Project Architect

Overview

Are you ready to move your career forward, and start the BEST job of your life? Haskell is committed to providing you with the resources to help you grow and discover your potential. We promote an environment that encourages innovative ideas and allows you to develop the best “how” to get the job done.

As one of the nation’s longest-standing and pioneering professional design firms, Benham, a Haskell Company, draws on a 110-year legacy of providing innovative solutions in architecture, engineering, and design-build project delivery across a broad spectrum of project and facility types worldwide. Federal government contracts are a high priority at Benham and have been for 80 years, beginning work with the “War Department” in 1939. Join the Benham team in providing comprehensive planning, architecture, and engineering services for today’s challenging and evolving requirements of our federal and defense agencies throughout the United States and around the world. Our staff has extensive experience specializing in a variety of facility types, such as mission-critical/secure facilities, headquarters, aviation, training ranges, healthcare, maintenance, infrastructure, and utility systems.

In this role, you will be responsible for the production of innovative and appropriately cost-effective, designs, drawings, and specifications for assigned projects. Further, you will maintain a professional registration and sign/seal documents prepared under your supervision. You must have experience with REVIT. Experience as an Architect within the Design/Build industry is highly preferred.

Job Responsibilities:

• Conceptual Design
  • Utilizes innovation in design and methods
  • Develops design concepts, recommends systems, produces pricing and proposal documents, and outlines specifications
  • Researches and is responsible for discipline design compliance with proposal/client criteria
  • Establish a Discipline basis for design
• Detailed Design
  • Analysis Ability
    • Researches, and documents and is responsible for discipline design compliance with all applicable codes, ordinances, standards, and regulations
    • Designing for Safety incorporated into drawings
  • Detailing
    • Comply with the QIP
    • Uses Haskell standards and procedures
    • Coordinates work with other disciplines, including outside consultants as applicable. Performs interdisciplinary coordination checks to minimize deficiencies, errors, and omissions in drawings and specifications
    • Leads the production of well-organized, finished drawings of good appearance, accuracy, clarity, and correctness
  •  Construction Documents
    • Signs and seals design documents when assigned as Professional of Record
•  Construction Support
  • Reviews applicable shop drawings and submittal data for compliance with construction documents
  • Advises and assists Construction Project Managers, Superintendents, and Subcontractors in the interpretation and clarification of construction documents
  • Participates in construction observation to monitor compliance with design intent, construction drawings, and specifications. Prepares inspection reports and punch lists
  • Provides solutions to field problems, responds to RFI, and prepares field orders and addenda
  • Leads production and archiving of record drawings and specifications
• Planning/Scheduling
  • Projects, monitors, and informs design manager of workload status of project discipline staff
  • Participates in project strategy meetings
  • Participates in the creation of overall key date schedule, including permitting schedule
  • Creates discipline work plan for assigned projects
• Profitability
  • Prepares man-hour estimate for discipline work
  • Assists the Design Manager in monitoring costs of discipline-related outside consultants
  • Participates in team review to assure discipline scope is covered in project budgets, estimates, and subcontractor bids
• Project Management
  • Directs technical efforts of discipline staff assigned to the project
  • Monitors discipline adherence to strategy, key date schedule, and work plan
  • Assists in coordinating information with and monitoring discipline-related outside consultants
  • Monitors workload status; advises design manager
  • Prepares meeting minutes and other communications in coordination with the design manager
  • Mentoring assigned staff 

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from an accredited college or university
• Minimum of 3 years of experience following registration

Specific Knowledge, Skills, License, Certifications:

• Licensed Professional Architect
• Knowledgeable in A/E technology and software. (ACAD, Revit, BIM)
• Federal experience highly preferred 
• Discipline production software proficiency
• Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office

Haskell offers a very robust and comprehensive benefits package! Some of our offerings are:

• Health, dental, and vision insurance plans
• Company provided hospital indemnity, accident and critical care plans
• Retirement savings plan (401k) with company discretionary matching contributions
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan
• Paid time off and nine company holidays
• Professional development and training opportunities to enhance your skills and advance your career
• Flexible work hours and remote work options
• Employee assistance programs for physical and mental well-being
• Opportunities for growth and advancement within the organization
• AND many more!

Environmental Factors and/or Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, this position is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations; and the ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-50 pounds. Requires good hand-eye coordination, and arm, hand and finger dexterity, including the ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and read application/form information. The associate frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability, or protected veteran status.

Haskell will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008. The job description will be reviewed periodically as duties and responsibilities change with business necessities. Essential and marginal job functions are subject to modification.

Haskell is a Drug-Free Workplace.

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