Senior Architect: Innovation, Sustainability & Leadership

Facade Today; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellness

401K matching

Hybrid schedule

License reimbursement

Job summary

SOM is seeking a licensed Architect to lead portions of architectural projects, coordinating with clients and consultants. The role emphasizes design excellence, technical proficiency, and effective communication across teams to deliver high-quality diagrams, models, and drawings.

Qualified candidates have a professional architecture degree, 4+ years’ experience, and LEED interest. Proficiency in Revit/AutoCAD/Rhino and Google Workspace is expected.

Qualifications

• Completion of a professional degree in Architecture or a related field.
• Minimum 4 years of professional experience or equivalent knowledge, skills and abilities.
• Licensed Architect; LEED accreditation preferred.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, parametric and rendering software, and Adobe Suite.
• Proficiency in Google Workspace.

Responsibilities

• Actively leads distinct portions of a project with periodic supervision by Project Leadership.
• Exhibits initiative, process innovation, problem solving, and decision quality with a high attention to precision and accuracy at an overall project level.
• Produces, coordinates and/or oversees presentation and contract deliverables such as diagrams, 3D models, drawings, renderings, physical models and animations.
• Effectively communicates internally with project teams and externally with consultants and clients through timely and appropriate written, oral, and visual means.
• Creates and innovates with a strong conceptual design ability. Integrates interdisciplinary criteria to effectively move forward the design of distinct portions of projects.
• Actively collaborates at a project, consultant team, and client team level by critically and constructively evaluating ideas. Contributes to and actively participates within the studio and office.
• Demonstrates an intermediate understanding of building materials, systems, specifications, codes, details and construction techniques.
• Able to enrich design concepts through technical strategies. Identifies and effectively uses appropriate tools to design and document at all project phases.
• Manages time and workload of own work efforts and those of others to meet project task deadlines and commitments, with occasional interaction and direction from Project Leadership.
• Guides and teaches less experienced staff.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Team collaboration

Leadership

Education

Professional degree in Architecture

Minimum 4 years of professional experience

Tools

Revit

AutoCAD

Rhino

Rendering software

Adobe Suite

Google Workspace

Job description

SOM is seeking a licensed Architect to lead portions of architectural projects, coordinating with clients and consultants. The role emphasizes design excellence, technical proficiency, and effective communication across teams to deliver high-quality diagrams, models, and drawings.

Qualified candidates have a professional architecture degree, 4+ years’ experience, and LEED interest. Proficiency in Revit/AutoCAD/Rhino and Google Workspace is expected.