K12 Architect

Description

ISG is excited to bolster our team with a Project Architect, passionate about our K12 Business Unit. Applicants should have an enthusiasm for positively influencing the learning environments of the next generation, high design, developing relationships, and leading projects. As an Architect and key contributor of the business unit, you will be an ISG Employee Owner, working collaboratively with your fellow employee owners to develop creative solutions. Noted as an Emerging Professional Friendly Firm by the AIA, this role provides immense opportunities to learn and strengthen skills, lead, and mentor team members with the development and design of projects.

Your home office will be based in one of our Minnesota office locations – Mankato, Rochester, St. Louis Park, or Bloomington. Regardless of your office, you will assist with K12 Business Unit activity throughout the entire ISG footprint. Because of this, travel may be necessary at times. These events are typically day trips and occur 1-2 times a month.

Team members who thrive at ISG lead with empathy and embody grit, hustle, and our underdog mentality. As a K12 Architect, you have the opportunity to participate in pre-referendum, master planning, funding development, programming, and design phases. In addition to architects, you will work with people like Sue Peterson. Sue ensures educational adequacy and serves as a collaborator in pre-referendum services. You will also collaborate with ISG internal resources for code review and evaluations, specification writers, visualization specialists, and construction administrators. We even have a team to help you manage your professional licenses!

Members of the K12 Business Unit work with a variety of clients on Early Childhood Learning Centers, Elementary, Middle, and High Schools, Performing Arts Auditoriums, Fields Athletic Complexes, and more! Here are a few recent projects:

- St. Peter High School – With a successful $58.6 million bond referendum vote, ISG designed a new high school for the District, which would allow the middle school to occupy the former high school.

- Mankato Area Public Schools – ISG has had the opportunity to work with Mankato Area Public Schools on a number of its recent projects, including Rosa Parks Elementary School, Prairie Winds Middle School, Mankato West High School, and more.

- Rochester Public Schools – Rochester Public Schools enlisted ISG’s architectural and engineering expertise to update indoor air quality and kitchen facilities at Bamber Valley Elementary School.

- Maple River PreK-12 School – Maple River Schools’ new $63.3 million campus will feature a two-story, 200,000 square-foot school with new classrooms, administration offices, three gymnasiums, playgrounds, kitchen, café and 500-seat auditorium.

Interested? Here are a few more details:

QUALIFICATIONS

• 10 years of professional design experience and licensed to practice architecture.
• Bachelor's or master’s degree from an accredited architecture program.
• Ability to connect and promote ISG’s solutions to clients.
• Ability to communicate ideas empathetically and visually through both written and verbal communications.
• Ability to represent ISG and clients in public forums.
• Familiarity in Revit, Adobe Suite and Sketchup computer software packages.
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task, participate with a variety of team members on different projects at varying levels of development.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Work closely with clients in all phases of design process, including pre-referendum and master planning, programming, and design phases.
• Communicate project goals, objectives, design standards and procedures with project managers and multi-discipline team.
• Direct the development and preparation of project contract documents.
• Serve as a mentor and build the ISG team.
• Other duties as assigned or instructed.

Why ISG?

We are 100% owned by our employees! ISG's Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) allows for broader ownership, the ability to be directly connected to performance, and our culture of accountability and opportunism is amplified. Put simply, everyone works hard = everyone benefits, not just an elite group.

We are focused on strengths, using those talents to guide personal development and team collaboration. We are involved in our communities and lead through empowerment. Firm growth is a direct reflection of the dedication, ingenuity, and hard work each ISG owner brings to the office and field every day.

ISG's growth and sustainability are based on the unwavering belief that we need to grow for the betterment of our people and firm. We are entrepreneurial. We believe in having the right people onboard and being disciplined during good times and when faced with new challenges. And most importantly, we foster growth through positive mentorship and progressive ideas that lead to strategic, contextual based decisions. We believe that this unwavering commitment to our culture, clients, and dynamic qualities translates to better services for our partners, and that it will continue to guide ISG's future.

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