Junior Project Architect

Scale; Coral Gables (FL); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus based on performance

Health insurance

Opportunity for advancement

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

SCALE is seeking a Junior Project Architect in South Florida for a hybrid, full-time role. You will develop design concepts into coordinated construction documents under the project lead, using AutoCAD and Revit, while applying Florida codes and coordinating with consultants and AHJs.

The position requires 3–5 years of CD production, a architecture degree, and US work authorization. Expect to contribute to multiple projects and maintain rigorous documentation standards.

Qualifications

• Three to five years of hands-on production on construction document sets.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD as a production tool for CD sets.
• Experience producing CD sets under an architect.
• Experience across commercial, condo/multifamily, retail, hotel, and high-end residential.
• Working knowledge of FBC, FFPC, and ADA.
• Experience coordinating with consultants and AHJs.
• Degree in architecture or equivalent hands-on production experience.
• Strong attention to detail and reliability under deadline.
• Authorized to work in the US.

Responsibilities

• Develop concepts and programs into coordinated plans, elevations, sections, details, and schedules, to the firm's standards and level of finish.
• Produce and maintain construction document sets in AutoCAD and Revit.
• Take a concept sketch or a stated program and develop it into a buildable set, exercising judgment where the direction is not fully spelled out.
• Incorporate redlines and markups accurately and on tight turnarounds.
• Apply Florida building codes and accessibility requirements (FBC, FFPC, ADA) and jurisdictional standards.
• Coordinate drawings with consultants (structural, MEP, civil) and help prepare permit and AHJ submittals.
• Maintain model and file integrity, layer and sheet standards, and organized project documentation.
• Support the design and construction teams through CD development and, as needed, construction administration (RFIs and submittals).
• Keep multiple drawing tasks moving on schedule across concurrent projects.

Skills

AutoCAD proficiency

Revit experience

Architectural design sense

Coordination with consultants

Detail-oriented

Education

Bachelor's degree in architecture

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit

Job description

Benefits:

• Bonus based on performance
• Health insurance
• Opportunity for advancement
• Paid time off
• Parental leave

About the Role:

The Junior Project Architect develops design concepts and produces construction document sets under the direction of the project lead. This is a hands-on role that pairs production craft with design judgment. You take a program or a concept sketch and develop it into a clean, coordinated, code-compliant set. The design direction is set by the project lead, and you are expected to think with it: to fill in the gaps where it is not fully spelled out, and to elevate the work rather than only draft what you are handed.

Responsibilities:

• Develop concepts and programs into coordinated plans, elevations, sections, details, and schedules, to the firm's standards and level of finish.
• Produce and maintain construction document sets in AutoCAD and Revit.
• Take a concept sketch or a stated program and develop it into a buildable set, exercising judgment where the direction is not fully spelled out.
• Incorporate redlines and markups accurately and on tight turnarounds.
• Apply Florida building codes and accessibility requirements (FBC, FFPC, ADA) and jurisdictional standards.
• Coordinate drawings with consultants (structural, MEP, civil) and help prepare permit and AHJ submittals.
• Maintain model and file integrity, layer and sheet standards, and organized project documentation.
• Support the design and construction teams through CD development and, as needed, construction administration (RFIs and submittals).
• Keep multiple drawing tasks moving on schedule across concurrent projects.

Requirements:

• Roughly three to five or more years of hands-on production on construction document sets.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD as a production tool, on the development of construction documents, not just familiarity.
• Experience producing CD sets under an architect.
• Experience across our building types: commercial, condominium or multifamily, retail, hotel, and high-end residential.
• Working knowledge of FBC, FFPC, and ADA, applied under direction.
• Experience coordinating with consultants and authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs).
• Degree in architecture or equivalent hands-on production experience.
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and reliable output under deadline.
• Authorized to work in the US.

Preferred Qualifications

• Production-level Revit, in addition to AutoCAD.
• 3D modeling with SketchUp or Rhino.
• Adobe Creative Suite (Acrobat, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign).
• Rendering with Lumion, V-Ray, or similar.
• Familiarity with local entitlement processes and construction administration.

Attributes

• An independent thinker with strong deductive reasoning. You fill in the blanks and use common sense rather than needing every step spelled out.
• Trained to think about how a space is lived in and moved through, not only how to draw a line. You bring architectural judgment to production work.
• Able to take a crude sketch or a program and develop it into something buildable, and to recognize and raise a real problem before it becomes one.
• Strong design sensibility and eye for detail, able to work within and elevate a defined design language.
• Reliable and precise under deadline, with the maturity to work professionally with clients and with direction you do not always agree with.

Location and Schedule

This is a full-time, hybrid role, local to South Florida. Expect more time in the office early on while you learn our standards and design language, settling into a partly-in-office, partly-remote rhythm anchored to collaboration and review days. No relocation costs are offered.

About Us:

SCALE is a Design-Build owner's-representation and development firm delivering high-end projects from concept through turnover. As a small, fast-moving Design-Build firm involved in all facets of development, design, and construction, this role offers exposure across the business and real room to grow into broader responsibility for someone who earns it.

Flexible work from home options available.