Project Architect I - Retail

PROGRESSIVE COMPANIES; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

PROGRESSIVE COMPANIES in Durham, NC seeks an architect to produce models, contract documents, and specs for projects using Revit and AutoCAD. The role emphasizes embedding codes, sustainability, and material standards in documents.

You will coordinate technical design across disciplines, review documents for accuracy, and resolve field issues on site. Path to licensure via AXP/NCARB/LEED BD+C is supported by the firm.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary architectural documents.
• Ability to write and align specifications with drawings.
• Comfort working with internal teams and external consultants.

Responsibilities

• Produce architectural models, contract documents, and specifications for projects.
• Run design and planning analyses to support reports and specs.
• Write project specifications and align drawings with specs.
• Coordinate technical design across disciplines with teams and consultants.
• Review reports, drawings, and calculations for accuracy and completeness.
• Resolve field issues on site and communicate with contractor.
• Maintain client and consultant relationships and update teams on progress.
• Complete AXP and Architectural Registration Exams; NCARB/AIA/LEED BD+C support.
• Mentor junior staff and share lessons learned.

Skills

Project coordination

Client relations

Mentoring

Education

AXP program

Architectural Registration Exams

Tools

Revit

AutoCAD

Job description

In this role, you will:

1. Produce architectural models, contract documents, and technical specifications on assigned projects. Work in Revit and AutoCAD on projects of small to moderate complexity, with building codes, sustainability principles, and material standards built into the documents rather than checked against them at the end.
2. Run the design and planning analysis behind those documents. Perform analyses of design and planning options, occupancy studies, and design layouts, and compile the data that supports the reports and specifications you write.
3. Write project specifications that agree with the drawings. Coordinate the specs and the architectural drawings so the two sets say the same thing, and keep them in step as the design changes.
4. Coordinate the technical design across disciplines. Work with internal teams, engineers, and outside consultants to bring multiple disciplines into one coherent set, and manage document publishing and file transfers so everyone is building from the current documents.
5. Catch problems before the work goes up for senior review. Review project reports, submittals, drawings, estimates, and calculations for technical accuracy and completeness, self-check your own work against internal QA and QC standards, and tell senior staff about design inconsistencies or scope changes while there is still room to react.
6. Resolve field issues on site visits. Work through unforeseen field conditions, code compliance questions, and discrepancies in the construction documents on site, and get answers back to the contractor without stalling the work.
7. Become the person clients and consultants call directly on your projects. Keep project teams current on progress, design changes, and technical requirements, and build the working relationships with clients and consultants that carry into the next project.
8. Complete AXP and the Architectural Registration Exams and get licensed. If you are not licensed yet, finish the path with the firm behind you. NCARB registration, AIA membership, and LEED AP BD+C are supported the same way.
9. Mentor junior staff and pass along what your projects learn. Give technical guidance to less experienced staff as questions come up, and take part in Lessons Learned sessions so the next team does not solve the same problem twice.