Design Architect II - Health & Wellness

Progressive Companies; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)

Profit-sharing

Award-winning wellness program

Job summary

Progressive Companies is seeking a Design Architect to independently lead design efforts for small to medium projects and contribute to larger ones under senior direction.

You will collaborate across disciplines to develop typology studies, site analyses, and design concepts, fostering a dynamic, collaborative culture and ensuring project goals and codes are met.

Qualifications

• Degree in Architecture or equivalent education or experience.
• 5 years of architectural design experience in healthcare.
• Proficient in design software such as Revit, AutoCAD, SketchUp, and BSD Spec Link.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating design excellence, technical proficiency, and project leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead design charrettes and utilize hand sketching, modeling, and digital tools to explore and communicate design concepts.
• Develop high-quality design materials across all phases, including typology studies, programming documents, site analyses, sketches, models, renderings, and presentations.
• Refine and advance design direction to align with project goals, sustainability targets, and code compliance.
• Collaborate with project teams, clients, consultants, and contractors to ensure technical compliance, integration, and successful execution.
• Monitor design execution from concept through construction, ensuring design intent is maintained.
• Implement quality control measures to ensure design documentation accuracy and compliance with regulatory standards.
• Mentor junior staff, foster cross-disciplinary collaboration, and actively contribute to firmwide design critiques, discussions, and outreach initiatives.

Skills

Leadership experience

Strong portfolio

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Education

Degree in Architecture

Tools

Revit

AutoCAD

SketchUp

BSD Spec Link

Job description

As a Design Architect, you will independently lead design efforts for small to medium-sized projects and contribute to complex, large-scale projects under senior direction. You will collaborate across disciplines to develop typology studies, programming documents, site analyses, and design concepts that bring client visions to life. You will play a key role in fostering Progressive Companies’ dynamic and collaborative design culture.

Deliver Results

• Lead design charrettes and utilize hand sketching, modeling, and digital tools to explore and communicate design concepts.
• Develop high-quality design materials across all phases, including typology studies, programming documents, site analyses, sketches, models, renderings, and presentations.
• Refine and advance design direction to align with project goals, sustainability targets, and code compliance.
• Collaborate with project teams, clients, consultants, and contractors to ensure technical compliance, integration, and successful execution.
• Monitor design execution from concept through construction, ensuring design intent is maintained.
• Implement quality control measures to ensure design documentation accuracy and compliance with regulatory standards.
• Mentor junior staff, foster cross-disciplinary collaboration, and actively contribute to firmwide design critiques, discussions, and outreach initiatives.

Qualifications

• Degree in Architecture or equivalent education or experience.
• 5 years of architectural design experience in healthcare.
• Proficient in design software such as Revit, AutoCAD, SketchUp, and BSD Spec Link.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating design excellence, technical proficiency, and project leadership experience.

People Matter

Each individual’s background, knowledge, ability, and experience contributes to strengthening our organization and projects. Our dedication to diversity includes company provided training and education, equitable recruitment, a grassroots employee DEI committee, and robust community partnerships.

Transforming Spaces. Empowering People.

The talented professionals of Progressive Companies are designers of a bold new future, creating high-performance structures and pathways, delivering on today’s needs and preparing for what’s to come. We live by the idea that design isn’t simply about beauty, it’s about improving strategic outcomes-what we call Performance Based Design.

Our work spans across the nation, allowing team members to work on a variety of exciting projects and maximize impact as trusted partners to our clients and communities.

Sustainable and Inclusive

We are dedicated to human-centered, sustainable, and inclusive design practices. We believe diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential to building trust, respect, and truly innovative design making spaces welcoming and accessible to all. Our sustainability approach embraces the AIA 2030 Commitment, together with a range of high performance, restorative, and regenerative strategies with a focus on climate responsive results to maximize positive impact in our industry.

Employee Owned

We act like owners- because we are. From modest beginnings of four original engineering partners in 1962, to almost 300 architects, engineers, designers, and consultants across multiple regional offices today, the energy, resourcefulness, and entrepreneurial mindset you expect from a CEO come standard with every team member.

Culture of Excellence

The firm is continually ranked as one of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Nation, with comprehensive benefits including an award-winning wellness program, hybrid work schedule, summer hours, profit-sharing, and employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). We take our work serious, but have fun along the way, which fuels the creative spirit and supports a focus on work and life integration.

Progressive Companies is committed to development and growth of team members through continuing education, mentorship, growth opportunities, and more. We are dedicated to giving back to our communities, with paid service-learning hours available to every employee and corporate sponsorship for a wide range of community organizations and activities.