Senior Project Architect
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Job Description
At Ballinger we are passionate about complex challenges and realworld problem solving. Design challenges come in all shapes and sizes and the ones we prefer test us as design professionals. We seek out complex projects with big impact because they require us to ask tough questions synthesize data and push past the boundaries of existing answers into the realm of innovative solutions. Ballinger team members thrive on those challenges because our clients do too: our work for them enables their ambitious endeavors in science and medicine research and government manufacturing and technology. Ballinger welcomes ambition with career development mentorship and leadership opportunities. Here ideas will always be more important than hierarchy because they result in buildings as transformative as the missions they serve.
Position Summary
Ballinger is seeking a Senior Project Architect who will beresponsible forleading and overseeing the design and implementation of architectural projects for various types of buildings within higher education healthcare laboratory or corporate spaces. Responsibilities also include coordination of the work team and consultation with clients and stakeholders.
Your focus as a Senior Project Architect will involve leading projects of varying sizes in a collaborative atmosphere partnering with Senior Project Designers and Principals. In addition to significant client involvement we expect you will have regular professional interaction with our healthcare corporate science and academic teams and provide employee mentoring to less experienced staff. You will be included in responsibilities and tasks that support an understanding of studio leadership at Ballinger. We believe our firm can provide you with an established and proven foundation to further develop and advance your career with diverse growth potential.
Responsibilities:
- Lead team 3D renderings
- Generate redlines in a documentation set
- Accountability for budget adherence
- Act as a teamwide mentor and actively share knowledge
- Advise on firm standards (RUG / Technical / Templates / Specs)
- Engage in internal project leadership (lead a component or discipline within a project team)
- Engage in external project leadership (lead project with client and contractor)
- Present and provide day to day support to client and external project team
- Perform ongoing studies for process improvement
- Build on industry network potentially through trade organizations local events speaking or conferences where applicable
- Assignments may include working with a team through programming conceptual design schematic design design development space planning construction documentation and construction administration activities with the expectation of gradual independence and demonstrated leadership in these areas.
- Conduct designrelated research
- Work with external consultants product reps and fabricators
- Interface and coordinate with other disciplines
- Mentor team members with less experience
- Develop knowledge of Ballingers project types (health care academic/lab/research corporate/workspace) through on the job experience repetition and scalability of tasks and responsibilities
- Participate in construction administration related activities as applicable to the level of responsibility by project
- Travel as project requirements dictate for surveys and field/site visits during construction
Technical Skills:
- Ability to provide direction within a large team
- Develop design or technical solutions with the Project Manager and Principal
- Lead large scale or multiple projects develop work plans and project strategies with the Project Manager
- Selfstarter able to independently generate design solutions and give direction to other team members
- Interfaces and leads all disciplines during the design/coordination phases
- High level of responsiveness and collaboration with contractors and clients
- Demonstration of targeted expertise with a key role in the firm
- Demonstration of superior technical skills dedication and ownership of work
- Proficiency in one of the following: Revit AutoCAD SketchUp Enscape or other modeling software applications
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite applications (Photoshop Illustrator InDesign)
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite applications
- Graphics and visualization skills to effectively communicate design ideas
- Attention to detail
- Strong knowledge of furniture finishes materials color selections and specifications
- Graphics and visualization skills to effectively communicate design ideas
- Strong written and verbal communication problem solving and time management skills
- Exercise independent judgement
Requirements:
- BS or BA degree in Architecture or equivalent (or knowledge gained over years of work experience)
- 15 years of design experience preferred
- Superb production analytical and communication skills and be able to perform well in a design environment.
- Bachelor or Master of Architecture
- Registered Architect (RA)
- Highly versed with preparing full sets of design documents using Revit Bluebeam
It is the policy of Ballinger to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race (including hairstyle/texture) religion color citizenship national origin sex pregnancy age marital status sexual orientation gender identity or expression disability genetic information veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Ballinger prohibits any such discrimination or harassment. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace for all.
About Us:
Ballinger is one of the oldest continuously practicing architecture and engineering firm in the United States. Founded in l878. We make places for people who make the future. Healers and learners makers and innovators: they are the people who inspire us because their work changes lives for the better. For them a building must be both functional and exceptional an environment that empowers those who experience it. We believe that a building designed and engineered with insight and intelligence becomes a catalyst for todays transformative endeavors and an enabler of tomorrows promising futures.
What We Offer:
We believe that people are our greatest asset and the precision expertise and collaboration that we bring to our projects sets us apart from the competition and enables us to make an impact on our world and community. We offer a Comprehensive Benefits Package including Medical Dental Prescription Wellness FSA/HSA Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Short and LongTerm Disability Programs Tuition Reimbursement Paid Parental Leave 401(k) Plan with company contribution Commuter Benefits Paid Holidays and Personal Time Off (PTO) Community Volunteer Events and fresh fruit and yogurt provided every morning in the office.
Location:
This role is based in our Philadelphia PA headquarters with 3 days per week onsite and a flexible hybrid work schedule.
Interested candidates are encouraged to apply to the careers section of our website at Join: www.Ballinger
We are currently not accepting resumes from recruiters or agencies.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
