Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)

Senior Architect

Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Professional degree in Architecture or related field required.
  • At least 6 years of relevant professional experience.
  • Licensed Architect; LEED accreditation preferred.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills essential.
  • Proficient in Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, and Adobe Suite, along with parametric and rendering software.
  • Familiarity with Google Workspace is necessary.

Responsibilities

  • Lead projects or portions of projects, requiring oversight from leadership.
  • Innovate processes and solve problems with high accuracy.
  • Produce and oversee various presentation deliverables including diagrams and models.
  • Communicate effectively with project teams, clients, and consultants.
  • Design with a strong conceptual approach, integrating interdisciplinary criteria.
  • Collaborate with teams by critically evaluating ideas and providing feedback.
  • Mentor less experienced staff and contribute to team development.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness coverage including medical, dental, and vision.
  • 401K matching and pre-tax spending accounts.
  • Flexible work schedules and paid family leave options available.
  • Professional development reimbursement for licenses and training expenses.
Full Job Description
Position Responsibilities
  • Actively leads a project or distinct portions of a project with periodic supervision by Project Leadership.
  • Exhibits initiative, process innovation, problem solving, and decision quality with a high attention to precision and accuracy at an overall project level.
  • Produces, coordinates and/or oversees presentation and contract deliverables such as diagrams, 3D models, drawings, renderings, physical models and animations.
  • Effectively communicates internally with project teams and externally with consultants and clients through timely and appropriate written, oral, and visual means.
  • Creates and innovates with a strong conceptual design ability. Integrates interdisciplinary criteria to effectively move forward the design of distinct portions of large projects or entire projects of a small scale.
  • Actively collaborates at a project, consultant team, and client team level by critically and constructively evaluating ideas.
  • Contributes to and actively participates within the studio and office.
  • Demonstrates an advanced understanding of building materials, systems, specifications, codes, details and construction techniques.
  • Able to enrich design concepts through technical strategies.
  • Identifies and effectively uses appropriate tools to design and document at all project phases.
  • Manages time and workload of own work efforts and those of others to meet project task deadlines and commitments, with occasional interaction and direction from Project Leadership.
  • Guides and teaches less experienced staff.
  • Proactively checks and coordinates project documents (including but not limited to drawing set organization, details, dimensions, interdisciplinary coordination items, specifications coordination) for compliance with the project's technical requirements.


Leadership Responsibilities
  • Inspires and leads others by example, participates in staff mentoring and training, clearly defines team member expectations and responsibilities, empowers others, and delegates where appropriate based on team members' recognized abilities and potential.
  • Directly supervises staff and is committed to direct reports' professional development.
  • Develops and engages in talent strategy to find specialists, leaders, and future professionals for the firm through resume review and interviews.
  • In collaboration with team members, develops a clear and consistent work plan to achieve the project budget, deliverables, and schedule.
  • Actively engages in internal and external professional development opportunities.
  • Contributes to the implementation of sustainable strategies in all project assignments and the associated development of staff knowledge.
  • Contributes to the development of standards, policies, and procedures.
  • Protects SOM from financial and legal risk.


Minimum Qualifications
  • Completion of a professional degree in Architecture or a related field.
  • Minimum 6 years of professional experience or equivalent knowledge, skills and abilities.
  • Licensed Architect; LEED accreditation preferred.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Demonstrates proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, parametric and rendering software, and Adobe Suite.
  • Proficiency in Google Workspace.


Our Benefits:

Health and Wellness: Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life & accident insurance
Savings: 401K matching, pre-tax spending accounts, and employee discount programs
Work/Life Balance: Inquire about our hybrid/flexible schedules, paid family leave, paid vacation, backup child and elder care, and an employee assistance program
Professional Development: Reimbursement for professional licenses, associated renewals, and exam fees as well as specialized in-house career development

Compensation for this role is based upon experience, qualifications, location, and education and typically ranges from $78,000 to $95,000.

Portfolios must be submitted for all design positions (Architecture, Interiors, Planning, etc). Applications without work samples will not be reviewed. Portfolios should be one PDF attachment, 10-20 pages, maximum 5 MB. Submit portfolios as part of your application in the section where the application asks you for your Resume or CV.

About Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is an American architectural, urban planning, and engineering firm. It was formed in Chicago in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings; in 1939 they were joined by John O. Merrill. The firm opened its second office, in New York City, in 1937 and has since expanded all over the world, with offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., London, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mumbai and Dubai. SOM is one of the largest architectural firms in the world.
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1936

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