Senior Project Architect

Senior Project Architect – Detroit, Grand Rapids, MI and Minneapolis, MN

Company Description

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand.

We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists… delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

Job Description

AECOM is seeking a talented and highly motivated Senior Project Architect for our Detroit, Grand Rapids, MI and Minneapolis, MN office. The Senior Project Architect will work with project teams to guide and manage projects in all phases of design. 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 and technical skills to manage and mentor architectural design teams as well as engineering design professionals while interfacing with clients.

In this role, the Project Architect leads teams of architects, designers and engineers while meeting with clients to develop and execute mid‑to‑large‑scale projects according to schedule and budgets. The Senior Project Architect will manage projects from conceptual design phase through completion of construction, balancing active architectural duties with a leadership role in both managing and technical design of building plans while overseeing project teams during the project lifecycle.

US West Buildings + Places provides opportunities across a wide range of project typologies, including Science & Technology, Advanced Manufacturing, Commercial, Aerospace, Higher Education, Industrial and Process, Transportation, Aviation, Sports and Federal market sectors across the western United States and beyond. As a dynamic team of Architects, Planners, and Engineers, we strive to incorporate beauty, sustainability, resiliency, equity, and innovation in our projects.

• Provide architectural guidance, calculations, analysis, studies and recommendations for a specialized segment of the Architectural Discipline within the schedules and budget of an assigned project.
• Manage various size groups of architects, designers and/or specialists.
• Work on modest size projects and/or assist Project Architectural or Engineering Managers with higher grades.
• Provide architectural leadership on complex projects.
• Lead the development of contract documents through all phases of design (SD, DD, CD, CA).
• Prepare architectural plans, elevations, sections, details, and specifications.
• Coordinate and lead quality control reviews of contract documents prior to issuance to client.
• Coordinate internal AECOM and external A/E disciplines for successful outcomes during construction.
• Coordinate and attend design reviews with clients, project managers, and municipal agencies.
• Validate design decisions based on cost analysis with an understanding of logistics and procurement efficiencies.
• Evaluate contractor’s progress during construction and provide recommendations.
• Stay current with new design software developments (BIM, Revit, ACC, AI, Bluebeam, etc.).
• Apply creative design thinking to client’s business problems to help maximize value of AECOM’s service to the client.

• Bachelor in Architecture from a NAAB accredited professional program.
• 6+ years of professional experience in architectural design and project delivery or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
• Licensed Architect in the state of practice.
• Proficiency in design software such as Revit, AutoCAD, and Sketch Up, as well as visualization tools like Enscape or Lumion.
• Strong…