Senior Architect

Bodwé is the Professional Services Group of Mno-Bmadsen, the investment enterprise and a wholly owned instrumentality of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi. We are architects, planners, consultants, designers, engineers, scientists, and federal contractors, committed to growing the economy and legacy of the Pokagon Band and supporting its more than 6,000 citizens. We enhance space and place in partnership with clients that span the country and business sectors, offering full-service architecture and engineering services as well as contract support services for federal agencies.

We design and build, preserve and restore, mitigate and manage, serve and problem solve.

We are founded on belief in the power of place that comes from a long-term relationship between people and the land. We are a Tulsa-based, Tribally-owned, Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE) company, partnering with Indigenous, public, and private clients, holding high standards for ourselves as well as the people and the projects we engage.

The Senior Architect organizes, coordinates, and executes the design work on projects of all scales and ensures that all deliverables and timelines are being met within budget. This role also includes client interface which requires a personable presence, creation of graphically pleasing design options, and willingness to work in a flexible work environment connected to multiple office locations. This role must understand the processes and protocols required for the delivery of a completed project, including conceptual design, schematic design, design development, and construction documents, and construction administration.

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The following in exhaustive list of duties represent a sample of work routinely performed by this role:

• Perform routine to moderately difficult architectural projects with minimal supervision
• Carefully prepare and lead a team to develop working drawings, calculations, specifications, schedules, and cost estimates on specific projects.
• Produce a coordinated set of construction documents, including managing sub consultants and coordinating their work.
• Ensure that projects meet applicable building codes, ADA guidelines and other Federal, Tribal and/or State, and Local laws.
• Effectively communicate with Principals-in-Charge (PIC), regarding contract documents, change orders and other contract modifications, approvals, and any additional services-related to billing.
• Coordinate with other project colleagues and design staff to provide the best solution / resolution that meets the clients’ needs.
• Ability and desire to mentor and teach intern architects.
• Maintain all drawings, documents, and communications in format that is retrievable and efficiently accessed by team members.
• Employ problem-solving skills and analysis and report problems, as necessary.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Degree: Bachelor’s and/or Master’s Degree in Architecture from an NAAB accredited institution.

Required Experience and Certification:

• Minimum of nine (9) years of overall experience in design practice
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience as a Project Architect or Senior Architect
• Registered Architect
• Worked with Tribes in Oklahoma and/or have worked for the Federal Government
• Moderate to advanced proficiency in business processes, including contractual and legal procedures
• Excellent communicator both verbally and written, organizer, and engager of people and experiences
• Experience in all phases of the design process from project planning and concepts through working drawings, specifications, and construction administration
• Strong problem-solving skills related to a wide variety of building projects, from renovation to new construction
• Strong design review and QA/QC skills
• Can clearly articulate in written and verbal communications with clients, consultants, and staff
• Ability to work well with others under deadline situations and respond to changes in priorities
• Ability to work independently, take initiative, set priorities, and see projects through completion

• LEED Credential
• NCARB

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, Outlook, Projects, and Teams
• Proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD, Sketch Up, Adobe Suite, and other BIM technology essential

This is a hybrid position that will require some (≤ 20%) travel to headquarters, client project sites, or conferences. When in the office, the environment is temperature controlled subject to minimal exposure to outside elements. When traveling to project sites, this role will be exposed to various environments, terrains,…