Senior Architect
Ackerman Estvold
- Minot, ND
- $80,000-95,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Take a leadership role in all phases of design: schematic design, design development, construction documents, bidding and negotiation, and construction administration.
- Lead a design team for any given project.
- Participate in business development efforts to advance project development and effectively cross-sell services.
- Manage client relationships at the social, technical, and contract level.
- Make independent decisions on architectural problems and methods.
- Learn skills to minimize risks and vulnerabilities and seek means to improve efficiencies and reduce costs.
- Reviews and approves all work performed under his/her supervision.
- Participate in internal quality assurance/quality control processes.
- Supervises the preparation and checks the accuracy of contract documents.
- Provide leadership and motivation to a team that is performing a sequence of tasks to meet milestones.
- Assist with assembling design proposals and contracts, incorporating necessary scope and consultants for a financially successful project, in cooperation with the managing principal.
- Manage financial and time performance metrics of projects.
- You have a bachelor's or master's degree in architecture with North Dakota, South Dakota, and/or Minnesota registration, or the ability to obtain licensure upon employment, with at least 15 years of successful post-graduate design and consulting experience. Lesser experience may be considered for the right candidate.
- You have strong technical skills and production experience using Revit (required); AutoCAD experience a plus.
- You have technical skills to assemble and edit full project manuals.
- You want to manage multiple projects of various types and scales at the same time with varying timelines and delivered successful projects on schedule.
- You have outstanding time management skills and can prioritize various tasks and team resources throughout the course of projects to maintain reasonable workloads for the team.
- You are eager to learn financial metrics for successful completion and performance of projects.
- You go the extra mile to make sure projects are completed on time and on budget and are in the trenches with team members to facilitate progress on projects.
- You have successfully worked in teams and have outstanding listening and communication skills.
- You have or are eager to develop strong conceptual design and communication skills and have fluency in SketchUp, Enscape, Photoshop, and/or Illustrator.
- You demonstrate a high degree of competence, capabilities, and architectural experience resulting from progressive responsibilities.
- You have a strong working knowledge of building codes, zoning ordinances, and standards.
- 100% Paid Health Insurance for employees & child dependents
- Employee-sponsored Dental & Vision insurance
- Employee-sponsored Aflac plans, including Dental, Hospital Indemnity, Cancer Care, & Critical Illness
- Employer provided Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Accidental Death & Dismemberment & Group Life Insurance
- Voluntary Life Insurance option
- 401k with 5% match after 1 year of service
- Employer-paid Identity Protection Services
- FSA & Dependent Care
- Flexible Scheduling
- Paid Vacation & Sick Time