Job Title: Architect
Location: Chicago, IL
Description:
We are looking for an energetic architect to collaborate with the existing team on projects in the aerospace, defense, manufacturing, and commercial markets. As part of our team, you will have the opportunity to use leadership and people skills that set you apart from your peers. Be a part of an energy-filled workplace that pays for performance, where you can invest in a career that you can grow into project management or business development opportunities.
We Have:
- Full-service, integrated, construction and design firm
- 13,500+ engineers, construction professionals, and architects
- 70+ Offices; nationwide and worldwide
- 100% employee-owned team
- Pay Transparency
- Equal Opportunity Employer
- In-House Training, Tuition Assistance, Mentorship, Professional Registration, and Technical Certifications
- 2023 Top 50 Employers in Woman Engineer
- Working within Architecture, Aviation, Chemicals, Oil & Gas, Commissioning, Construction, Electric Power and Transmission, Environmental, Federal & Military, Industrial, Sustainability, Transportation, and Water.
You Have:
- Bachelor's degree in architecture
- 7 years of experience
- Must be capable of devising new approaches to problems encountered.
- Previous consulting experience preferred.
- Registered Architect is Preferred
You Will:
- Supervises the preparation and checks the accuracy of contract documents. Incorporates applicable codes, construction techniques, and sequences in various projects including all aspects of cross disciplines.
- Supervises and/or performs site observations such as recording and reporting of existing conditions and construction progress.
- Handles problems and questions as they occur during construction. Responsible for project cost control.
- Responsible for external communications such as making telephone calls and preparing correspondence to clients, officials, and contractors as required by various projects.
- Performs building code reviews and prepares applications.
- Responsible for major design decisions, involving spatial, aesthetic elements and detailing of materials.
- Documents the progression of a routine project through correspondence, calculations, memos, etc.
- Initiates contact with clients and town officials.
- Makes public presentations.
- Responsible for accounting of individual project involvement, i.e. scheduling, scope, role and budget.
- Knowledge of estimating project needs and capable of translating them into budget hours and costs.
- Ability to monitor the budget of a task or series of tasks and make necessary adjustments to keep on budget.
- Maintains good client relations.
- Sufficient knowledge of marketing to assist in the preparation of proposals and /or presentations.