Architecture
Architect
At Ballinger, we are passionate about complex challenges and real-world problem-solving.
Design challenges come in all shapes and sizes, and the ones we prefer test us as design professionals. We seek out complex projects with big impact because they require us to ask tough questions, synthesize data, and push past the boundaries of existing answers into the realm of innovative solutions. Ballinger team members thrive on those challenges because our clients do, too: our work for them enables their ambitious endeavors in science and medicine, research and government, manufacturing, and technology. Ballinger welcomes ambition with career development, mentorship, and leadership opportunities. Here ideas will always be more important than hierarchy because they result in buildings as transformative as the missions they serve.
Position Summary
The architects at Ballinger work on a wide range of projects, focusing on creating innovative and sustainable designs that prioritize functionality, aesthetics, and the needs of our clients. This position collaborates closely with clients, engineers, and other professionals to develop design concepts, manage projects from start to finish, and ensure compliance with building codes and regulations. This position will require professionals who are dedicated to creating spaces that promote wellness, and sustainability and enhance the user experience. This position resides in the architecture department and reports to the Studio Leader.
Responsibilities
Assignments may include working with a team through programming, conceptual design, schematic design, design development, space planning, construction documentation and construction administration activities, with the expectation of gradual independence and demonstrated leadership in these areas.
- Conduct design related research
- Work with external consultants, product reps and fabricators
- Interface and coordinate with other disciplines
- Mentor team members with less experience
- Travel as project requirements dictate for surveys and field/site visits during construction
- Lead team 3D renderings
- Generate red lines in a documentation set
- Accountability for budget adherence
- Act as a team-wide mentor
- Advise on Firm Standards (RUG/Technical/ Templates/Specs)
- Engage in internal project leadership (lead a component or discipline within a project team)
- Engage in external project leadership (lead project with client and contractor)
- Present and provide day to day support to client and external project team
- Perform ongoing studies for process improvement
- Build on industry network, potentially through trade organizations, local events, speaking or conferences where applicable
Technical Skills
- Ability to take and provide direction within a larger team
- Develops design or technical solutions under supervision of project leadership
- Self-starter, able to independently generate design solutions and direction to other team members
- Leads small scale projects, or components of large scale projects working with a Senior Project Designer, develop work plans and project execution strategies with project leadership
- Leads construction administration related activities across team and all disciplines
- High level of responsiveness and collaboration with contractors and clients
- Interfaces with all disciplines during the design/coordination phases.
- Produce field site visit reports as applicable to level of responsibility by project
Requirements
- BS or BA in Architecture required; BArch or MArch preferred
- Professional License (RA) required
- Minimum 4 years’ experience in large scale projects
- Proficiency in AutoCAD and Revit
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
At Ballinger, we understand that our employees work hard but also seek good work/life balance. We offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package.