Senior Architectural Project Manager

NL Design LLC; Delray Beach (FL); On-site; USD 76,000 - 110,000; Part time

Job summary

NL Design LLC is seeking an experienced Senior Architectural Project Manager to independently oversee projects from initial planning to construction documents and closeout. The role requires hands-on production in Revit and AutoCAD, with active coordination of consultants and client communications.

Office visits in Delray Beach are required; travel within South Florida for site visits is expected. This consulting opportunity offers flexible project-based work and a 1099 engagement rather than a

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in architectural design and project management.
• Hands-on proficiency with Autodesk Revit and AutoCAD, producing and revising construction documents.
• Strong coordination with consultants and multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Independently organize, coordinate, and manage multiple architectural projects from design through closeout.
• Personally produce, revise, and coordinate drawings and construction documents.
• Coordinate with consultants and authorities having jurisdiction for permitting and reviews.
• Lead project information management, budgets, scope, schedules, and client communications.

Skills

Project management

Multi-project coordination

Client communication

Site coordination

Architectural production

Education

Architecture degree

Tools

Revit

AutoCAD

Bluebeam Revu

Job description

Compensation: $55–$80 per hour, based on experience and qualifications

Engagement: Flexible, project-based contract opportunity — independent consultant (1099)

Location: South Florida — required site visits and occasional coordination at our Delray Beach office

Website: https://nldesignllc.com/

Application contact: [e-mail]

Office: 416 SE 5th Street, Delray Beach, FL 33483

About NL Design LLC

We are an architectural design firm based in Delray Beach, Florida, providing architectural, interior design, and planning services throughout South Florida. Our residential, commercial, and hospitality projects include multifamily developments, townhouses, restaurants, retail spaces, condominium/HOA amenities, renovations, and façade alterations.

Position Overview

We seek an experienced, hands‑on Senior Architectural Project Manager who can independently manage projects, personally produce architectural construction documents, and lead engineering consultant coordination.

Role Description

The Senior Architectural Project Manager will oversee assigned architectural projects from initial planning and design through construction documents, permitting, construction administration, and project closeout.

This is a flexible, project-based consulting opportunity, not a guaranteed 40-hour-per-week position. The successful candidate must be available for project-related site visits throughout South Florida and occasional coordination at our Delray Beach office. This is not a remote-only opportunity.

Key Responsibilities

Project Management

• Independently organize, coordinate, and manage multiple architectural projects, from initial planning and design through design development, permitting, construction documentation, construction administration, and project closeout (including schedules, status reports,deliverables, milestones, time records, technical coordination, and client communication).


• Organize project information; track progress, agreed budgets, and scope; identify project risks, schedule concerns, scope changes, and potential additional services.


• Coordinate with the principal architect, firm leadership, clients, contractors, consultants, and internal teams; communicate issues requiring decisions.


• Manage permitting submissions, plan-review comments, revisions, and responses to South Florida authorities having jurisdiction.


• Maintain quality, efficiency, accurate project documentation, and timely delivery across multiple priorities.

Hands-On Production

• Personally prepare, develop, revise,review, and coordinate architectural drawings and plans, elevations, sections, details, schedules, andconstruction documents using Autodesk Revit and AutoCAD.


• Develop floor plans, reflected ceiling plans, elevations, building sections, wall sections, architectural details, schedules, specifications, and other required documentation.


• Prepare and coordinate drawing packages for design development, permitting, bidding, and construction.


• Resolve architectural detailing and constructability issues; review existing conditions and incorporate field information into project documents.


• Maintain drawing accuracy, consistency, and interdisciplinary coordination across phases; perform technical quality-control reviews while remaining directly involved in production.


• Use Bluebeam Revu and other project-documentation tools for review, markup, and drawing coordination.


• Lead and coordinatestructural, civil,mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, and other specialty consultants.


• Establish and communicate drawing-coordination requirements, milestones, and deliverable expectations.


• Review consultant drawings for consistency with architectural design, specifications, and project requirements.


• Identify and resolve interdisciplinary conflicts involving layouts, dimensions, equipment, ceiling systems, structural elements, building systems, and architectural details.


• Track outstanding consultant information, coordination issues, required revisions, and action items; facilitate coordination meetings and follow up.


• Integrate consultant information into coordinated permit and construction document packages.


• Coordinate consultant responses to permitting comments, RFIs, submittals, and construction-related questions.

Permitting and Construction Administration

• Apply working knowledge of theFlorida Building Code, applicable accessibility requirements, local jurisdictional regulations, and South Florida permitting procedures.


• Coordinate and manage permit documentation, submissions, plan-review comments, revisions, and responses to authorities having jurisdiction.


• Coordinate construction administration activities, including RFIs, shop drawings,submittals, field observations, and project documentation, within the consulting engagement.


• Conduct required project site visits throughout South Florida and occasional in-person coordination at the Delray Beach office.


• Assist with construction-phase design and coordination issues; document field observations and communicate findings to the principal architect.

This is not a management-only position. Substantial hands‑on architectural production is required.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in architectural design, technical production, project management, or a combination of these disciplines; demonstrated capability across all three essential functions is required.


• Advanced, current hands‑on proficiency in both Autodesk Revit and AutoCAD, including personally producing and revising architectural construction documents—not solely supervising others.


• Working proficiency in Bluebeam Revu for drawing review, markup, and coordination.


• Strong knowledge of architectural construction documents, detailing, specifications, and multidisciplinary coordination.


• Demonstrated experience independently managing architectural projects, coordinating multiple project participants, and handling competing deadlines.


• Experience leading structural, MEP, fire protection, civil, and other design-consultant coordination.


• Working knowledge of the Florida Building Code, applicable accessibility requirements, and South Florida permitting procedures.


• Experience coordinating projects through design, permitting, construction administration, and project closeout.


• Ability to identify scope changes, risks, and potential additional services; maintain project status reports, schedules, and accurate time records.


• Strong organizational, problem-solving, communication, client‑facing, and document‑management skills.


• Ability to independently manage project priorities and communicate effectively with clients, consultants, contractors, and internal teams.


• Availability to attend required project site visits throughout South Florida.

Preferred Qualifications

• 15 or more years of relevant architectural experience.


• Degree in Architecture or a related field.


• Florida Registered Architect designation, although professional registration is not required for this position.


• Previous project experience in South Florida jurisdictions, such as Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami‑Dade counties, and familiarity with local municipalities, permitting portals, and building departments.


• Experience with multifamily residential, restaurant, retail, hospitality, condominium/HOA amenity, and existing‑building renovation projects and façade alterations.


• Experience managing several projects simultaneously in a small architectural practice.


• Demonstrated experience independently coordinating complex consultant drawing packages.

Professional Licensure

Professional services requiring architectural licensure, including signing and sealing documents, will remain under the legally responsible control of an appropriately licensed Florida architect. This position does not authorize an unlicensed individual to independently practice architecture.

Compensation and Work Arrangement

Hourly compensation:The anticipated compensation range is $55–$80 per hour, commensurate with experience, qualifications, technical proficiency, demonstrated project management capabilities, and assigned responsibilities.

Engagement:Work will be assigned on a flexible, project‑by‑project basis. This opportunity is intended as an independent consulting arrangement (1099), subject to applicable worker‑classification requirements and the actual terms of the engagement.

Hours:Assigned according to project needs and agreed deliverables; no guaranteed minimum hours.

Location: Delray Beach, Florida; required project‑related site visits throughout South Florida and occasional coordination at the Delray Beach office. This is not a remote‑only position.

Billing:Authorized project services performed during site visits are compensable; travel time is nonbillable under the proposed arrangement, subject to applicable law.

NL Design LLC welcomes applications from experienced professionals who can lead architectural projects while personally contributing to their technical execution.