WSP

Lead Architect - Industrial

WSP$102K — $151K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Architecture or related field
  • Minimum 7 years of professional experience in an architectural or A/E firm environment
  • Minimum 3 years of experience using Revit in a professional setting
  • Experience leading multiple projects concurrently across various design phases
  • Proficiency with AutoCAD or other CADD platforms
  • Strong communication skills, including written, verbal, and client-facing capabilities
  • Experience overseeing both technical and administrative aspects of project delivery

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage multiple projects of varying size and complexity across different phases of design
  • Write, edit, and oversee architectural specifications, including Divisions 0 and 1
  • Ensure projects meet client budgets, schedules, and program requirements
  • Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to support detailed design development, perform design checks, and lead formal document reviews
  • Maintain responsibility for architectural quality control and delivery of project documents
  • Oversee architectural design scope including building layout, egress, code compliance, life safety regulations, and sustainability goals
  • Foster strong client relationships, providing exceptional service, supporting existing clients, and contributing to business development efforts

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Disability and life insurance
  • Retirement savings options
  • Paid sick leave and paid vacation
  • Paid parental leave
  • Paid time off for bereavement, voting, and attendance at naturalization proceedings
Full Job Description
Job Description

Role Responsibilities

The successful candidate will serve as a technical and project leader, managing architectural scope and coordinating across multiple disciplines. Key responsibilities include:
  • Lead and manage multiple projects of varying size and complexity across different phases of design
  • Write, edit, and oversee architectural specifications, including Divisions 0 and 1
  • Ensure projects meet client budgets, schedules, and program requirements
  • Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to support detailed design development, perform design checks, and lead formal document reviews
  • Maintain responsibility for architectural quality control and delivery of project documents
  • Oversee architectural design scope including building layout, egress, code compliance, life safety regulations, and sustainability goals (as applicable)
  • Foster strong client relationships, providing exceptional service, supporting existing clients, and contributing to business development efforts
  • Support proposal development, including RFP responses and project pursuits


Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Architecture or related field
  • Minimum 7 years of professional experience in an architectural or A/E firm environment
  • Minimum 3 years of experience using Revit in a professional setting
  • Experience leading multiple projects concurrently across various design phases
  • Proficiency with AutoCAD or other CADD platforms
  • Strong communication skills, including written, verbal, and client-facing capabilities
  • Experience overseeing both technical and administrative aspects of project delivery
  • Experience working on Federal Government projects


Preferred Qualifications
  • Licensed Architect
  • Experience with tenant improvements, additions, and new construction.
  • Industrial and Food & Beverage manufacturing experience preferred.
  • Familiarity with design-build and design-bid-build delivery methods
  • Experience with sustainable design practices; LEED or LEED-AP certification preferred
  • Experience using Revit, AutoCAD, Navisworks, or comparable design software in a multidisciplinary environment


WSP Benefits:

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee's career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation:

Expected Salary: $102.200 - $151,800

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant's sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

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About WSP

WSP is a Canadian engineering consulting firm that provides services to transform the built environment and restore the natural environment. The firm's expertise ranges from environmental remediation and urban planning, to engineering iconic buildings and designing sustainable transport networks, to developing the energy sources of the future and enabling new ways of extracting essential resources. It has approximately 54,000 employees, including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors, program and construction management professionals, and various environmental experts. WSP has offices in more than 40 countries and territories around the world.
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54,000 employees
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Founded
1959

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