Description

General Description

The Senior Architect coordinates all project efforts in order to ensure effective execution, prepares strategic plans, and serves as primary client liaison. This role will be focused on our healthcare projects and requires previous experience with healthcare.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Concrete demonstrable experience and core responsibilities include:

Coordinate all project efforts to ensure effective execution, prepares strategic plans, and serves as primary client liaison. 
Design. Lead Project design effort that aligns with the standards and expectations of DSGW.  Knowledge of design techniques, tools and principles involved in creating the character and intent of the Project design, space programing, precision technical plans, drawings and models to ensure adherence to defined standards. In-depth understanding of code evaluation and material selection.
Consultation. Consult with clients regarding project scope, design, schematics, practicality and delivery, including site visits. Answer questions or seek out answers and effectively manage client questions, issues or concerns. Prepare design proposals and presentations.
Oversight and Supervision. Provide ongoing oversight of all aspects of assigned projects, monitoring budgets, operating within budget guidelines and optimizing resources and schedules. Run project meetings; coordinate with project team; make timely decisions, revisions and adjustments to bring project to completion within budget and timelines.
Team and Project Management. Provide internal and consultant design team management related to projects.
Provide guidance and mentoring to less experienced architects.
Participates in the development of new work and client contacts. 
This versatile role may share their time with many of the responsibilities of a Senior Project Manager.
Meets all qualifications, essential duties, and expectations of an Architect.
Timely and regular attendance to complete job duties and responsibilities.

**This role would be based at any of our five office locations, depending on candidate location.**

DSGW offers competitive compensation and a generous benefits package:

Health and dental insurance plans
HRA, Flexible Benefit Cafeteria plans
Life Insurance, Long-Term Disability Insurance, Short-Term Disability Insurance
Minnesota PFML (Minnesota employees)
401(k) Plan
529 Plan (College America deferment savings for future college/higher education costs)
Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
Flexible work schedule
Travel to project locations

Requirements

Qualifications

Ten or more years of professional experience preferred.
Healthcare project experience required.
A Bachelor’s degree and/or Master’s degree from an NAAB Accredited University required.
A Master's degree from a Healthcare Architecture program preferred.
Licensed Architect required. ACHA certification preferred.
Revit and Bluebeam proficiency preferred.
Valid driver’s license and a “clean” driving record for insurability with our carrier.

Physical Demands

This position works in a traditional office setting and is also responsible for construction job site visits. This includes computer and desk work for long periods of time along with the ability to navigate job sites.