Senior Architect - Justice Vertical

• Legal Entity: AECOM Technical Services Inc
• Business Line: B&P
  - Buildings & Places
• Work Location Model:
  Hybrid
• Primary
  
  Location:
  
  US
  - New York, NY - 605 Third Ave
• Compensation: USD 150,000 - USD 200,000 - yearly

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AECOM's New York Metro Buildings + Places team is currently seeking a motivated, collaborative, and team-oriented Senior Architect to join our Justice Architecture Practice. In this role, the Senior Architect will lead multiple projects from the planning and design phases through construction documentation and construction administration. Projects will include courthouses, correctional facilities, detention facilities, and public safety buildings.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Participating in all aspects of project planning and design.

Coordinating with clients, consultants, and contractors.

Ensuring project objectives are achieved throughout each phase of design and delivery.

Lead projects through programming, master planning, conceptual, schematic, design development, and construction document phases.

Implementing design solutions through the construction document and construction administration phases.

Lead cross-functional design disciplines in developing technical solutions

Evidence-based design, use of data and best practices to inform decisions.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor's Degree in Architecture and 6 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.

Demonstrated experience in courthouses, public safety and/or corrections facilities.

Registered Architecture License.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

10+ years of Architecture experience.

5+ years of justice/corrections/public safety experience.

Knowledge of the following standards:
Court Design, GSA, US Marshall, correctional.

Candidates should possess strong technical proficiency.

Experience in the civic and justice sector is required, including planning and design for courthouses, correctional facilities, detention facilities, and public safety buildings.

The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of the operational, security, and stakeholder requirements unique to justice-sector projects.

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THIS POSTING IS FOR A CURRENT VACANCY, AND AECOM INTENDS TO FILL THIS POSITION BY JANUARY 18, 2027.

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