Job Description
Intermediate Designer (large-scale, senior living, healthcare, hospitality) for Perkins Eastman Architects DPC to work at our Los Angeles, CA loc. May telecommute one day per week. Little local travel to client locations may be involved.
Job Responsibilities:
- Assist in project feasibility development and evaluation of site, related to parking, building location, exterior systems of movement, and solar orientation.
- Develop test fits and compile feasibility reports.
- Assist with master planning services that include site and building components, interior systems of movement, blocking and stacking.
- Analyze comparative systems with engineers and consultants related to structural, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical disciplines.
- Work with specifications team, consultants and vendors to assist with technical specifications development.
- Develop final construction plans on initial proposals in adherence with client requests.
- Prepare scale drawings and contract documents for building contractors.
- Provide building information modeling management of digital project components, including development of the BIM execution plan.
- Assist with the construction administration phase projects, including independent submittal review, RFI investigation and response, and limited site observation.
- Lead sustainability project management and research, including incorporation of design elements, task level management, and scheduling specific alignment with LEED process and checklist development.
- Consult with domestic and international clients, under the direct supervision of a licensed architect, to determine functional and spatial requirements of a new structure or renovation and prepare information regarding design, specifications, materials, color, equipment, estimated costs, and construction time.
- Use computer-assisted design software and equipment to prepare project designs and plans. Perform design activities such as IBC, ANSI/ADA code research, material and building systems research, laying out program components and refine the design options and develops building details.
Required Qualifications:
- Must have Bachelor’s in Architecture and 3 yrs rel exp with designing and documenting senior living facilities, workplace commercial/mixed-use, large-scale, healthcare, master planning, and hospitality projects, and required skills (3 yrs exp).
- In the alternative, must have Master’s in Architecture and 2 yrs rel exp with designing and documenting senior living facilities, workplace commercial/mixed-use, large-scale, healthcare, master planning, and hospitality projects, and required skills (2 yrs exp).
- Required skills include: design, construction procedures, zoning building codes, and building materials; 2D software including AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects and Adobe InDesign, Bluebeam, and Affinity Creative Suite; 3D software including Revit, Rhino, Python, and SketchUp; visualization software including V-ray and Enscape; parametric coding tools including Python and Grasshopper; office automation software including Newforma Project Center, Microsoft Outlook, and Deltek Vision; interior and exterior design and documentation; renovation and expansion projects including existing building survey and documentation; and LEED documentation process.
- Applicants may be required to submit a portfolio.
- May undergo background checks.A
- ny suitable combination of education, training, or experience is acceptable.
Job Tags
Contract work, For contractors, Local area, Remote job, 1 day per week,