Project Manager | Architecture

Description: SLR is seeking an ideal team player who is an ambitious registered architect with 8-15 years’ experience as a Project Architect. StreetLights’ position of Project Manager for Architecture is a licensed professional who coordinates all project efforts in order to ensure effective execution of the architecture services, prepares strategic plans, and serves as primary architectural team member for SLR’s cross functional Design-Build delivery team.  This project leader estimates scope of work, develops work plans, & oversees less experienced assistant project managers, modelers, and drafters.

The Project Manager has at least eight years of related experience as a Project Architect. The PM participates in the conceptual/schematic design process while providing full architectural, engineering, and regulatory support through the entire project. PMs liaise with the project’s other design professionals, other architects, and other consultants. The PM develops and represents the lead technical viewpoint on projects, coordinating with the project Director and department head on appropriate technical solutions and product strategies.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Architecture and Interior Architecture content creation consistent with the directions of the project Director, Vice President, and the SLR Design Guidelines.
• As a registered architect, the Project Manager is responsible for the coordination, and day-to-day administration of the architecture services and creation of the Instruments of Service.
• Responsibility and participation in SLR’s SCRUM project management methodology for delivery of the architecture services and contract deliverables.  Using agile or Lean processes, the SCRUM system relies on leveraging a cross-functional team of financial, construction, development, and design professionals to realize quality buildings more frequently than traditional project deliveries.  As the lead representative on this SCRUM team, the Architecture Project Manager is responsible for identifying architecture services tasks in increments of two weeks and is responsible for the delivery/execution of those services to complete work and advance the development.      
• Responsible for the BIM execution and protocols to yield a competent set of instruments for regulatory approval, pricing, and construction.
• Code research and design/documentation coordination with applicable building codes and various authorities having regulatory jurisdiction over the project.
• Responsibility for project records – documentation of key decisions, meeting agenda & minutes, & regulatory & third-party review records.
• Product research/identification and product coordination with building design intent and construction documentation. 
• Responsible for the Specifications manual creation and content, using the firm’s master specifications database.
• Architecture/content coordination with third-party professional’s designs and content.
• Working with team members from the Development and Portfolio Management departments, developing a Critical Path Method development schedule contributing design/documentation milestones and schedule activities.
• Administrate QA/QC Review Process with SLR Quality Manager and third-party review teams.
• Project construction observations and reporting when requested by the Project Director or the Vice President of Quality Assurance.
• Working under the leadership of the project Director, responsibility for Construction Contract Administration services, consistent with the architect’s obligations of the OA Agreement.
• Supervising the APM and other draftsmen.
• Reports to project Director.

Candidate Qualifications

• Licensed architect with 8 or more years of experience within the multifamily, mixed-use or hospitality industry as a project architect.
• Demonstratable experiences as the Project Architect for private commercial development ranging from $40m to $125m.   Previous experience as a PA for multifamily project types is highly valued. 
• Wood frame design and experiences designing/documenting Type 3 and Type 5 construction types is highly valued.   
• Ability to identify goals and create work plans of immediate, short term, and long-range project goals.
• Ability to create, manage, and coordinate all project documents with REVIT/BIM Software.
• Possess strong communication and organizational skills.
• Demonstrate ability to effectively manage workloads to meet deadlines.
• A team player who possesses a positive attitude, strong work ethic, and a high level of professionalism.
• Proficient in Bluebeam, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Project
• Proficiency in Autodesk Revit and AutoCAD required.  Experience with Trimble SketchUp, Adobe InDesign, Twinmotion, and/or Lumion preferred but not required.

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