Senior Campus Architect & Project Lead

University of Missouri - Columbia; Columbia Township (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Missouri - Columbia’s Planning, Design, and Construction team seeks an experienced architect to deliver professional architectural services, supervise design staff, and guide construction document development for campus projects in Columbia, MO. You will collaborate across departments, apply campus standards, and manage costs, schedules, and quality across multi-project initiatives.

Responsibilities include coordinating design criteria, preparing drawings and specifications,

Qualifications

• Professional architectural services and supervision.
• Evaluation of client needs and priorities for construction documents.
• Advising on schedule, cost, and project requirements.
• Proficiency with building codes and standards.

Responsibilities

• Confer with department representatives to determine and coordinate design criteria for completion of design drawings; advise with regard to feasibility.
• Assist departments in evaluation of needs, identification of priorities, and development of construction documents required for project implementations.
• Provide information to departmental representatives concerning needed changes in cost, schedule, and project requirements.
• Plan, assign, and manage activities of professional staff, provide assistance and instruction, assure accuracy and completeness, and code compliance; monitor design staff progress; with respect to adherence to schedules, hours, expended time on projects, and quality of over-all product.
• Prepare, review and seal project specifications and construction documents required for all types of building construction.
• Prepare architectural analysis of project including preliminary design, calculation, life cycle cost.
• Advise clients on the project scope, schedule, and budgetary constraints; understand interrelationship between these project components and how they affect project viability.
• Exhibit understanding and ability to recommend construction/project costs and durations.
• Exhibit proficiency with building codes, national standards, and guidelines as identified by the University System related to new construction and renovation of facilities.
• Collaborate with other Campus Facility and University stakeholders; understand and apply campus standards for building systems and components.
• Prepare drawings required for all types of building construction, including required study on fire, structural and handicapped codes.
• Exhibit proficiency with Auto Desk AutoCAD software.
• Develop preliminary estimates on projects.
• Manage bid process.
• Manage and perform contract administration tasks [such as field observations, submittal review, prepare responses to questions, supplemental instruction, etc.]
• Manage departmental staff time and project related costs including monthly invoicing procedures.
• Attend pre-project scope meetings and develop preliminary cost opinions and schedules.

Skills

AutoCAD

Project management

Building codes

Feasibility analysis

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

The University of Missouri - Columbia’s Planning, Design, and Construction team seeks an experienced architect to deliver professional architectural services, supervise design staff, and guide construction document development for campus projects in Columbia, MO. You will collaborate across departments, apply campus standards, and manage costs, schedules, and quality across multi-project initiatives.

Responsibilities include coordinating design criteria, preparing drawings and specifications,