Staff Architect
$125,000–$150,000 year
On-siteMontgomery, Alabama, United States
Job Summary
Lead teams of technical engineers, designers, and project managers to achieve quality standards and high client satisfaction for multiple construction and design projects (MEP related) at US Department of Veterans Affairs campuses in Tuskegee or Montgomery, AL. Facilitate communication, coordinate collaboration, and mentor less experienced employees while managing relationships with subcontractors across business lines and remote locations. Evaluate progress, identify challenges, and recommend solutions to monitor project schedules, budgets, and staff utilization. Implement quality assurance plans and communicate with clients and public agencies throughout all project phases. Requires U.S. citizenship and 5-10+ years of federal government engineering or architecture experience.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, architecture, or a related field
- 5-10+ years of experience in engineering or architecture design, construction management, environmental science, project management, or other related field
- 5+ years of leadership experience on Federal Government engineering or architecture projects with US Department of Defense, GSA, VA, USDA, DHS, DOI or other federal agencies
- Excellent strategic, analytical, client management, and problem-solving skills
- Minimum 5 years leading and supervising technical staff in design, construction management, or assessment on projects over $10M in construction value
- Extensive federal contracting experience, including Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC), Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG), Construction Quality Management (CQM), etc.
- Design Build experience or other alternative delivery methods
- Proficiency in design standards, RFI response, contract compliance, construction oversight, and project documentation
- Expertise in design, project management and business software tools, such as CAD, SKM, Bluebeam, ProjectTeam, ProCon, Sharepoint, MS Project, Deltek, CostPoint, GovWin, DropBox, etc.
- U.S. Citizenship
Desired Qualifications
- Licensed Professional Engineer or AIA Architect Preferred
- PMP Certification (optional)
- LEED Accreditation (optional)
- Certified Construction Manager (CCM) (optional)
- NICET, NACE Level II, or other nationally recognized certification
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