Gensler

Specifications Specialist

Gensler • $100K — $150K *
New York, NY 10025In-Person
Real Estate & Construction
8 - 10 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Architecture
  • 10+ years in architectural profession, 7+ years in specification writing
  • Familiar with construction documentation and specifications
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Proactive self-starter passionate about material knowledge
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities
  • Architectural License preferred
  • CSI certification as CDT preferred

Responsibilities

  • Support project teams in materials research and product selection
  • Participate in the Technical Leadership Team to enhance documentation quality
  • Develop project manuals for a variety of project types
  • Coordinate specification implementation across the office
  • Assist in Gensler's climate initiatives through material selections
  • Collaborate with Design Technology Team on documentation processes
  • Provide technical resource support for materials evaluation

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Wellness programs and flexible spending options
  • Paid holidays and time off
  • 401k and profit-sharing options
  • Employee stock ownership
  • Twice annual bonus opportunities
  • Professional development reimbursement for licenses and tuition
  • Focus on work-life balance with diverse office activities
Full Job Description
Your Role

As a Gensler Specifications Specialist, you will research and evaluate architectural materials for their application across a variety of exciting design projects. The role includes working closely with project design teams to develop, compose and assist in material analysis and research, selecting products, editing specifications, and administering construction contracts specification development. The role further includes liaising with our design studios to support the development and knowledge-share of key technical criteria for documentation. Specifications Specialist at Gensler are integrated project team members rather than departmentalized in-house consultants. This position is based in Gensler's New York office.

What You Will Do
  • Support project teams in their responsibility of researching materials, selecting products, editing specifications, and administering construction documents.
  • Be an active member of our Technical Leadership Team focusing on the quality of our documentation via proper materials selection and detailing with respect to the design intent application.
  • Address the development of project manuals with project teams for a wide range of project types, sizes, and practice areas.
  • Coordinate the implementation of our Team-Based specifications philosophy at office-wide level, including QA/QC, Specification updates, project scheduling, and project team skillset alignment.
  • Liaise with our Resilience Team leaders to support Gensler's Cities Climate Challenge (GC3) to achieve carbon neutrality in our work.
  • Integrate and engage with our Design Technology Team leaders to support development, revisions, and innovations to our overall documentation and BIM delivery processes.
  • Serve as a technical resource for product and material evaluations, selections, and research.
  • Collaborate with project teams on the budgeting, scheduling, and production of specifications and project manuals.
  • Maintain proficiency in construction products, techniques, and sequences by staying abreast of product developments, new materials, code changes, and current industry trends.
  • Liaise with Manufacturers Representatives as needed for research and project support.
  • Educate and create learning programs for staff, including but not limited to specification documents, construction document technology, and editing methodology.
  • Liaise with our Design Management Team leaders to support the integration of materials research and selection in our overall design + delivery framework.


Your Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Architecture
  • 10+ years of experience in architectural profession, 7+ years of experience dedicated to specification writing
  • Working knowledge of construction documentation and construction specifications
  • Good command of both written/oral English
  • Strong self-starter with a passion for the growth of material knowledge
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
  • Ability to handle multiple competing priorities and deadlines
  • Strong ability and willingness to communicate with project teams
  • Architectural License preferred
  • Certification and/or willingness to pursue certification by CSI as a Construction Document Technician (CDT) preferred


**The base salary range will be estimated between $100,000 - $150,000 plus bonuses and benefits and contingent on relevant experience.

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About Gensler

Gensler is a global architecture, design, and planning firm with 50 locations and more than 6,000 professionals networked across Asia, Europe, Australia, the Middle East, and the Americas. Founded in 1965, the firm serves more than 3,500 active clients in virtually every industry. Gensler designers strive to make the places people live, work, and play more inspiring, more resilient, and more impactful.
Learn more about Gensler
Size
6,000 employees
Industry
Real Estate & Construction
Founded
1965
* Ladders Estimates

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