Graduate Architect Jobs in Virginia (NOW HIRING)

Dewberry is currently seeking an Architect in our Danville, VA office. We’re looking for an experienced, highly motivated individual with a drive to develop creative architectural design solutions for clients in the local, state and federal markets.

The candidate must be a self-starter, understand technical details of putting buildings together, and be able to maintain design intent while offering design improvement and collaboration through the process.  Must be proficient in development of construction documents including drawings and specifications. Needs to take minimal instruction and go forward with projects or project components. This person should have the ability to relate project information between clients, other design disciplines and contractors.  Should have the desire to understand full project information from design through construction.

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

• Responsible for leading and developing detailed design and production of construction documents.
• Develop specifications, and perform material/product selection and research.
• Perform code analysis.
• Assist designers and project managers in conceptual input on assigned projects.
• Responsible for monitoring scope, schedule and budget on architectural aspects of projects.
• Responsible for developing discipline work plans and tasking, supervision and mentoring of assigned project personnel.
• Responsible for some construction phase shop drawing review and assembly of requests for proposals, change orders and closeout documentation.
• Participate in the firm’s QA/QC program by serving as architectural discipline checker for assigned projects.
• Provide assigned collateral duties relative to the operation of the team.
• Assist in production standards.
• Perform other related work as apparent or assigned.

• Bachelor of Architecture or Master of Architecture required.
• 3+ years of experience required.
• Candidate must be proficient in REVIT and MS Office.
• Professional registration as an Architect, licensed to practice in the US is preferred but not required to apply.

*The salary range for this position will be: $75,200 to $96,000*

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for our employee’s. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

Notice to Third Party Recruiters:  Dewberry only compensates job placement recruiters that have a valid Dewberry-approved written agreement in place for recruiting services. Dewberry does not compensate third party recruiters for unsolicited job placement candidate information.

*At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.

*Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

*Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.