Senior Architect - Life and Work Places at Gresham Smith in Nashville, Tennessee

Job Description:

Our Life and Work Places design team delivers tailored solutions for workplaces, community-focused and multi-family residential developments, and Higher Education and Research Institutions providing value for our clients and the people who experience these places.

We are seeking a full-time Senior Architect, with 15 years of relevant experience, leading the programming, planning and design of Higher Education and Research projects. This position can be located in our Nashville or Tampa office.

The successful candidate should be able to:

• Perform work on all phases of design and architecture for projects from initial concept development, master planning, schematic design and design development, production and coordination of construction drawings and specifications.
• Demonstrate experience with the renovation and ground-up projects on higher education campuses and research facilities and labs
• Comfortable with leading the design for exciting and challenging projects.
• Analyze client problems and develop architectural solutions to those problems.
• Familiarity working with various project delivery methods such as design-bid-build, design/build, CM, etc..
• General construction contract administration experience should include responses to clarification requests, progress reviews, pay application processing, submittal processing and close out activities.
• Collect and document client needs and criteria in programmatic form and develop / formulate solutions based on the data.
• Preparing presentation drawings by hand or electronically, research material options and make appropriate selections, plan, coordinate and administer architectural effort in concert with project manager, project executive, and others on the project team.
• Lead and mentor team of junior architects and project coordinators.
• Lead external project consultants and engineering partners.

• Bachelor's/Master's degree in Architecture with licensure.
• Minimum of 15 years of applicable experience. Education and Research design experience is required.
• Demonstrated experience using REVIT, proficiency is desired but not required.
• Working knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite of programs.
• Competency with Sketchup and PhotoShop a plus.
• Familiarity with US Department of Education Postsecondary Educations Facilities Inventory and Classification Manual, including space use categories and codes, functional categories, inventory reporting, program area tables and applicable conversion factors.
• Ability to interact professionally and comfortably with a variety of project stakeholders such as clients, AHJ's, contractors, design team, etc.
• Strong verbal and writing communication skills.
• Ability to build and maintain excellent interpersonal relationships with project stakeholders.

Gresham Smith is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Gresham Smith provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender, national origin, status as a protected veteran, disability or any other classification protected by law.

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