Registered Architect

Barry-Wehmiller; Oakbrook Terrace (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Barry-Wehmiller's BW Design Group is seeking an Architect RA to join our team of professionals delivering industrial design and architectural services for manufacturing facilities. You will lead design efforts, collaborate with engineers and owners, and ensure compliance from program through construction documents.

The role emphasizes project leadership, code compliance, and the development of facilities for manufacturing plants, distribution centers, and cold storage, with opportunities for

Qualifications

• Specialized knowledge of design in advanced technologies, life science, pharma or food/beverage (preferred).
• Minimum seven years of facilities architectural design experience leading the project through construction documents and site implementation.
• Knowledge of code studies/evaluations for semiconductor facilities or hazardous/classified areas (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Work with engineers, designers, and other professionals to design facilities for industrial manufacturing and distribution operations.
• Develop architectural solutions as part of an integrated project team, defining facility requirements and understanding production flow.
• Lead architectural design for industrial projects (manufacturing plants, distribution centers, cold storage) and coordinate with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Stamp and sign architectural construction documents and conduct site visits as a construction administrator.
• Define facility program requirements based on production processes and space needs.
• Conduct code research for project sites, programs, and proposed uses.
• Create renderings to communicate concepts to clients and develop base plans for other engineering disciplines.
• Develop schematic design including sketches and explore material options or alternative building methods.
• Develop specifications and oversee preparation of plans for permit acquisition and construction.

Skills

Architectural design

Project leadership

Code studies/evaluations

Job description

About Us:

BW Design Group is a fully integrated architecture, engineering, construction, system integration, and consulting firm committed to helping our clients realize their most critical goals from Strategy to Commercialization. As the only firm born from a manufacturing technology company to become an independent and fully integrated firm, we combine deep domain expertise in the manufacturing environment with an approach that is built to serve the dynamic needs of our clients. Rooted in our distinct culture of Truly Human Leadership, we cultivate the leaders who will define tomorrow and partner with our clients in the food & beverage, life sciences, industrial, and advanced technology industries to build the future of manufacturing and technology.

Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world.

Job Description:

Job Description

Architect R.A.

Who You’ll Work With

You will join one of our 45 offices in the US, be part of a committed team of over 1500 professionals, and work in teams and directly with our clients doing work that is shaping the world around us. You will be welcomed into a rapidly growing business and team and empowered to make an impact. You will be valued, cared for, and challenged on your path to becoming a world-class professional consultant and surrounded by leaders who are committed to creating an environment that enables you to realize your own success and fulfillment.

When you join Design Group as an Architect R.A., you are joining a team that will challenge you and position you for growth. In this role, you will work with a team of industry experts to help the world’s leading companies solve their most difficult problems. You will join our Architecture/Engineering Process Practice and partner with seasoned leaders, technical specialists, and subject matter experts to deliver the highest quality solutions to our clients with consistency and accuracy.

What You’ll Do

You’ll work individually and in teams to support capital projects and implement solutions for our clients. Together, you will help our clients make critical changes to improve their performance and realize their most important goals.

• Work with engineers, designers, and other professional consultants to design facilities for industrial manufacturing and distribution operations
• Develop architectural solutions for customers’ business needs as part of an integrated project team, including helping the owner or project manager define the facility requirements/program, and understanding customers’ production flow and space environmental needs
• Lead architectural design for industrial projects (manufacturing plants, distribution centers, cold storage facilities, warehouses) and work with in-house multi-disciplinary engineering project teams
• Stamp and sign all architectural construction documents
• Conduct project site visits and act as a construction administrator
• Define the industrial facility program requirements based on an understanding of the client’s production process flow and space environmental needs
• Conducts code research specific to the project site, program, and proposed use
• Create renderings that communicate concepts to the client
• Develops the base plan and communicate requirements to other engineering disciplines
• Develop schematic design including sketches
• Research material options or alternative building methods as necessary
• Develop specifications and oversee preparation of plans and related documents for permit acquisition and construction
• Answer RFIs and review submittals and shop drawings throughout the pre-construction and construction phases of the project
• Manage and provide guidance to architectural designers
• Make an impact day-to-day with your skills and expertise, strengthening that relationship with our clients and team

What You’ll Bring

• Specialized knowledge of design in one or more of the following areas: advanced technologies, life science, pharma and food or beverage (preferred)
• A minimum of seven years of facilities architectural design experience with a proven ability to lead the facility design from the programming/concept phase through the production of construction documents, permit acquisition, and site implementation on multi-disciplinary projects
• Prior working knowledge of code studies/evaluations for semi-conductor facilities or hazardous/classified areas (preferred)