Senior Design Architect

Description

• Identifies Talent: Actively maintaining awareness of internal and external talent, current abilities, and hiring needs.
• Provide strategically minded design support for organization, production and execution of projects.
• Proactively works with PM to strategize resolving issues that impact project performance.
• Developing and initiating design tools and platforms, processes that define our thinking, and graphically represent our work and brand identity at a highly competitive level.
• Work with Leadership and PMs to achieve efficient design efforts and staffing.
• Actively develop designs in 3D modeling utilizing Revit, 3D Max, Rhino, Enscape and/or other modeling or rendering software in conjunction with Adobe platforms, or other.
• Works with Leadership and PMs for the overall profitability and financial performance on projects.
• Executes Strategy: Ensuring that people remain focused on accomplishing strategic goals by thoughtfully planning tasks and overcoming obstacles.
• Works with Office leadership and Project Managers in support of our comprehensive Project Framework Instructions and proper work planning for a project.
• Fosters a Learning Culture: Creating an inspiring and engaging atmosphere where people feel motivated to grow, experiment, and learn new skills.
• Developing and initiating design concepts and design development, within a team environment, supporting and advocating for design collaboration and studio growth and capabilities.
• Oversees staff deliverables and production assigned to their projects to ensure client and design requirements are met.
• With Principal leadership, lead assignments that include conceptual design, schematic design, design development, construction documentation, and construction administration.
• Collaborate in new pursuit strategy for opportunities.
• Teach and mentor our team through projects, mentoring programs, in close partnership with office leadership.
• Sharing Information: Conveying up-to date information in the most efficient and useful manner to the appropriate stakeholders.
• Maintain and nurture client relationships in a professional and valued manner.
• Lead design for internal/external teams, partners, and professional consultants.

Requirements

• Think, analyze, plan, test, ideate, design is a norm.
• Competent, knowledgeable, designer and mentor, actively contributing to office design culture and forward thinking.
• Exceptional design eye and skill, for design rationale, graphics, and brand identity.
• Understands and follows HZ QMS and Quality initiatives. Ensures quality control measures are being adhered to on projects and daily operations, and partners with leadership to raise design process quality assurances and best practices.
• Hands-on design thinking via workshops, sketching, narratives, analysis, and other creative processes for ideation and design direction.
• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Technology proficiencies to actively lead design teams and innovation.
• Critical Thinking: Analyzing problems and solutions by evaluating the quality of the information available from different sources and avoiding decision-making bias.
• Skilled in presenting design concepts, ideas, narratives, as well as technical aspects.
• Registered Architect required.
• Master’s degree in architecture from an accredited university required.
• 10+ years of relevant architecture and design experience, with a strong background in different project types and scales.
• The employee must be able to concentrate on details, work under deadline pressures, apply sound logic and judgment, and prioritize tasks and responsibilities
• Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds on occasion
• Successfully and consistently advocate for design-centric thinking and producing high-level design solutions within a team environment.
• Passionately present design concepts and work in a collaborative team approach.

Benefits

• Cancer and Specified Disease insurance
• Professional Societies and Registrations Fee Reimbursements
• Vision insurance (BCBS TX BlueChoice PPO)
• 8 Paid Holidays
• Dental insurance (BCBS TX BlueChoice PPO)
• Paid Vacation/Annual Leave
• Commuter Benefits
• Employee Morale/Teambuilding events and activities
• Paid Sick Leave
• Health insurance (BCBS TX BlueChoice PPO)
• Term Life / AD&D insurance
• Two retirement plans: 401(k) and an ESOP
• Employer-Paid Short- & Long-Term disability
• Tuition Reimbursement

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance