Project Architect

Flad Architects; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Generous paid time off and holidays

Retirement savings plan

Hybrid work environment

Professional development funds and lic

Job summary

Flad Architects in San Diego is seeking an experienced Project Architect to lead multidisciplinary teams, ensuring design intent and on-budget delivery. You will coordinate with the Project Manager, mentor staff, and maintain strong client relationships through clear communication.

The role emphasizes Revit proficiency, architectural leadership, and delivering design-sensitive projects on schedule. A professional degree and registration are required, with a hybrid work environment offered.

Qualifications

• Minimum of ten years of architectural experience with at least five years in Project Architect role on large-scale projects leading multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience with Flad's market segments preferred.
• Excellent presentation, written, verbal, and graphics communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead project team members and consultants from inception to completion.
• Partner with Project Manager to mentor team and manage client relationships.
• Ensure client vision and design requirements are implemented through documentation and construction.
• Improve technical planning and execution of project documents and conduct lessons learned.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Project management

Communication

Revit

AutoCAD

Education

Professional degree in architecture

Tools

Revit

AutoCAD

Job description

Overview

If you enjoy solving complex challenges in a collaborative environment that celebrates each person’s ideas, experience, and creativity, this might be the opportunity for you. Flad is a national architectural firm, with ten offices across the country. With expertise in the Science & Technology, Higher Education, and Developer markets, our Flad San Diego team of creative, intelligent, energetic people help our clients tackle the issues that change people’s lives.

How will your days be spent

• Responsible for leadership, management, and coordination of project team members and consultants from project inception through completion.
• Work with the Project Manager to lead and mentor team members and consultants while representing the firm to the client. Manage project consultant coordination and relationships.
• Ensure the client’s vision, goals, and objectives are understood by all team members and consultants. Implement design requirements through documentation and construction, maintaining design intent and integration of specific pieces of the project.
• Gain increased responsibility for the technical planning and execution of project documents, including the quality, organization, and content. Assist project leadership with team debriefings and communicate lessons learned.
• Deliver design-sensitive projects on schedule and within budgetwhile making authoritative decisions and recommendations of significant impact related to the project.
• May be responsible for participating in and leading client presentations. Participate in and conduct internal project team meetings and begin to lead technical and consultant meetings.

What you bring to this role

Experience:

• Minimum of ten years of architectural experience, with at least five years of recent Project Architect experience on relevant, large-scale projects leading multi-disciplinary teams required.
• Experience with one of Flad's market segmentspreferred.
• Excellent presentation, written, verbal, and graphics communication skills essential.

Software:

• Revit proficiency required.
• Previous experience with AutoCAD preferred.

Education:

• Professional degree in architecture required.
• Professional registration required.
• Sustainability accreditation preferred.

Flad offers a wide range of benefits, including:

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Generous paid time off and paid holidays
• Financial health and wellness benefits - retirement savings plan; fiduciary advisor; identity theft plan; Section 125 flexible benefits, including mass transit and parking; income protection – life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability; Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Continuing education and career development – internal programs; funds set aside for external programs, licensure and sustainability support, annual professional registration and organization reimbursement
• Hybrid work environment

Annual base salary range is currently: $100,000 - $140,000. Actual starting salary will be within that range, and is dependent upon job-related education, knowledge, and experience.

Flad Architects is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Flad will provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a position, please contact Human Resources at 608-238-2661 or email us at [e-mail].