Job Title: Architectural Designer II

Job Description

We seek to hire a creative, ambitious Architectural Designer II who shares our commitment to design excellence, sustainability, and innovation. You will join a team of architects and designers, working in a multi-discipline, collaborative, and engaging team-based environment that draws on multiple perspectives in the pursuit of innovative solutions. As part of this team, you will have the opportunity to shape architectural projects in a variety of typologies and scales for clients that include educational and cultural institutions, commercial developers, government entities, and local communities. The ideal candidate for this position will be energetic and passionate about design, committed to quality, engaged in team, office, and firm-wide initiatives, able to work independently and in a team environment, and able to prioritize work.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for specific technical design aspects of an assigned major project, including investigation, evaluation, and recommendation of design solutions that best meet the client’s needs.
• Provide professional architectural consultation in the planning, design, and coordination of large complex projects.
• Independently apply advanced architectural concepts and designs.
• Carry out complex or novel assignments requiring the development of new or improved techniques and procedures.
• Provide technical guidance to less experienced architects/architectural staff.
• Collaborate with project teams during project design phases including programming, concept development, schematic design, design development, and construction documentation.
• Develop design sketches, renderings, models, graphics, presentation materials, analysis, and construction drawings and schedules.
• Participate in the construction administration of projects including jobsite visits, review of submittals, and responding to contractor questions.
• Communicate and engage with a wide variety of stakeholders including clients, owners, users, team members, consultants, contractors, and regulatory agencies to achieve overall project objectives.
• Contribute to office activities, initiatives, and participation in continuous learning.
• Help deliver great projects with a sense of energy, passion, and personal responsibility.

Essential Skills

• Proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD, and other design and documentation software.
• Strong project management skills.
• Excellent graphic, drawing, and presentation capabilities.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from an NAAB accredited Architecture program.
• 6+ years of professional experience in an architectural practice or related field.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience in physical model building and a model building shop is strongly preferred.
• Exposure to environmental analysis applications such as Climate Studio, Sefaira, Insight360.

Work Environment

You will work in an A&E firm with a large project selection. The environment is collaborative, engaging, and multi-disciplinary, providing opportunities to work on a variety of project types and scales.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:

• Hiring diverse talent
• Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection
• Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes
• Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.