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Description
Wishing you could have an ownership stake in the company you are working for? Founded in 1898, Burns & McDonnell is an award-winning engineering, architectural, construction, environmental and consulting services firm. We are 100% employee-owned, with regional and project offices nationwide. Burns & McDonnell plans, designs, constructs, and manages projects all over the world with one mission in mind - to make our clients successful. We are Proud to be honored locally, regionally, and nationally as a Best Place to Work.
Burns & McDonnell is growing and seeking an architect with an industrial background to expand the Global Facilities group in our Chicago office. We are looking for an energetic team player to collaborate with the existing team on exciting projects within our manufacturing, food & beverage, consumer product, and life sciences departments. We are seeking an individual with leadership potential, who has the skills and experience to grow their career and interface with clients.
The Senior Architect will lead project teams to create world class designs for new projects, alterations, and redevelopments on a variety of project types. The Senior Architect will lead the project team throughout the design and construction process, adapting architectural plans according to budget constraints, environmental factors, or client needs.
Lead architectural design of projects from the conceptual phase through design completion for project needs and requirements that are set forth by the project managers.
Develop, modify, and review production drawings for manufacturing, food & beverage, consumer product, and life sciences facilities.
Participate in development of project schedule, scope, budget staffing planning and construction planning. Responsible for effective management of change orders.
Applies expert knowledge of commonly used architectural concepts, practices, codes and procedures within the architectural industry. Compiles studies and reports. Writes specifications.
Applies knowledge and experience to complex projects, find's/develops non-standard design solutions.
Quality review production drawings for a variety of projects and project related data as required by the project managers to verify design compliance with project, client, and industry standards, including constructability.
Quality review the construction administration including coordination with field personnel to resolve design related installation issues, calculations, field inspections and testing of materials.
Leads field inspections, installation, measurements, or calculations for public and private clients.
Prepare and present technical reports for clients and industry publications.
Build effective relationships with existing clients, customers and contractors and develop new business opportunities. Responsible for ensuring customer satisfaction goals and expectations are met.
Participate in sales and marketing efforts and identify, lead and manage key pursuits.
Lead the development of cost proposals and qualification statements to achieve stated targets and standards for financial performance.
Prepare, present and manage project budgets and cost estimates. Report project performance.
Provide leadership, guidance and instruction to the architectural practice. Mentor and guide less experienced engineers.
Responsible for QA/QC process adherence.
Responsible for effective communication with other architectural teams.
Responsible for compliance with company and site safety policies.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Complies with all policies and standards.
Qualifications
Bachelor Degree in Architecture from an accredited program and 8 years of architectural experience, consulting preferred. Required
Expert knowledge in standard architectural techniques and procedures.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Expert computer skills (e.g. Microsoft Office Suite)
Expert computer skills (e.g. BIM (Revit), Adobe Suites, and 3D rendering programs).
Ability to work methodically and analytically in a quantitative problem-solving environment and demonstrated critical thinking skills.
Expert attention to detail, facilitation, team building, collaboration, organization and problem-solving skills.
Experience with leading the design for large projects and delegating work tasks to team members. Ability to lead execution of work and resolve issues in a team environment.
Demonstrated critical thinking skills, ability to work methodically and analytically in a quantitative problem-solving environment.
Strong attention to detail, facilitation, team building, collaboration, organization and problem-solving skills.
Ability to perform quality reviews for detailed architectural documents and specifications.
Ability to travel.
Registered Architect Preferred.
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Job Architecture
Primary Location US-IL-Chicago
Schedule: Full-time
Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time
Req ID: 241542
Job Hire Type Experienced #LI-KJ #GFS