Construction Administrator

GBA is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Construction Administrator to represent GBA on the construction job site and report project conditions to the Client and A/E Team, carrying the day-to-day scope of multiple projects from bid through final closeout.

GBA Architecture is an eleven-person, full-service architecture and interior design firm in downtown Charleston, in practice since 1981. Our work spans K-12 and higher education, hospitality, municipal, commercial retail and restaurants, automotive, mixed-use, and historic preservation.

Our sites are local. Two hours is typically the furthest you will drive to a site visit, and we do not expect overnight travel. If you have spent the last few years living out of a truck between Charleston, Columbia, and Charlotte, this is the line worth reading twice

You are in before the set goes out to bid. You sit in on constructability review while the drawings can still change, rather than inheriting someone else's details at award

Licensure support, and a paid day for every exam. GBA covers your biennial SC registration renewal in full, half of your AIA, CSI dues and NCARB record renewal

Half-day Fridays, every week of the year. Standard hours are 8:00 to 5:30 Monday through Thursday and 8:00 to noon on Friday. Not a summer perk — it is how we work

Flexible hours, and a week that moves. Set your start anywhere between 7:00 and 8:30 with a matching shift to your end time. The CA role runs across three settings — the field for observation visits and OAC meetings, the office for coordination with the project team, and submittal, RFI, and closeout work you can do remotely up to one day a week.

Site obligations come first; the rest of the week flexes around them

Small firm feel, with a principal on your projects. Eleven people means the principal who set the design intent is the one you walk the job with — you get an answer on a hard call the day you need it, not after it routes through a studio

• Architecture school graduate with 5+ years of experience in architectural practice, including substantial Construction Phase experience
• Bachelor of Science in Architecture,
  
  B.Arch., or M.Arch. from a NAAB-accredited program; or Bachelor of Construction Science or Construction Management with experience within an architectural or engineering firm
• Architectural registration, or a path toward registration, is a plus but not required
• Experience with K-12, higher education, hospitality, municipal, commercial retail, restaurant, automotive, mixed-use, or historic preservation projects
• Valid driver's license and reliable transportation

• Familiar with the CA process end to end — paperwork, submittal review, jobsite visits, review of change orders submitted, punch list, and closeout
• Fluent in AIA contract documents — B101 Article 3.6, A101, A201 General Conditions, and G701, G702/G703, G704, G710, and G714 — and in Owner-Contractor Agreement requirements
• Bluebeam Revu required;
  AutoCAD and Revit strongly preferred;
  Microsoft 365 and Adobe Creative Suite
• Working knowledge of current codes and standards — the 2021 IBC, IFC, IPC, IMC, and IFGC with South Carolina modifications, the 2020 NEC, the 2009 IECC, ICC A117.1 accessibility, and BOMA area measurement standards
• Competent verbal skills and excellent written communication — in construction administration, the written record is the deliverable
• Competence with time management, and with spreadsheet and word processing programs
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment
• An attitude and performance that retains clients and creates positive referrals

Preferred:

• Newforma Project Center, Procore, or Autodesk Build (BIM 360)
• Charleston BAR and local…