Project Captain

Arena Staffing has partnered with ONYX Architects, a boutique architecture studio near Altadena, to hire a Project Captain to help drive technical coordination and construction document delivery across active projects. This is a hands on role for someone who enjoys tight consultant coordination, clean Revit sets, and keeping projects moving from DD through permitting and into CA.

If you are the kind of architect who can run point on CD production, integrate multi discipline consultant sets, and close loops fast without drama, this role will feel like a fit.

• Real ownership:
  You will be a key technical driver, not a background production seat
• Variety of work:
  Civic, education, housing, adaptive reuse, historic preservation, commercial, mixed use
• Hybrid cadence:
  Collaboration forward, with 1 remote day per week
• Small studio, high impact: 15 to 18 person team with direct access to leadership and real visibility
• Quality matters here:
  Strong focus on documentation, coordination, and buildable delivery
• Benefits that matter:
  Medical, 100% dental and vision, life insurance, 401k plus profit sharing, PTO and holidays

Title: Project Captain

Schedule: Full time, exempt

Compensation: $90,000 to $115,000 base (DOE)

Bonus: Performance based bonus opportunities plus profit sharing program

Benefits: Medical (Blue Shield), 100% dental and vision, life insurance, 401k vested after 1 year with profit sharing up to 3%, 3 weeks PTO, sick time, holidays

Own the technical coordination and production flow of projects and protect documentation quality, while keeping consultant integration clean and deadlines realistic. You will translate design intent into buildable, code aligned sets and support the team through permitting and construction.

• Learning and adopting ONYX Revit and documentation standards quickly
• Establishing a consistent coordination rhythm with consultants (MEP, structural, civil, and others)
• Tightening internal QC to reduce rework and late stage surprises
• Owning plan check responses and corrections with urgency and accuracy
• Supporting CA tasks with clear follow through and closed loops

• Technical delivery (DD to CD to CA)
• Lead construction document production from design development through permit or bid
• Integrate consultant work into the architectural set and maintain cross discipline alignment
• Develop technical solutions across multiple building types and materials
• Conduct internal QC reviews to ensure accuracy and completeness
• Revit production and standards
• Drive Revit modeling and documentation workflows (production and coordination)
• Maintain organized models, sheets, details, and ONYX documentation standards
• Coordinate multi disciplinary consultants throughout design and documentation
• Track issues, close loops, and prevent coordination drift
• Plan check and corrections
• Support plan check comment responses and manage corrections efficiently
• Construction administration support
• Support RFIs, submittals, and site visits, and help resolve technical issues during construction
• Team collaboration
• Coordinate internal tasks, support production flow, and mentor junior staff as needed
• Represent ONYX professionally with clients, consultants, and external partners

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Architecture
• 5 to 8 years of experience in an architectural practice
• 5 plus years of Revit experience (design and production) with advanced proficiency on production projects
• Construction document production ownership from DD through permit or bid
• Consultant coordination experience integrating MEP, structural, civil, and other sets into the architectural drawings
• Working knowledge of building codes and zoning regulations as applied to documentation
• Strong organization, time management, and follow through across multiple projects and phases
• Strong communication skills (email, team coordination, internal)
• Experience with contract drafts

• Professional licensure (preferred, not required) and clear path toward licensure
• LEED AP
• Experience mentoring or directing junior staff

Virtual or in person interview (45 to 60 minutes)

In person or virtual interview (45 to 60 minutes)

Arena Staffing and our client are equal opportunity employers. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable law. Reasonable accommodations are available throughout the hiring process.