Emerging Project Architect

Job Description

AECOM is seeking a talented and highly motivated Emerging Project Architect for immediate employment in our Cleveland or Columbus, OH office. The Architectural Job Captain will work with project teams under the direction of the Project Architect. Active engagement and support of our collaborative and iterative design process is essential, along with the desire to seek innovative design solutions while providing unique perspectives on the built environment.

The successful candidate will be proactive with strong verbal, organizational, design and technical skills to effectively coordinate with architectural design teams as well as engineering design professionals. This is an opportunity to apply your talents to some of the world's most challenging, interesting, and meaningful projects in an environment committed to excellence in innovation, technical quality and client service.

Our Ohio practice - anchored by large studios in Columbus and Cleveland - is one of the most established and highest-performing B+P practices in AECOM’s West Region. We offer a full suite of services: architecture, interiors, building systems and structural engineering, urbanism and planning (including landscape), workplace transformation, advisory services, technology solutions, and digital delivery - and serve as a Center of Excellence for many of these disciplines.

We work in a flat, collaborative model across the West Region with other B+P practices, as well as with AECOM’s Transportation, Water, and Advisory business lines to support vertical infrastructure and comprehensive solutions. Our Ohio-led client base is global and includes Public Non-Federal, Cultural + Civic, Higher Education, Science & Technology, and Transit, plus a full suite of Federal clients (ANG, NASA, DHS, GSA, NPS, VA, USACE, USAF, USSF).

Most clients are repeat partners, recognizing our service model and outcomes as excellent. Design excellence is the north star of the Ohio team - combining ideas, beauty, performance, resiliency, and innovation at every scale and budget. Our Ohio clients’ projects have been awarded almost 30 design awards since 2022 alone. We aim to be the design firm of choice for clients and the employer of choice for diverse, best-in-class talent - doing the work that matters.

Recent/ongoing work in Ohio includes:
City of Columbus New Municipal Courthouse; COTA West Broad BRT Corridor;
Case Western Reserve University Robbins Laboratories; CCAD Center for Creative Collaboration;
Franklin Park Conservatory Palm House & Showhouse Renovations;
Ohio University Violet L. Patton Center for Arts Education;
Columbus Symphony Orchestra Center of Music Innovation & Education.

• Performing basic architectural/engineering calculations.
• Preparing specifications, reports and related data tables.
• Maintaining liaison with design and drafting groups.
• Preparing, reviewing, and approving drawings as required.
• Under the direction of the Supervising Architect, may independently perform advanced technical assignments of various complexities within approved schedules and budgets.
• May coordinate technical and administrative activities with employees in other disciplines and other departments participating on an assigned project.
• May assist in the training and evaluation of assigned architectural and design/drafting personnel.
• May review and approve conceptual designs.
• May assist in the development of new architectural methods and techniques.

• BA/BS in Architecture plus four (4) years of relevant experience, or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
• Licensed as a registered architect or proven steps toward licensure such as exams completed, preferably in OH
• Knowledge of buildings systems and material.
• Knowledge of local building codes
• Ability to produce design intent renderings and design concept diagrams

• 6 or more years of professional experience with an architectural firm
• Exceptional Technical skills related to planning, architectural design and detailing and a passion for design. The ideal candidate will become an understudy to…