Design Associate - Architecture

Overview

In this role, you will carry entry-level responsibility, as a design professional, for the production of innovative, appropriate, cost-effective designs, drawings and specifications in your discipline for assigned projects. You will emerge to an independent resource and begin to coordinate work with other disciplines. Additionally, you will work to fulfill experience requirements for eligibility to take professional license exam.

Job Responsibilities:

* Conceptual Design

* Establish a Discipline basis of design for the Design Manager to review

* Detailed Design

* Analysis Ability

* Performs dimensional, interference, and basic design checks on the layouts and sketches of Licensed professional and, as requested, on interdisciplinary drawing sets.

* Performs analysis or calculations as assigned

* Designing for Safety incorporated into drawings

* Responsible for design compliance with Owner criteria

* Researches, documents and is responsible for discipline design compliance with all applicable codes, ordinances, standards and regulations.

* Detailing

* Applies discipline design and detailing fundamentals in developing designs and specifications under the supervision of and subject to final approval by the Lead Professional.

* Assists Lead Professional with plotting/production/assembly of drawing packages and writing specifications.

* Code compliance review with a design professional

* Maintains AE checklists for the Design Manager to review

* Participates in coordination review sessions

* Maintains orderly work files and prepares clear, well-written memos/correspondence. When assigned, prepares presentation materials

* Coordinates and checks work carefully to minimize all deficiencies, errors, and omissions

* Uses Haskell standards and procedures

* Coordinates work with other disciplines. Performs interdisciplinary coordination check to minimize deficiencies, errors and omissions in drawings and specifications.

* Construction Documents

* Produces well-organized, finished design documents of good appearance, accuracy, clarity, and correctness from layouts, sketches, or written instructions

* Construction Support

* Subject to final approval of Lead Professional, check shop drawings and submittal data for conformance with contract documents

* Assists Lead Professional in field inspections, development of solutions to field problems, preparation of field orders, addenda, and record drawings.

* Shop drawings returned on schedule

* Responds to field/construction questions as directed by the discipline leader

* Creates inspection reports and punch lists

* Reviews applicable shop drawings and submittal data for compliance with construction documents.

* Planning, Scheduling, and Profitability

* Creates work plans for assigned tasks. Monitors and projects personal workload status, advising supervisor of difficulties in accomplishing schedules

* Meets scheduled key dates

* Discusses progress regularly with Licensed Professional of Record

* Advises Design Manager of changes

* Design to budget man-hours

* Project Management

* Adhere to project strategy

* Documents meetings and telephone conversations to communicate to discipline leader

* Travel up to 30% annually

* Other duties which may be assigned as needed

Education/

Experience:

* Bachelor of Science degree in architecture from an accredited college or university (NCARB or ABET preferred). Master's of Architecture strongly preferred.

* 3-5 years' experience

To thrive in this role, you'll need:

* Discipline production software at a beginner level (i.e., Revit, Sketch-Up, etc.)

* Intermediate skills with Microsoft Office (i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

At Haskell, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plans, professional development opportunities, and more. Join us and be part of a team where your contributions make a difference.

Environmental Factors and/or

Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, this position is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations; and the ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-50 pounds.…