Lead Architect/Landscape Architect - Senior Level

Moffatt & Nichol; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a talented Architect and/or Landscape Architect Team Lead to join their Northern California team. This role involves leading the design process, managing project lifecycles, and collaborating with various disciplines to deliver innovative solutions to critical climate challenges. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in architecture and landscape architecture, with a passion for creating resilient environments. Join a community of designers dedicated to making a positive impact through thoughtful design and collaboration, while enjoying a supportive and dynamic work environment that fosters professional growth and creativity.

Qualifications

• 8-15 years of experience in architecture and/or landscape architecture required.
• Professional Licensure in CA or ability to obtain within 6 months is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Lead design process from conception through construction document development.
• Manage subconsultants and construction services throughout project lifecycles.
• Build relationships with existing and new clients.

Skills

Project Management

Design Implementation

Problem Definition

Client Relationship Building

Collaboration

Quality Assurance

Mentoring

Entrepreneurial Spirit

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture or Landscape Architecture

Master’s degree

Job description

Waggonner & Ball, a Moffatt & Nichol Studio, is actively seeking a Architect and/or Landscape Architect Team Lead to join our Northern California team. Waggonner & Ball is an internationally respected urban planning, design, and architecture firm with an interdisciplinary practice committed to creating resilient landscapes, buildings, and communities. Our projects span all scales from buildings and sites to regions with a focus on water, culture, and history. We are a community of designers who create architecture and environments sensitive to context, time and place. We believe that designing for resilience requires Living with Water and building with nature. We are a cross-disciplinary design practice specializing in adaptation planning, resilient landscapes, institutional architecture, and historic preservation. As a studio within Moffatt & Nichol, a global engineering and infrastructure advisory firm, we streamline design, engineering, and construction services to deliver beautiful, holistic solutions to the most critical climate challenges of our time.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Lead the design process from conception through development of construction documents
• Coordinate with architects, landscape architects, urban designers/planners, engineers, and other disciplines as required to deliver projects
• Manage subconsultants and construction services throughout project lifecycles
• Coordinate activities with Waggonner & Ball New Orleans Studio
• Coordinate closely with business managers and technical leaders in the company to advance initiatives
• Perform periodic site visits and attend client meetings as required
• Perform project management duties
• Attend and lead client meetings including development of meeting minutes
• Lead the implementation of quality control and quality assurance on projects
• Build relationships with existing and new clients
• Participate in projects pursuits / opportunities including positioning, team building, proposal writing, interviewing and contract negotiation
• Mentor and train architecture, architecture, and urban design staff
• Actively participate in initiatives to grow the team as required through hiring

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture or Landscape Architecture; required
  • Master’s degree; preferred
• Professional Licensure in CA or the ability to obtain via reciprocity within 6 months; required
• 8-15 years+ of experience in architecture and/or landscape architecture; required
• Proven ability to design, implement and manage both small- and large-scale projects and studies
• Proven ability to think at multiple scales, is strong at problem definition and project scoping
• Experienced in institutional and civic architecture, landscape, and urban design
• Appreciation for natural systems, understanding infrastructure, and can develop built form (structures, landscapes, parks)
• Entrepreneurial spirit, a motivated self-starter to grow the practice; energized to be social and client facing; successfully pursuing strategic contracts
• Collaborative team player that can effectively work between disciplines to achieve multi-disciplinary work
• Appreciation for life-long learning and sharing knowledge and teaching others
• Appreciation for the conjunction of infrastructure and place
• Strong understanding and commitment to quality
• Process awareness with an eye toward creativity and innovation
• Understanding the cultural continuum including historical context for the purpose of building for now and into the future
• Ability to approach emerging technologies and its transformative aspects including ability to incorporate innovation into projects and the design process

Base salary range:

$155,000 to $185,000 based on years of experience, level of education obtained, professional registration, and meeting required qualification in job description.

Working conditions:

Sedentary for prolonged period of time, interact with clients, and travel occasionally.