Senior Architect

Harris Group is seeking an outstanding licensed architect to fill a role as Senior Architect to join our Lafayette, CA office.

Relationships are the key to our success! We are looking for a team member who can work independently, collaborate on a team, and provide mentorship and leadership to support the growth of Harris Group. Harris Group is an engineering consulting firm with locations across the US. Harris Group provides engineering in nearly every discipline and offers varied and diverse projects across an array of industries that inspire professional development and growth.

Job Summary

In this role as part of our multidiscipline design teams you will plan, coordinate and administer projects from the initial programming stages all the way through to completion of construction support services. We seek candidates that share our passion for design of industrial workplaces. Our work typically includes producing both renovation and greenfield designs of medium and heavy industrial projects, production laboratories, manufacturing facilities, and similar building types.

The Responsibilities

• Plan, lead, and prepare work including proposals, narratives, presentations, specifications, sketches and drawings during all phases of various architectural assignments to consistently meet project scope budgets and deadlines.
• Collaborate effectively with coworkers, peers, and clients to cement mutually beneficial relationships and successfully complete quality project outcomes.
• Actively support the company's pursuit of new project opportunities.
• Encourage and collaborate with team for design integrity, accuracy, clarity and quality.
• Identify, interpret and apply relevant codes and standards to industrial-, laboratory-, office-, and hazardous- occupancies. Prepare code analysis deliverables.
• Conduct research and coordinate design with engineers and specialty consultants.
• Define program requirements and establish design parameters based upon client intentions.
• Plan and present proposals, design workshops, and deliverable reviews with stakeholders.
• Produce design and construction documents with thoughtful architectural solutions.
• Travel to off-site location and/or accept client site assignments when required.
• Inspect architectural features of structures in the field against construction documents.

The Requirements

Architectural license and NCARB Certificate both in good standing with 7+ years of work experience in architect career related roles

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Apply architectural techniques commonly used in industrial capital projects.
• Experience in Life Sciences and working knowledge in GMP environment and Lab design experience preferred.
• Work independently and collaboratively exhibiting good judgment with strong client focus.
• Expertise in interpreting IBC/IFC, NFPA, OSHA for client and AHJ presentation.
• Advanced knowledge of architecture.
• Ability to pass Client badging and screening processes.
• Regular and reliable attendance.
• Proficient with MSOffice, AutoCAD, Revit and manual sketches.