Senior Project Architect

EwingCole, Inc.; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with company match

Flexible/hybrid work options

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

EwingCole in Irvine seeks a Senior Project Architect to lead delivery across schematic through construction, ensuring design intent, technical quality, and regulatory compliance. You will coordinate teams, direct work, and produce documentation for large, complex projects with a focus on client satisfaction and advancing company standards.

The role requires a Bachelor/Master in architecture, registration in at least one state, 15+ years of experience, and a sustainability credential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Architecture is required; Master of Architecture preferred.
• Registered Architect in at least one state or eligible for registration in other states.
• 15+ years of relevant experience.
• Sustainability credential strongly encouraged.
• Experience with leading project architecture across large complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead project delivery across all design phases from schematic design to construction administration.
• Coordinate and oversee project teams to deliver documentation that meets design intent and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure compliance with codes and accessibility standards; promote quality and firm standards.
• Apply building technology and materials knowledge to project design and documentation.
• Manage construction administration, budgets, and client communications.

Skills

Documentation

Building Technology

Project Delivery

Codes & Accessibility

Quality Standards

Sustainability

Material Research

Construction Administration

Cost Consciousness

Specification Writing

Profitability

Planning

Representational Skills

Site Planning

Programming

Presenting Narratives

Design Generation

Education

Bachelor of Architecture

Master of Architecture (preferred)

Registered Architect

Job description

Description

EwingCole is a nationally recognized architecture, engineering, interior design and planning firm with offices across the country. Our multi-disciplinary practice is built on the core values of professional excellence, design quality and collaboration. We are seeking a Senior Project Architect to join our Irvine office.

As part of the architecture discipline, the Senior Project Architect leads project delivery across all phases of design, from schematic design through construction administration, ensuring design intent, technical quality, and regulatory compliance are maintained. This person has the ability to coordinate and oversee project teams, organizing and directing work to deliver high-quality specifications and documentation for large complex projects. The Senior Project Architect has a unique talent and ability to integrate technical requirements into documentation through graphics and modeling in order to communicate the design intent to builders and lead the project through construction by addressing issues that arise. The ability to provide a high level of client satisfaction and to contribute to the advancement of company standards and best practices is valued for this role.

Essential Functions:

This role provides expert leadership in:

• Documentation: Guiding the modeling and drawings used to accurately deliver projects
• Building Technology: Applying an understanding of construction methods to building design
• Project Delivery: Progressing project work from schematic design through construction documentation, ensuring design intent and technical quality are maintained
• Codes & Accessibility: Ensuring project designs and construction documents fully comply with applicable codes and accessibility standards
• Quality Standards: Promoting project quality through adherence to and the ongoing improvement of the company standards
• Sustainability: Conceiving projects with rigor to resolve human and environmental health impacts and meet sustainability goals
• Material Research: Selecting quality materials and identifying appropriate applications that consider the lifecycle of the products
• Construction Administration: Managing the construction phase through responsive coordination with the builder to maintain design intent and contractual requirements
• Cost Consciousness: Analyzing construction cost estimates for alignment of design intent and approved budgets and develops alternatives for controlling project costs
• Specification Writing: Defining the design intent for material qualitative requirements and performance standards to ensure contractually enforceable and accurate representation of the design

Demonstrates advanced skills in:

• Profitability: Effectively managing fees, resources, and the project delivery schedule to ensure the financial health of a project
• Planning: Developing effective spatial configuration options through analysis of adjacencies, phasing and expansion

Exhibits proficient ability in:

• Representational Skills: Guiding the visualization of design concepts
• Site Planning: Addressing project, sustainability, and regulatory requirements in the development of sites
• Programming: Progressing exploratory discussions to capture and align quantitative and functional requirements with aspirational and experiential goals
• Presenting Narratives: Conveying design vision through engaging and informative presentations to project stakeholders

Shows foundational capability in:

• Design Generation: Initiating the design approach to distinctive solutions which consider the totality of a project

EwingCole is a collaborative workplace that strives to recognize, and best align, the unique strengths of employees with project needs. At times, project responsibilities may require work outside the specific scope of a job description. Employees are expected to apply their skills where needed to support project success and client outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Architecture required, Master of Architecture preferred
• Registered Architect in at least one state with suitable credentials for registration in other states
• 15+ years of relevant experience
• Sustainability credential strongly encouraged
• Excels in the guidelines of preceding roles including Project Architect

Benefits of Working at EwingCole

Generous paid time off, 401(k) plan with company match, tuition reimbursement, flexible/hybrid work options, paid parental leave, excellent insurance offerings including medical, dental, vision, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, identity protection and more.

EwingCole will not be accepting outside recruitment assistance on this position including from agencies with a written agreement in place. Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits a resume to EwingCole does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of EwingCole. EwingCole will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity.

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