We are currently seeking an experienced Licensed Architect to join our Russellville, Arkansas team. The ideal person for this position will have 5+ years’ experience with the design of multiple building types including commercial, municipal, and education projects. This opening is in-office, full time (not remote). Please send resumes to careers@htwassociates.com.
As an Architect, you are responsible for exercising independent judgment in evaluation, selection, and use of standard processes and principles.
Leadership
- Capable of running a project from concept to closeout.
- Leads team in planning work and developing solutions to technical and design detail problems.
- Responsible for establishing, maintaining and adherence to project budget and schedule.
- Supervises and assists in preparation of technical drawings.
- Prepares client presentations and presents design concepts and drawings.
- Ensures that construction detail documentation conforms to QA/QC and best practice standards.
- Mentors and directs the work of less experienced staff.
- Assures the overall strategy for producing documents and organizing data will be followed. This includes incorporating elements in a Building Information Model (BIM) or other 3D models.
- Assures document standards are met and archives documents appropriately.
Client Interface
- Analyzes and develops approaches to the creation and modification of architectural documents, elevations, sections, details, specifications, etc. ensuring the incorporation of design intent.
- Responsible for technical resolution and coordination of a project.
- Develops solutions to design problems.
- Corrects and updates, making minor adaptations and modifications, to complete working design documents.
- Attends on-site visits, field reviews and project meetings and documents appropriately. Prepares, coordinates, and reviews the schedules, submission of shop drawings and samples.
- Responsible for communication with other disciplines, vendors, and contractors to ensure incorporation of all information into project requirements and provide support as necessary.
- Performs product research; assists project designers with material selection and system research.
- Coordinates with project managers, clients, public agencies, consultants, and contractors to incorporate engineering systems, respond to requests for information, clarifications, and modifications, and obtain approvals, negotiations and adjusting scope of services.
- Writes reports and memos to consultants and vendors to issue changes and track resolutions.
- Reviews completed reports, plans, estimates and calculations for coordination.
- Participates in team meetings to help resolve project issues, coordination with other disciplines, schedule adherence, and technical issues.
- Participates in project reviews regarding project costs, budgets, and adherence to schedule.
- Communicates in a clear, concise, and professional manner at all times, both verbally and in writing.
- Applies proper QA/QC methods throughout project. May lead this effort.
- May assist team in construction administration document management.
- Prepares meeting minutes for consultant coordination meetings.