Job Captain | Healthcare (Intermediate & Senior)

Northern Impact; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and award-winning architecture and interiors studio in Los Angeles as a Job Captain focused on healthcare projects. This innovative firm is renowned for its exceptional designs that enhance healing environments, working with prestigious clients like Kaiser Permanente and UCLA. As a Job Captain, you will lead small projects, prepare essential documentation, and ensure that the design intent is maintained throughout all phases. With opportunities for remote work and a collaborative atmosphere, this role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact in the healthcare design sector. If you are passionate about architecture and eager to contribute to groundbreaking projects, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of architectural experience, with 8+ years for senior roles.
• Exceptional skills in Revit and CAD are required.

Responsibilities

• Prepare design and construction documents for projects.
• Lead small projects and assist in project communication.

Skills

Project Management

Team Leadership

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Architectural Knowledge

Education

Bachelor's in Architecture

Master's in Architecture

Tools

Revit

CAD

Job description

Overview

The 50+ person growing studio is seeking a Job Captain with healthcare experience to join their growing collaborative firm!

Mid-size Los Angeles Architecture + Interiors studio has received acclaim for its award-winning healthcare designs for clients including Kaiser Permanente, UCLA, UCI, and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Voted as one of the “Best Places to Work” for healthcare, designers and architects at this firm never leave! This is one of our first clients and candidates love it here. From landmark medical campuses to intimate imaging suites, the studio designs exceptional environments that promote healing while meeting the healthcare industry's planning, efficiency and technical demands. Their studio's architectural ingenuity, technical expertise, and attention to detail consistently place their projects at the forefront of cutting-edge design. (Note: Opportunity for fully remote available with occasional travel to job sites & critical meetings.)

Overall Responsibilities

• Prepares design and construction documents and assists in architectural project solving.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead or design small projects.
• Involved with project communication and documentation, along with project team task assignments.
• Ability to communicate clearly and professionally both verbally and in writing to clients, consultants, vendors, and staff.
• Proficient with office standards as it relates to project documentation.
• Assist in writing meeting minutes, change orders, RFI responses, and professional correspondence.
• Estimate hours for assigned tasks and finish tasks within the agreed-upon budget hours for the task.
• Proficient in the documentation of project design such as three-dimensional modeling, product, or material research.
• Participate in office design charettes.
• May participate in the development of design.
• Support design team and ensure that the design intent is followed through all phases.
• Assist in the development of project documents during all phases of the project.
• Understand the organization of the contract documents.
• Assist in organization and generation of working drawings.
• Possess knowledge of drawing setup, layers, plotting/publishing, dimensions, blocks, attributes, purge/audit/recover, back up files, view ports.
• Assist in the development of architectural graphic standards.
• Understand technical terminology of the architectural and construction industry.
• Coordinate drawings with consultant drawings and specifications.
• Apply building code concepts of accessibility, occupant loads, exit widths, fire rated walls and doors, ramps, stairs and handrails, and interior environment.
• Prepare complex plans, elevations, and details under guidance of supervisor.
• Understanding of basic construction systems of walls, roofs, doors, and windows.
• Support the construction administration phase of a project by jobsite visits, assisting in review of submittals, shop drawings, response to RFI’s, and preparation of instruction bulletins for changes.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of professional architectural experience, with senior-level job captain positions requiring 8+ years of demonstrated expertise in project management and team leadership.
• Good organizational skills and ability to work under own initiative.
• Responsive and dependable to meet deadlines.
• Excellent visual, verbal, and written communications skills.
• Working knowledge of architectural graphic standards.
• Exceptional Revit and CAD skills.

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