Healthcare Architectural Job Captain / Project Manager

SWA Architects (Pasadena, CA); Pasadena (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Professional development support

Job summary

SWA Architects in Pasadena, CA is seeking a Healthcare Architectural Job Captain / Project Manager who thrives in the demanding world of California healthcare architecture. This role focuses on coordinating complex documents and ensuring compliance with OSHPD-like standards, with an emphasis on clean, coordinated drawings.

You will drive construction document production for hospitals, clinics, and surgical centers from schematic design through CA department closeout.

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years of architectural experience (Job Captain) or more (PM) with healthcare projects.
• Strong knowledge of California Title 24, CBC, and HCAI regulations.
• Proactive problem solver who collaborates with teams and disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Drive healthcare project construction documents from SD through CA with coordination.
• Lead QA/QC and ensure plan-check ready drawing sets.
• Manage RFIs, submittals, and field issues during construction.
• Mentor staff and foster technical excellence on projects.
• Lead internal/external meetings and educational discussions.

Skills

Self-starter

Problem solver

Leadership

Education

Licensed architect preferred

Tools

Revit

Job description

SWA Architects is looking for a Healthcare Architectural Job Captain / Project Manager who thrives in the demanding world of California healthcare architecture. Our core projects - hospitals, clinics, surgical centers, and more! - don't leave room for "good enough." They require someone who genuinely appreciates the rigor, who sees OSHPD/HCAI compliance not as a burden but as a framework to master, and who takes real pride in fully coordinating a set of documents that reads cleanly.

What You'll Do

Drive construction document production on complex healthcare projects from SD through CA and close out. Own the technical resolution of your projects - coordinating structural, MEP, and specialty consultants to make sure everything fits, functions, and complies. Lead individual or team QA/QC efforts and ensure drawing sets hold up under plan check scrutiny. Manage RFIs, submittals, and field issues during construction with confidence and clarity. Mentor emerging staff and help build a culture where technical excellence is the standard. Project Managers also lead internal / external project team meetings and internal educational discussions.

Who You Are

You’re a self-starter who doesn't wait to be told what needs doing - you see a gap and close it. You have 5-8+ years of architectural experience (for Job Captain) or more (for Project Manager) , with meaningful time spent on healthcare or other highly regulated project types. You know your way around Revit at a production level, and you understand California's regulatory landscape deeply - Title 24, CBC, and the HCAI environment. You're a problem solver at heart. When a detail doesn't work, you don't flag it and move on - you reach out to our team members for help, sketch some proposed solutions on your own for discussion, and bring your best efforts to the table. Licensed architects or those pursuing California licensure are preferred.

Why SWA

Healthcare architecture is hard, and California healthcare is even harder. It's also some of the most meaningful work you can do - the buildings and spaces we design directly impact patient outcomes, clinical workflows, and community health. We're a studio that respects the craft, invests in our people, and believes that great documentation is just as important as great design.

If you're tired of the corporate grind - of being siloed into one narrow slice of a project - SWA Architects is a different kind of place. Here, you'll have the opportunity to learn and participate in every aspect of the project process, from design and permitting through construction and close out. We grow architectural leaders, not just production staff.

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience.
• We offer health and dental insurance, as well as 401(k), paid time off and professional development support.