Sustainable Design Architect | Lead & Innovate Projects

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM); San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is seeking design leaders in San Francisco to drive interdisciplinary architectural projects worldwide from our office. We emphasize sustainability, quality, and collaboration across disciplines to shape transformative environments.

The role requires a professional architecture degree, 4+ years of experience, strong communication, and proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, and related tools. Portfolios are required with application.

Qualifications

• Completion of a professional degree in Architecture or a related field.
• Minimum 4 years of professional experience or equivalent knowledge, skills and abilities.
• Professional licensure process is close to completion; LEED accreditation preferred.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrates 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. Is 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

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Education

Professional degree in Architecture

Tools

Revit

AutoCAD

Rhino

Parametric design

Rendering software

Adobe Suite

Google Workspace

Job description

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is seeking design leaders in San Francisco to drive interdisciplinary architectural projects worldwide from our office. We emphasize sustainability, quality, and collaboration across disciplines to shape transformative environments.

The role requires a professional architecture degree, 4+ years of experience, strong communication, and proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, and related tools. Portfolios are required with application.