Interior Architect - AECOM

**Company Description** **Work with Us. Change the World.** At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world. We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us. **Job Description** **AECOM** is seeking a **Mid-Level Interior Architect** to be based in Chicago, IL or Indianapolis, IN offices and work on a hybrid schedule. **About Buildings + Places:** The Illinois/Indiana offices of AECOM’s Buildings + Places business line comprise a dynamic and growing team of diverse professionals committed to excellence in architecture and engineering for the built environment. The successful candidate will be supported in professional growth while contributing to an energized design practice addressing exciting projects throughout the region. Our Buildings + Places practice includes architecture, interiors, building and system engineering, urbanism and planning inclusive of landscape design, strategy +, economics, technology solutions, asset advisory, and cost and program management. This diverse team assists our clients from strategy through project realization, creating positive outcomes for those who occupy and use the buildings and environments we help to create. Our Chicago and Indianapolis studios focus on the Commercial/Corporate, Science and Technology, Higher Education and Federal market sectors. We look to combine beauty, sustainability, resiliency, equity, and innovation in our projects and believe these values can be instilled in any project regardless of size or budget. Some of our recent projects include the Shell Technology Center Campus Revisioning, City of Chicago Joint Public Safety Training Campus, Illinois Autonomous and Connected Track, and a new corporate global headquarters. **Job Summary/Responsibilities:** As an Interior Architect, you will play a pivotal role in crafting and executing both the design vision and technical documentation for various projects. Working closely with the Project Manager and Senior Designer, you'll be involved from the schematic design (SD) phase through construction administration (CA), including on-site engagement before and during construction. Our main emphasis lies in corporate workplace design, but our team thrives on tackling diverse project types and scales. During the development of construction documents, you will spearhead the coordination with the Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) team, often collaborating within the same office for seamless integration. In this dynamic role, you will assist in design, technical documentation, and construction services alongside the Project Manager, Technical Lead, and Lead Designers. As a Project Architect, you'll oversee the technical design and documentation, ensuring a cohesive set of deliverables across all disciplines while managing construction administration tasks for projects ranging from small to large in scale. _The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:_ + Design, production, coordination, and architectural detailing as part of a multi-disciplinary team. + Lead and assist in coordination of engineering systems with engineers and consultants; actively partner with Design Leadership to carry through design intent; and coordinate with all other team members on project assignments and documents. + Monitor the technical quality of the projects by enforcing the application of QA/QC process standards and requirements while ensuring that all statutory requirements for the project are achieved. + Develop and maintain positive client relations throughout the life of the project. + Communicate project status, design intent, construction updates, and other critical information in a clear and compelling way to the owner(s), consultants, and clients. + Perform field site inspections to verify and document existing conditions. + Lead construction administration efforts inclusive of reviewing and responding to RFIs and submittals, attending OAC meetings and providing site observations. + Coordination with building and permitting officials. **Qualifications** **Minimum Requirements:** + Bachelor of Architecture or Interior Design, Interior Architecture degree from an accredited university. + 2+ years of experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education. + Proficiency with Revit, AutoCAD and Adobe Creative Suite. + Ability to travel to client sites, support project tasks and construction administration. **Preferred Qualifications:** + 3+ years of experience supporting interior architecture projects. + Experience in corporate/commercial interior design or interior architecture industry with understanding of workplace projects, standards, and practices. + Ability to work both independently and effectively in a cross-disciplinary team atmosphere and across multiple offices. + Ability to prioritize and multi-task work on multiple projects concurrently + Strong technical expertise related to design and construction. + Excellent verbal and written communication skills. + Self-motivated, client focused, and detail orientated. + Registered Architect/ NCARB certification, a plus. **Additional Information** + Sponsorship is not available now or in the future for this role Offered compensation will be based on location and individual qualifications. The expected range is $81,000.00 - $91,000.00. **About AECOM** AECOM is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits program to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absence, voluntary benefits, perks, U.S. and global well-being programs, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan. AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM. **Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity** You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed. You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients. AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too. Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. **ReqID:** J10113886 **Business Line:** B&P - Buildings & Places **Business Group:** DCS **Strategic Business Unit:** West **Career Area:** Design **Work Location Model:** Hybrid **Legal Entity:** AECOM Technical Services Inc