At Corgan we are passionate about great design. We are also passionate about great people, whether they’re clients, consultants, or co-workers. Corgan creates opportunities for personal and professional growth that bring out the best in ourselves and those around us by sharpening skills, leveraging technology, and encouraging communication. Our strength lies in our people, and those people consistently exceed expectations.
We are actively recruiting experienced, registered Architectural Project Managers to join the firm in our Dallas office location as part of our Data Centers market sector. This dynamic individual will add depth to our Data Centers Architecture Practice. Focusing on Data Center design, our practice relies on a specialized group of architects who understand the critical systems that support Data Centers to the degree that they can carry productive conversations with engineers regarding value, viability, reliability and appropriateness of engineering systems, and manage the entire design team and process from a very strong technical base.
Are you ready to join a team that works with the world’s largest and most innovative clients across the world? Our Data Centers team’s dominance in the industry speaks for itself from intricate designs joining downtown infrastructures to meeting the evolving needs of our clients for the world’s most critical infrastructure.
Responsibilities include:
Develop competitive fee structures reflecting defined scope of services for project pursuits
Establish and manage project schedules
Oversee the completion of projects on time and within fee budget
Anticipate, understand and manage client expectations
Provide leadership to staff by identifying project studio team members’ roles and responsibilities, leveraging their strengths, providing stretch opportunities, and offering mentorship
Lead and encourage open dialogue with project team regarding design and technical ideation and facilitate appropriate solutions
Motivate the project team to meet project goals through encouragement and/or course correction
Oversee administration of construction phase procedures and documentation (shop drawings/submittals, requests for information, and addenda/clarifications)
Oversee development and presentation of appropriate technical solutions to project stakeholders
Drive the coordination of internal staff, external consultants and other stakeholders to achieve a cohesive and collaborative project team.
Attend and conduct presentations
Actively explore and recognize new business opportunities through professional networks
Drive each project team to seek innovation in design solutions in an ongoing spirit of curiosity, continuous improvement, and increased project performance
Develop effective project directives, outlines, projections, schedules, and strategies over the course of the project
Oversee development and communication of appropriate project phasing
Manage all facets of project production resulting in a thorough set of documents
Identify solutions and effectively resolve technical challenges
Understand and apply appropriate industry standards and construction practices
Oversees, and is responsible for, the identification, understanding and documentation of regulatory agencies’ requirements, as well as recognizing and resolving code-related design issues
Oversee quality assurance processes and quality control of project documents
Demonstrate, share, and appropriately apply, new methodologies, practices, codes, and products
Maintain awareness of, and appropriately apply, new methodologies, practices, codes, and products
Attend and conduct presentations
Manage client relations
Provide leadership to staff
Qualified candidates already exhibit these strengths and talents:
Professional, NAAB accredited degree in Architecture or equivalent is required
12+ years of experience in commercial architecture
Data Center experience or experience managing large teams on large-scale projects required
Professional registration
High commitment to QA/QC
Thorough understanding of how a drawing set goes together
Acumen for how things are built and constructibility, and the ability to apply that knowledge to support the project design and budget
Experience managing a variety of consultants and contractors
Interest in sustainable design
Proficiency or experience with managing overall project fees and schedules
Demonstrated experience coordinating and leading project teams and ability to collaborate in a diverse project team environment
Exhibit strong marketing and client relations experience and capabilities
Display strengths in master planning, conceptual design, and technical excellence
Strong and effective organizational and communication skills
Confident presentation ability
Revit proficiency strongly preferred; experience with other 3D software is a plus
Efficient with coordinating project deliverables and client expectations
Experience preparing all stages of design documentation, performing construction administration, and consultant coordination are required
Strong attention to detail and analytical skills
Flexible attitude and ability to juggle multiple priorities is essential
At Corgan, a leading global architecture and interior design firm, we are passionate about great design. We are also passionate about great people, whether they’re clients, consultants, or coworkers. Corgan creates opportunities for personal and professional growth that bring out the best in ourselves and those around us by sharpening skills, leveraging technology, and encouraging communication. Our strength lies in our people, and those people consistently exceed expectations.
