FLS, WWTR, etc.) to provide an Integrated Project Delivery (IPD).

• PD, SD, DD, & CD design activities (depending on a project’s design phase)

• Developing designs in coordination with client’s requirements, specifications, and goals.

• Communicating design ideas through the use of sketches, and computer design tools such as REVIT/ Additional skill set in these software platforms is a plus: BIM360, AutoCAD, & Enscape

• Generating technical drawings and technical specifications such as floor plans, sections, elevations, detail, and schedules to convey design intent and criteria.

• Facility Code Analysis and Life safety Analysis

• Development of Quantity takeoffs, of facility components, for Arcadis Cost Estimates to provide pricing and cost estimates

• Assisting the project team during the construction phase by reviewing RFIs, shop drawings submitted material samples.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Natural or Acquired U.S. Citizenship

• A Bachelor of Architecture degree from an accredited school.

• 5 to 8 years of facility design experience in a professional company setting where Architectural/Engineering design services were performed and billed.

• 3 to 5 years of experience in BIM modeling and Architectural Documentation

• Current Registered Architect Licensure in any State or Canadian Province

• An Active NCARB Certification on file.

Preferred Qualifications:

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• Permitting and AHJ Plans Examination Experience.

• Experience with Maximum Allowable Quantity (MAQ) Analysis

• Proficient in component detailing including exterior Building Envelopes, Interior fit & finishes, door & door hardware, & roofing. Etc.)
  

• LEED AP or BREEAM Certified.

Why Become an Arcadian?

Our work with clients has a direct impact on people’s lives and on the planet. We make moving, living and belonging in cities safer, more resilient and more sustainable. By partnering with our clients as responsible custodians of our earth's resources, we can create a sustainable planet.

We continue to think of new ways to make positive impacts and create better experiences for people; data driven and digital solutions have become part of the Arcadis DNA. Working together with clients and using techniques like design thinking, we can get to the heart of our clients’ most pressing challenges and work together to solve them.

As a global business, we have committed to support five of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to ensure that our projects contribute to a better and more sustainable future for all. But it’s not just the work that we do on client projects that benefits communities and our planet. As a global business, we are committed to making a positive impact to society by supporting local communities where we operate.

To help protect our planet, we monitor and measure non-financial information to inform business decisions and reduce our own environmental impact as part of our commitment to be net zero carbon as a global company by 2030.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging:

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

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