BOKA Powell, LLC

972-701-9000

www.bokapowell.com

Senior Architect

ESSENTIAL DUTIES + RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Communication:
    • Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, required documents and presentations to various audiences, including project team, and client relationships.
    • Frequently communicates with team/piers on assignments, questions, progress, and completion of tasks.
    • Maintain effective communications with all “stakeholders” (such as owners, project managers and other staff, consultants, contractors, vendors, and others) as changes arise to ensure conformance with contract.
  • Teamwork:
    • Provides leadership for a project team under a senior project manager by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones.
    • Determines staffing needs, deadlines, and internal expertise to make the project a success.
    • Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel
    • Collaborate, support, and mentor staff with-in a team-building work environment, where team members have

fun while effectively working together toward meeting internal performance and client objectives.

  • Proposals:
    • Assists in preparing proposals and reviewing contracts for small to large projects.
    • Assists in determining project-specific information including overall project scope, fee estimating, and project scheduling.
    • Involved in business development by maintaining existing client relationships and foster new relationships.
  • Project Management:
    • Develops project work plans, including staffing, and oversees/plans all architectural aspects of construction projects from Concept / Schematic Design Phase through Construction Administration.
    • Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel, ensuring individual job assignments are completed timely and consistent with project requirements.
    • Proven ability to conform to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
    • Monitor, track and control outcomes to resolve issues, conflicts, dependencies and critical path deliverables.
  • Project Involvement:
    • Develop design concepts while implementing design criteria and complying with jurisdictional requirements.
    • Assigned to handle specific technical design aspects of a project including investigating, evaluating, and recommending the design solutions that best meet the client’s needs.
    • Coordinate materials and responsible to produce project specifications while assisting in preparing detailed construction documents as part of a team.
  • Standards + Codes:
    • Responsible for jurisdictional research through application and permit tracking.
    • Coordinate and present plans and documents to appropriate authorities for land use, zoning and permitting approvals.
    • Responsible for ensuring the quality control and quality assurance program is initiated and adhered to through the life of the project.
  • Construction Administration:
    • Review and provide feedback on proposed construction cost estimates and construction schedules.
    • Perform construction observation and jobsite visits, attend OAC meetings and assist construction administrators with submittal and RFI reviews and generating documents for PR issuance.
  • Abide by and fully support compliance with all firm policies and maintain daily attendance reliability in the office, or as assigned, and in accordance with policies.
  • Performance of other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE + SKILLS

  • Job Knowledge:
    • Demonstrated strong attention to detail and ability to perform each essential duty and responsibility effectively.
    • Excellent organizational and multi-tasking
    • Strong leadership and communication skills, including verbal, written and technology-based communication skills, graphical skills, and design ability.
    • Ability to work effectively individually and/or in a team
    • Excellent problem-solving, negotiation and consultation skills and the ability to take appropriate decisive action.
    • Advanced knowledge of architectural building systems, construction methodology, design, trends, material application, sustainability, integrated design and LEED
    • Strong ability to translate client ideas into visual and/or tangible references such as drawings or models.
    • Demonstrated ability to mentor and lead others by example.
    • Proven ability to present to clients and assist and participate in marketing/project interviews.
    • Available for limited travel, works hours as required to meet training and project requirements/deadlines.
    • Continue professional development to keep abreast of emerging technologies, methods, and best practices.
    • Participate in establishing practices, templates, policies, tools, and partnerships to expand and mature these capabilities for the organization.
    • Manage ongoing quality control and participate in quality issue resolution.
    • Understand interdependencies between technology, operations and business needs.
  • Technology:
    • Strong proficiency in Bluebeam, MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PPT, Project, OneNote, & Teams), Deltek Vision, Newforma, and Revit/BIM360
    • Working knowledge of AutoCAD, Adobe CC (Ps, Id, & Ai), Clarity, Enscape, and Sketchup

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