Senior Licensed Architect - Institutional

Role Description: Huitt-Zollars has a great full-time opportunity for Senior Licensed Architect at our Houston, Texas - Downton office in our Institutional practice. This role assists the design teams through all project phases including business and client development, programming, design and construction documents, and construction administration while maintaining strong client relationships. The ideal candidate will have worked in Institutional markets, specifically Healthcare or a desire to learn Healthcare Architecture.

Location: Houston, Texas - Downtown

Employment Type: 40 FT Hours

Compensation Type: Salary

Registration: Licensed Architect Required

Education: Bachelor's degree in architecture required, Master's degree in Architecture preferred

Duties:

• Leads technical design for the office and works as part of a multi-disciplinary team to produce design documents for a wide variety of building types.
• Plan, direct, and monitor all aspects of projects with a high degree of technical complexity.
• Supervise project team's work cooperatively with the project manager and project designer.
• Ensure project development, documentation and its completion meets schedule, budget, code requirements, and technical quality requirements.
• Ensure compliance with contract terms and conditions.
• Review work and propose changes to design, and to comply with building codes and budget.
• Prepare plan of action to resolve project issues.
• Prepare bids or assist with contractor selection process.
• Assist market sector teams in preparing proposals, and participating in new project presentations as requested.
• Collaborates with project teams to solve tough problems and provide creative design solutions.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Architecture required.
• Licensed Architect required.
• Minimum 10 years of architectural experience.
• Demonstrated building construction technical experience.
• Ideally have worked in Institutional markets, particularly healthcare.
• Ability to prioritize and deliver multiple projects with varying deadlines.
• Proficient in REVIT and Adobe Suite a must and working knowledge with architectural tools such as SketchUp.
• Excellent verbal, written, and graphic communication skills.
• Ability to lead and coordinate consultant teams.
• Ability to interact with owners and user groups.
• Strong organizational and leadership skills.
• Ability to travel.

Assistant Project Manager/Project Architect (APM)Role Annual Performance Goals & Expectations:

• Having a deep understanding of how your work and contributions as a co-owner add to Huitt-Zollars' mission and core values.
• Assists PM in achieving target Effective Labor Multiplier (ELM) of all associated tasks.
• Assists PM to uphold business processes including timely monthly A/R's, invoicing, timekeeping, resource forecasting, percent completes, etc. Achieves stated target personal utilization goal for APM.

This position is also required to adhere to Huitt-Zollars' Core Value Competencies

Benefits & Perks:

• Health insurance (BCBS TX BlueChoice PPO)
• Dental insurance (BCBS TX BlueChoice PPO)
• Vision insurance (BCBS TX BlueChoice PPO)
• MDLive Telehealth
• Employer-Paid Short- & Long-Term disability
• 8 Paid Holidays
• Employee Morale/Teambuilding events and activities
• Paid Vacation/Annual Leave
• Paid Sick Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Commuter Benefits
• Professional Societies and Registrations Fee Reimbursements
• Term Life / AD&D insurance
• Cancer and Specified Disease insurance
• Two retirement plans: 401(k) and an ESOP
• Work for an Employee-Owned firm

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds on occasion
• The employee must be able to concentrate on details, work under deadline pressures, apply sound logic and judgment, and prioritize tasks and responsibilities

Applicants must be legally authorized to work for Huitt-Zollars in the U.S. without employer sponsorship. Currently, Huitt-Zollars does not sponsor H1-B or any other work visa petitions.

Huitt-Zollars does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters without a previously signed third-party agreement. Any unsolicited third-party resumes forwarded by recruiters to any Huitt-Zollars hiring manager or employee will be considered public information, may be treated as a direct application from the person identified in the resume, and will not be eligible for placement fee payment to the agency submitting the unsolicited resume. Huitt-Zollars will not pay a fee to a third-party recruiter or agency that has not coordinated their recruiting activity with the appropriate member of the Human Resources team and without an active, fully executed service agreement.

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