Senior Architect - San Francisco Studio

Svn Ap; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Hybrid work model

Job summary

SvN Architects + Planners in San Francisco seeks a senior architect with 10+ years, strong Revit skills, and experience in multi-residential and mixed-use design to lead a small team in a hybrid setting.

The role emphasizes Transit Oriented Development, coordinating with internal and external stakeholders, mentoring junior staff, and delivering innovative, high-rise projects with rigorous technical resolution. Excellent design and communication abilities are essential.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in architecture.
• Experience leading early design phases for mixed-use projects.
• Strong technical understanding of building construction, including high-rise structures.
• Asset: experience in infrastructure or public projects.
• Asset: experience in multiple typologies.
• Exceptional design, communication, organization and interpersonal skills.
• Strong project management skills.
• Experience in Revit.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of architects and planners.
• Deliver an innovative development concept integrated with transit.
• Coordinate with internal and external counterparts and stakeholders.
• Mentor and develop junior team members.

Skills

Revit

Leadership

Project management

Design leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Architecture

Tools

AutoCAD

Rhino

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Position Summary

SvN Architects + Planners is looking for Revit-capable Senior Architects with experience in multi-residential and/or mixed-use design for a number of unique interdisciplinary projects. This position is both design and technically focused, requiring an individual who can synthesize strong design intent with technical resolution.

SvN is a multidisciplinary, regenerative design practice comprising a diverse team of architects, urban planners, urban designers and landscape architects. Since our inception over 40 years ago, we continue to shape the built environment in regions, cities, and towns across North America and worldwide for the betterment of people and planet.

SvN currently operates in studios in Toronto, Vancouver, and Mexico City, and has a newly established practice in San Francisco. SvN is part of the 10N collective of urbanism, architecture, and design experts brought together by Egis Group.

The anticipated focus of this role over the next year horizon is Transit Oriented Development Design. In this role, the mission would be to lead a small team of architects and planners in delivering an innovative development concept, integrated with rapid transit, successfully coordinate with internal and external counterparts and stakeholders, and contribute to project framework development. As a senior team member, part of the role would be managing and mentoring younger team members.

We are seeking a self-motivated individual who can work independently in a hybrid setting while collaborating effectively with a Vancouver-based team. Critical thinking is at the core of our approach to design. We encourage design input at all levels and are looking for candidates who will invest in projects with the same passion that we bring to our work.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience;
• Experience in leading early phases of design for mixed-use projects;
• Solid technical understanding of building construction including experience in high-rise mixed-use buildings;
• Experience in infrastructure or public projects an asset;
• Experience in multiple typologies an asset;
• Exceptional design, communication, organization and interpersonal skills;
• Strong project management skills;
• Experience in Revit.

Competencies:

• Listen First – Listen without dogma to the project team to understand: project context, clients, design ambitions, budget, etc.;
• Think Critically;
• Be Human - Respect is universal. We are thoughtful at all times. We are all connected;
• Finish Strong - The last minute is as important as the first;
• Exceptional design skills – generating creative and innovative solutions to problems;
• Excellent leadership and organizational skills including planning, organizing, and scheduling in an efficient, productive manner with a focus on key priorities;
• Attention to detail;
• Enthusiastic and passionate about the work;
• Effective communicator: articulate and patient.

Why Choose SvN?

SvN is one of Canada’s premier integrated design firms with a multidisciplinary team of architects, planners, urban designers and landscape architects engaged with the dynamic social, economic and environmental forces that define and govern where we live and work. We provide solutions focused on the urgent transition of the built environment into an equitable and low carbon world.

We are committed to engaging with projects that put people, the planet and local economies at the forefront of design. We believe the multiple crises we face today are fundamentally design challenges. We are unique in providing design-intensive services and believe that ideas and expertise together with optimism and generosity can help make a better world.

SvN offers a competitive salary and benefits package; more details can be provided to applicants.