Healthcare Principal Chantilly, Virginia, United States
Principal – Healthcare Architecture
Location: Chantilly, VA or Fort Worth, TX
Position Overview
A nationally established architecture and design organization is seeking an experienced Healthcare Principal to join its leadership team and play a key role in the continued growth of its healthcare practice.
This is a senior leadership opportunity for an accomplished healthcare architect who brings a combination of client leadership, project delivery expertise, technical credibility, team development, and business development experience.
The Principal will serve as a trusted advisor to healthcare clients while helping shape the strategic direction and growth of the practice. The successful individual will have the opportunity to leverage an established national platform while taking meaningful ownership over client relationships, market development, project performance, and the development of future leaders within the organization.
This position can be based in Chantilly, Virginia / the Washington, DC metropolitan area or Fort Worth, Texas.
Key Responsibilities
Healthcare Practice & Project Leadership
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Provide senior leadership across complex healthcare architecture projects, ensuring a high standard of design, technical execution, and client service.
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Lead multidisciplinary teams through all phases of project delivery, from early planning and design through documentation and construction administration.
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Serve as an executive-level client advisor, developing a deep understanding of healthcare organizations, their facilities, operational needs, and long-term capital priorities.
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Oversee project performance, including schedule, budget, staffing, quality, profitability, and overall client satisfaction.
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Provide strategic guidance around healthcare planning, programming, design, and project delivery.
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Build, mentor, and develop high-performing teams while creating opportunities for emerging leaders within the practice.
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Partner with other senior leaders across the organization to share expertise, resources, and relationships across markets and geographies.
Business Development & Market Growth
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Develop and execute strategies to expand the firm's presence within the healthcare market.
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Build upon existing client relationships while identifying and developing new healthcare clients and opportunities.
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Maintain strong relationships with healthcare executives, facilities leaders, administrators, consultants, and other key industry stakeholders.
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Lead and participate in RFQs, RFPs, pursuits, interviews, presentations, and direct-award opportunities.
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Work closely with marketing and practice leadership to develop compelling pursuit strategies, proposals, and client presentations.
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Represent the organization at healthcare industry conferences, professional organizations, networking events, and other market-facing activities.
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Track market activity, relationships, pipeline, and business development performance.
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Contribute to broader strategic planning around practice growth, profitability, talent, and long-term market positioning.
Qualifications
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Professional degree from an accredited Architecture program.
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Architectural licensure required, with the ability to obtain reciprocal licensure where necessary.
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15+ years of architecture experience, including significant leadership experience within healthcare architecture.
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Ideally 10+ years of direct healthcare architecture experience.
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Demonstrated success leading large, complex healthcare projects and multidisciplinary project teams.
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Strong understanding of healthcare planning, programming, design, technical delivery, and construction.
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Proven ability to develop trusted relationships with senior healthcare clients and decision-makers.
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Experience contributing to or directly leading business development, client development, and pursuit strategy.
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Strong commercial and financial understanding of architectural practice and project performance.
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Ability to operate effectively at both a strategic and executional level.
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Collaborative leadership style with a strong track record of mentoring and developing teams.
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Excellent communication, presentation, relationship-building, and public-speaking skills.
Ideal Profile
This opportunity is particularly well suited to a senior healthcare architect who has progressed beyond simply delivering projects and wants to have a broader impact on the direction of a healthcare practice.
The ideal individual will bring established healthcare credibility and relationships while remaining actively engaged with clients, teams, and projects. They should be comfortable operating as both a practice leader and market builder—someone capable of strengthening existing relationships, creating new opportunities, leading major pursuits, developing talent, and helping position the organization for its next stage of growth.
Location & Travel
The position can be based in:
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Chantilly, VA
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Fort Worth, TX
Regular engagement with clients and project teams will be expected, with regional travel required as appropriate.
Benefits
The organization offers a competitive compensation package and comprehensive benefits program, including:
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Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
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401(k) with employer match
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Paid time off and company holidays
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Paid parental leave
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Short-term and long-term disability coverage
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Professional development and continuing education opportunities
Electrical Project Engineer Dallas, Texas, United States
Electrical Project Engineer
Location: Dallas–Fort Worth or Houston, TX
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
Discipline: Electrical Engineering / MEP
The Opportunity
A growing, multidisciplinary architecture and engineering organization is seeking an Electrical Project Engineer to join its expanding MEP practice in Texas.
This is an opportunity for an experienced, Texas-licensed Professional Engineer (PE) to step into a highly visible position with meaningful ownership over electrical design, project delivery, quality control, and the continued development of the engineering team.
The firm works across education, civic, healthcare, and community-focused facilities, delivering technically complex projects designed to have a lasting impact on the communities they serve.
Rather than operating solely as a production engineer, this individual will have the opportunity to serve as the Electrical Engineer of Record, work directly with architects, clients, and project stakeholders, mentor developing engineers and designers, and partner closely with engineering leadership.
For an Electrical Engineer looking for greater project ownership and a clear path toward broader technical and team leadership, this offers significant room for long-term growth.
Key Responsibilities
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Serve as the Electrical Engineer of Record on assigned projects from design through construction.
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Lead and oversee the electrical design and documentation of complex building projects.
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Perform final QA/QC reviews of electrical construction documents, ensuring accuracy, coordination, code compliance, and technical quality.
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Develop and edit electrical specifications based on individual project requirements.
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Work collaboratively with architects, owners, consultants, and multidisciplinary engineering teams throughout the project lifecycle.
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Partner with engineering leadership to develop and implement electrical design, documentation, and modeling standards.
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Provide technical guidance and mentorship to electrical designers, engineers, and project team members.
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Support department leadership with resource planning and coordination across active projects.
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Assist in defining electrical scope, staffing requirements, and technical approach for new project opportunities.
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Participate in and, where appropriate, lead engineering department meetings and technical discussions.
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Help drive consistency, efficiency, and best practices across the electrical engineering practice.
What We're Looking For
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Active Professional Engineer (PE) license in Texas – required.
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Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering.
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Approximately 5–7+ years of professional experience designing electrical systems within the MEP, architecture, engineering, or building-design industry.
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Strong working knowledge of electrical systems, applicable codes, industry standards, and engineering best practices.
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Proficiency in Revit.
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Experience delivering projects within education, civic/public, and/or healthcare environments is preferred.
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Experience coordinating electrical systems within multidisciplinary building projects.
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Strong understanding of construction documentation and project delivery.
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Ability to communicate effectively with architects, clients, owners, consultants, and internal project teams.
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Comfortable taking ownership of technical decisions while operating within a collaborative environment.
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Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
Why Consider This Opportunity?
The position offers considerably more than traditional electrical production responsibilities. The successful individual will have the opportunity to become an important part of a growing Texas engineering practice, with exposure to both technical and operational leadership.
You'll have the ability to influence how projects are delivered, mentor developing team members, establish best practices, and take ownership of meaningful projects serving communities throughout Texas and beyond.
The organization also places a strong emphasis on continued professional development and provides access to the resources and project diversity of a broader national platform while maintaining a collaborative, team-oriented working environment.
Benefits
The firm provides a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
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Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
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401(k) with employer match
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Paid time off and paid holidays
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Paid parental leave
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Short-term and long-term disability coverage
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Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
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Training and professional development opportunities
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Ongoing career development and advancement opportunities
Location
This is a hybrid position and can be based from the firm's Dallas–Fort Worth or Houston-area office.
Candidates must hold an active Texas PE license and be able to obtain additional state licensure as required.
All applications and conversations will be handled confidentially.
Sr. Director, Regional Lead - NC Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Senior Director – Regional Operations | Research Triangle
A nationally recognized Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, and Commissioning/Qualification firm is seeking a Senior Director to lead and grow its presence in the Research Triangle region of North Carolina, including Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, and Cary.
The firm specializes in the Life Sciences industry, partnering with pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and other science-driven organizations to deliver highly technical facilities and environments. The Regional Director will play a key role in expanding the firm's presence in the market, developing client relationships, growing the local team, and overseeing successful project delivery.
The Opportunity
This is a high-visibility regional leadership position combining operations, project oversight, client development, business development, team leadership, and strategic growth. The individual will serve as a senior representative of the firm within the region while collaborating closely with national leadership and other discipline leaders.
Key Responsibilities
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Lead and oversee regional operations, including project delivery, quality, project management, personnel, financial performance, and resource planning.
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Develop and execute a strategic regional business plan focused on growth, profitability, and client development.
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Build and maintain relationships with Life Sciences clients and organizations throughout the Research Triangle.
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Identify new opportunities and drive business development and sales within the region.
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Serve as a senior client representative and, on select projects, act as a Project Executive, maintaining relationships and helping ensure successful project delivery.
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Participate in proposals, client presentations, project meetings, and other business development activities.
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Help develop and grow the regional team, including hiring, mentoring, professional development, and leadership development.
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Work with Architecture and Engineering leadership to manage staffing, workload, schedules, budgets, and utilization.
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Maintain high standards for technical quality, customer service, and project performance.
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Leverage national relationships and resources to generate additional opportunities within the region.
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Provide market intelligence and strategic insight to help guide regional and national growth.
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Represent the firm within the local Life Sciences and broader A/E/C community and serve as an ambassador for the organization.
Market Focus
The firm's primary focus is the Life Sciences sector, with work centered around highly technical facilities supporting pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and related science-driven organizations.
The ideal candidate will understand the Research Triangle Life Sciences market, have established relationships within the industry, and bring a combination of technical/project experience and demonstrated success in client development and business growth.
Leadership Scope
This position will have oversight of the regional team, including discipline leaders, directors/associate directors, and office management, with responsibility for building a high-performing team and establishing a strong local presence.
Remote Thermal R&D Engineer United States
Thermal R&D Engineer
We are seeking a Thermal R&D Engineer to support the development of advanced two-phase and refrigeration-based cooling technologies for high-power electronic systems.
This is a hands-on engineering role covering system design, component selection, prototype development, testing and validation. The successful candidate will work on new thermal architectures and support the development of cooling solutions capable of operating in increasingly demanding, high heat-density environments.
Responsibilities
• Design and develop two-phase cooling and refrigeration-based systems
• Define system architecture, component specifications and performance requirements
• Support evaporator, condenser and compressor selection and design
• Build and test prototype cooling loops and thermal test systems
• Plan and execute experiments to evaluate thermal performance, pressure drop, stability and reliability
• Develop analytical and simulation models for heat transfer and fluid flow
• Evaluate refrigerants based on performance, safety, environmental impact and material compatibility
• Troubleshoot thermal and fluid system performance issues
• Work closely with mechanical, electrical and manufacturing engineering teams
• Support product integration and design optimization
• Improve system performance, reliability, manufacturability and cost
• Contribute to the development of future thermal technologies and product concepts
Experience Required
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline
• Master’s degree preferred
• 5+ years of experience developing two-phase, refrigeration or advanced thermal systems
• Strong understanding of thermodynamics, heat transfer and fluid mechanics
• Experience with compressor selection and refrigeration system design
• Knowledge of evaporator and condenser design
• Hands-on experience building and testing fluid loops, refrigeration systems or thermal prototypes
• Experience with experimental testing and performance analysis
• Proficiency with 3D CAD software such as SolidWorks or equivalent
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Experience with pumped refrigerant systems, vapor-compression cooling, thermosiphons, CFD or thermal simulation tools would be beneficial.
Previous experience within semiconductor, electronics cooling, high-power systems or advanced product development would also be advantageous.
Working Conditions
This is primarily an on-site engineering position due to the hands-on laboratory and prototype development requirements.
Travel of up to approximately 10% may be required.
Benefits
• Performance-based bonus program
• 401(k) with company match
• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Flexible spending account options
• Employee assistance program
• Paid time off
• 13 paid company holidays
Higher Education Project Manager Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Project Manager – Higher Education Architecture
We are partnering with a nationally recognized architecture and design firm seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead the design and delivery of complex projects within its growing Higher Education practice.
This is a highly visible, client-facing position for a licensed architect who can successfully balance design quality, project execution, financial performance, and client relationships. The Project Manager will work closely with senior firm leadership, design leaders, clients, consultants, and multidisciplinary project teams to deliver sophisticated higher education projects from early planning and design through construction.
The successful candidate will bring strong experience working with colleges and universities and be comfortable leading both clients and internal teams through complex, multi-stakeholder projects.
Key Responsibilities
Project Leadership & Delivery
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Lead architecture and planning projects through all phases of design, documentation, and construction.
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Partner closely with Design Principals and Higher Education market leadership to successfully pursue, win, and deliver work.
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Provide strategic direction to multidisciplinary project teams while maintaining high standards for design quality and technical execution.
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Establish and manage project scope, schedules, budgets, staffing, deliverables, and overall project progress.
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Coordinate effectively across internal teams, consultants, contractors, and client stakeholders.
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Identify potential project challenges early and provide proactive, practical solutions.
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Maintain quality control and ensure work complies with applicable codes, accessibility requirements, firm standards, and contractual obligations.
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Mentor architects and designers by establishing clear responsibilities, leveraging individual strengths, and creating opportunities for professional growth.
Client Leadership & Communication
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Serve as a primary point of contact for clients throughout the project lifecycle.
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Develop trusted, long-term relationships with university and institutional clients through proactive communication and strong project leadership.
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Guide conversations with campus stakeholders to establish project vision, programmatic requirements, design goals, budget, and schedule.
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Lead client meetings, presentations, workshops, and project discussions.
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Manage expectations and communicate project progress, risks, decisions, and solutions clearly throughout design and construction.
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Act as an advocate for both the client's objectives and overall design vision.
Project Planning & Financial Management
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Develop comprehensive project work plans, schedules, staffing strategies, and resource requirements.
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Manage project financial performance, including budgets, forecasting, invoicing, consultant payments, and overall profitability.
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Prepare fee proposals and participate in contract negotiations with clients and consultants alongside senior leadership.
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Direct and review the work of architects, designers, consultants, and other project team members.
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Apply knowledge of building codes, building systems, project delivery, and design technologies to support successful project outcomes.
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Utilize project management and financial management systems to maintain accurate and timely project information.
Construction Administration
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Provide leadership throughout the construction phase and maintain continuity from design through project completion.
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Oversee submittal reviews, RFIs, site observations, payment certifications, and resolution of field conditions.
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Work collaboratively with clients, contractors, and consultants to interpret construction documents and resolve issues efficiently.
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Monitor construction progress against design intent, schedule, quality, and contractual requirements.
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Support substantial and final completion activities in collaboration with project stakeholders.
Qualifications
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Professional degree in Architecture required.
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Active architectural licensure required.
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10+ years of professional architecture experience, with a strong track record delivering complex projects within the Higher Education market.
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Demonstrated experience managing projects from planning and design through construction.
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Strong understanding of architectural design, documentation, building systems, codes, accessibility requirements, and QA/QC processes.
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Experience managing project budgets, schedules, staffing, consultants, and multidisciplinary teams.
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Strong client-facing experience, ideally including presentations and engagement with university leadership, facilities teams, user groups, and other campus stakeholders.
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Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
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Working knowledge of industry platforms and technologies such as Revit, AutoCAD, Newforma, 3D modeling tools, and project management software.
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Experience with Deltek Vantagepoint is beneficial but not required.
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Willingness to travel as required for client engagements, projects, and firm initiatives.
What This Opportunity Offers
This is an opportunity to join an established, design-focused architecture practice with a strong national reputation and a significant presence in the Higher Education market. The position offers the ability to lead meaningful projects, develop long-term institutional client relationships, mentor talented teams, and work directly alongside senior leadership.
The firm offers a competitive compensation and benefits package that includes:
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Medical, dental, and vision insurance
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401(k) retirement plan
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Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
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Disability and life insurance
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FSA/HSA options
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Generous paid time off based on experience
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Paid family leave
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Educational and professional development benefits
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Long-term career development and leadership opportunities
We are seeking someone who combines strong project management capabilities with architectural expertise, client leadership, and genuine experience within Higher Education. This position is particularly well suited to an established Project Manager looking for greater project ownership, visibility, and long-term growth within a nationally respected design practice.
