COMPANY
Our client is an award-winning, full-service architecture, land planning, and interiors firm based in the Roaring Fork Valley in Colorado. They are recognized as an industry leader in timeless, sustainable, and socially responsible design, with luxury residential, commercial, and community-based projects throughout the mountain west and beyond.
The practice pairs design ambition with careful craft. Every project is shaped by its setting, its client, and a commitment to work that lasts.
POSITION SUMMARY
The firm is hiring a Project Architect / Project Manager to support its growing team. You'll manage multiple small to medium-sized projects, with full responsibility for drawings, specifications, detailing, materials, and construction administration.
This is a leadership role on both the design and business side. You'll run client relationships, consultant agreements, schedules, and billing, mentor project staff, and move work forward independently with occasional oversight from senior leadership.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage multiple small to medium-sized projects, including high-end single-family residential, hospitality, and commercial work
- Own finished plans, specifications, design detailing, materials, technical drawings, and construction administration on assigned projects
- Build written project schedules covering staffing, phase durations, milestones, and submittals, and coordinate them with the management team
- Lead client communication on design, budget, billing, schedule, submittals, and administrative issues, keeping project goals and client expectations aligned
- Prepare client proposals, estimates, and scopes of work, and help prepare client agreements within the AIA contract framework
- Draft and manage consultant agreements, keep consultant services within scope, and own the accuracy of all consultant coordination
- Partner with the Director of Finance on timely invoicing and resolve billing questions
- Manage and mentor staff on your projects, and coordinate staffing needs with leadership
- Raise critical issues early with senior leadership, including schedule, budget, client, ethical, or policy concerns
- Apply advanced technical judgment to solve complex design and construction problems
REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
- 8+ years of experience preferred; 3 to 10 years of experience in developing details and providing planning and design support in the preparation of design development drawings
- Professional architectural or design degree preferred
- Proficient in CAD systems, preferably Revit.
- Proficient in rendering and presentation software applications (Lumion, Enscape)
- Able to work independently on architectural design projects and often coordinates project design efforts
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
- Highly collaborative by nature, with the willingness to approach every project with creativity
- An innate desire to produce meaningful work with strong design skills
- A Detail and task-oriented work manner with a passion for excellence
- Pro-active and dynamic in their skills and leadership
WHY THIS ROLE
- Design-led practice: Timeless, sustainable, and socially responsible design is at the core of the firm's work
- Project variety: Luxury residential, hospitality, commercial, and community-based projects across the mountain west
- Ownership: Full responsibility for your projects, from proposal and contract through CA
- Leadership: Room to mentor staff and shape how a growing team works