Position Summary

The Level 3 — Interior Project Architect/Technical Lead is responsible for ensuring design intent is carried through to the built environment through technical leadership, production management, consultant coordination, and leading construction administration activities. The position works to ensure quality assurance, quality control and compliance with regulations.

The Level 3 — Interior Project Architect/Technical Lead is able to turn design concepts into beautifully detailed and inspired documentation and built environments. The position demonstrates strong communication, collaboration, and leadership skills, ensuring effective meetings, production organization and high-quality teamwork. The position requires advanced technical proficiency, attention to detail, and the ability to anticipate and solve problems independently and creatively.

This position is hybrid: 4 days a week in the Boston, MA office and 1 day remote.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Project Leadership and Communication

• Collaborates with the full project team from programming through construction administration to ensure the design intent is carried through the delivery of the project.
• Ensures proactive, trustworthy, effective and efficient communications between the internal team, the consultant team, and the contractor team.
• Listens to, analyzes, and develops a thorough understanding of client problems in order to develop solutions being mindful of project budget and schedule.
• Advises on project schedule and team, adheres to the schedule as the project progresses, and communicates with the project team as milestones or deadlines are met or change.
• Leads project team members responsible for producing documentation during schematic design, design development, and construction documents.
• Coordinates project execution with consultants, engineers (Structural, MEP, Lighting, AV), general contractors, and subcontractors.
• Leads project team members assisting with Construction Administration or independently completes the tasks e.g. preparing Bulletins, responding to RFIs, punch list activities.

 

Design and Technical Leadership

• Contributes to the development of design concepts for projects of all types and scales; develops design solutions to unforeseen conditions as they arise.
• Uses freehand sketching, computer, and graphic resources to effectively and efficiently analyze and convey design concepts or solutions.
• Provides technical leadership, research and assistance to complete production efforts to meet project design goals.
• Assembles and analyzes resource data including existing condition drawings, code analysis, etc.
• Coordinates with code consultant to ensure compliance with regulatory agencies and applicable regulations, drawing from comprehensive knowledge of applicable codes.
• Determines the feasibility of design alternatives and determines those alternatives most appropriate for project constraints.
• Applies knowledge of alternative construction materials, assemblies, and sustainable technology to the design.

 

Documentation and Quality Control

• Establishes project documentation plan e.g. cartoon set, coordination of office standards, BIM procedures, etc.; manages digital content e.g. BIM, submittals, diagrams, etc.
• Seeks out and uses best available technology and processes to keep project documentation on schedule.
• Holds responsibility for quality control of project work in order to minimize risk for the firm.
• Participates in quality assurance and quality control (QAQC) initiatives and projects within the firm to ensure tools and information are readily available to others.

 

Additional Duties and Responsibilities

• • Supports the work of project leadership, as needed/assigned.
  • Serves as a mentor.
  • Seeks out mentorship and continuing education opportunities for the development of skills and career.
  • Pursues education/training/experience in performance, project, and client management.
  • Contributes to business development efforts.
  • Develops and fosters relationships in broader design community.

 

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Provides performance feedback to team members and to their performance managers

 

Required Education, Experience and Credentials

• Bachelor’s degree in interior design from a CIDA accredited program or a B.Arch
• Five (5) years of experience as an interior designer/architect in a client services firm
• Professional design portfolio
• Actively pursuing NCIDQ certification or architecture license
• Sustainable Building Materials certified
• LEED GA

 

Preferred Education, Experience and Credentials

• Master’s degree in interior design from a CIDA accredited program or a M.Arch
• NCIDQ certified or Registered Architect
• WELL certified

 

Required Skills and Abilities

Leadership, Emotional and Communication Skills

• Ability to demonstrate the firm’s core values: Integrity, Purpose, Collaboration, Empathy, Conscientiousness, Accountability.
• Strong service orientation with the ability to anticipate problems and needs and proactively find solutions.
• Ability to listen to understand and tailor responses appropriately.
• Ability to communicate relevant information clearly and concisely, with the appropriate tone.
• Strong attention to detail, especially in written and visual communications.
• Ability and desire to receive feedback and learn from other’s perspectives.
• Ability to include all, collaborate, and recognize others’ contributions.
• Ability to be flexible and to adapt to changes in priority or direction.
• Ability and desire to self-start, ask questions, learn and grow.
• Strong organizational skills including time management, prioritization, resource allocation, and delegation.

 

Technical Skills and Applied Knowledge

• Thorough knowledge of design, trends, construction process and methodology, materials application and manufacturer-supplier appropriateness.
• Thorough knowledge of sustainability, integrated design, LEED guidelines and material health.
• Ability to create material details to support and enhance the established design concept.
• Ability to analyze construction budgets and detail solutions to meet them.
• Ability to coordinate the production of documents with internal and external parties.
• Ability to interface with contractors, subcontractors, and manufacturers as well as shell/core architecture teams.
• Ability to act independently and decisively from a sound background in architectural principles.
• Demonstrates flexibility, creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in anticipating and solving architectural issues.
• Fully competent in all conventional aspects of architectural processes.
• Ability to manage digital files in adherence with office standards.
• Advanced technical skills with: 
  • • Revit
    • AutoCAD
    • Sketchup
• Proficiency with:
  • • Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop and InDesign
    • Enscape
    • Designer Pages for furniture specifications
    • Deltek Vantagepoint
    • Newforma
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
  • Ability to perform work using a Windows operating system.

 

Working Conditions, Physical Activities and Demands

• Office environment, no adverse environmental conditions expected on a usual basis.
• Occasionally visiting construction sites with exposure to outdoor elements, variable temperatures, hazards, and noise.
• Constantly repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers.
• Constantly assessing the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned.
• Constantly remaining in a stationary position, often sitting for prolonged periods.
• Constantly communicating with others to exchange information.

 

Benefits and Perks

• Ten (10) paid vacation days per year.
• Eleven (11) paid fixed holidays and two (2) paid floating holidays per year.
• Ten (10) paid sick days per year.
• Health insurance, 70% employer.
• Dental and vision insurance, 70% employer paid.
• Health Reimbursement Account, Health Savings Account and/or Flexible Spending Account for pre-tax medical and dependent care expenses.
• Employer paid life, AD&D, short‑, and long-term disability insurance, w/optional additional employee paid coverages.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Employee Assistance Program for counseling, legal, and financial assistance.
• Free annual membership to Blue Bikes.
• Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits.
• Free shuttles to and from the Innovation & Design Building and South Station or North Station during peak commute hours.