Specifications Specialist

Description

• Liaise with Manufacturers Representatives as needed for research and project support.
• Integrate and engage with our Design Technology Team leaders to support development, revisions, and innovations to our overall documentation and BIM delivery processes.
• Liaise with our Design Management Team leaders to support the integration of materials research and selection in our overall design + delivery framework.
• Be an active member of our Technical Leadership Team focusing on the quality of our documentation via proper materials selection and detailing with respect to the design intent application.
• Serve as a technical resource for product and material evaluations, selections, and research.
• Collaborate with project teams on the budgeting, scheduling, and production of specifications and project manuals.
• Educate and create learning programs for staff, including but not limited to specification documents, construction document technology, and editing methodology.
• Support project teams in their responsibility of researching materials, selecting products, editing specifications, and administering construction documents.
• Maintain proficiency in construction products, techniques, and sequences by staying abreast of product developments, new materials, code changes, and current industry trends.
• Address the development of project manuals with project teams for a wide range of project types, sizes, and practice areas.
• Coordinate the implementation of our Team-Based specifications philosophy at office-wide level, including QA/QC, Specification updates, project scheduling, and project team skillset alignment.
• Liaise with our Resilience Team leaders to support Gensler's Cities Climate Challenge (GC3) to achieve carbon neutrality in our work.

Requirements

• Architectural License preferred
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities and deadlines
• Strong ability and willingness to communicate with project teams
• Good command of both written/oral English
• Certification and/or willingness to pursue certification by CSI as a Construction Document Technician (CDT) preferred
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Bachelor's degree in Architecture
• 10+ years of experience in architectural profession, 7+ years of experience dedicated to specification writing
• Working knowledge of construction documentation and construction specifications

Benefits

• The base salary range will be estimated between $100,000 - $150,000 plus bonuses and benefits and contingent on relevant experience.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance