Architect VI - Facilities Development Branch

Salary Range: The posted salary range indicates potential compensation, not necessarily starting salary. New external hires typically begin at the initial step. Placement above the initial step may be considered based on position requirements, exceptional qualifications, budget availability, and other relevant factors, all requiring prior approval. Current Hawaii State Department of Education employees will be placed according to Department regulations and applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Architect VI, AR-28: $10,071.00 - $12,855.00 per month

Plans, directs, advises on and reviews the work of subordinate professional and nonprofessional personnel engaged in architectural design projects, including the preparation of plans, specifications and cost estimates; determines work priorities, and makes broad work assignments; develops design criteria, techniques, methods and procedures for the accomplishment of architectural projects; analyzes and reviews the work of subordinates in terms of technical, functional and aesthetic adequacy, and for conformance to departmental policies, regulations, and legal requirements;

coordinates activities of its section with other sections or departments, other government agencies, private contractors or consultants, and the public; assists in the development of broad work programs and policies and in preparing and justifying budgets; makes recommendations and commitments concerning such matters as design changes to meet special conditions or functions, and need for hiring special consultants for mechanical, electrical, or structural engineering problems, subsurface investigation, and surveying;

recommends organizational and functional changes, and performs such personnel management functions as approving leave, initiating requests for personnel action, evaluating employee performance, and handling disciplinary problems; serves as a technical consultant on architectural matters; and prepares or directs the preparation of technical reports and correspondence.

Education Requirement: Graduation from an accredited school or college of architecture or engineering, with a degree in architecture or architectural engineering.

Four (4) years of successful and progressive experience in architecture which will enable the applicant to perform successfully at the professional level may be substituted for graduation from college provided this experience demonstrates a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles and theories of professional architecture and an understanding of the field of architecture comparable to that which would be acquired through successful completion of a full four-year course leading to a bachelor’s degree in an accredited college or university with a major study in architecture.

Experience Requirements: Except for the substitutions provided for in this specification, applicants must have had progressively responsible experience of the kind and quality described below and in the amounts shown in the following table:

Class Title Architectural
Experience Supervisory
Experience Administrative
Experience Total
Exper Architect VI41
** 5

Administrative Experience:
** Applicants for the Architect VI level must demonstrate possession of administrative aptitude. This requirement will be considered to have been met when there is strong affirmative evidence of the necessary administrative abilities. Such evidence may be in the form of success in regular or special assignments or projects which involved administrative problems; interest in management demonstrated by the performance of work assignments in a manner which clearly indicates awareness of managerial problems and the ability to solve them;

completion of educational or training courses in the area of management accompanied by the application of the principles, which were learned, to work assignments; management’s observation and evaluation of the applicant’s leadership and managerial capabilities; success in trial assignments to managerial and/or administrative tasks.

Architectural Experience: Professional architectural work experience in developing and preparing complete designs, drawings,…