Senior Architect - SSOE, Inc.

At SSOE, our growth allows us to offer the opportunities normally associated with a large firm while embracing the collaborative and supportive culture often found in smaller firms. You’ll experience our employee-centric culture that strives to offer a healthy work-life balance, a hybrid work schedule, great employee benefits, and continuous learning.

SSOE is seeking a Senior Architect to join our dynamic team, offering the selected candidate the chance to lead the design of cutting-edge industrial and manufacturing facilities for global industry leaders.

As a Senior Architect, you will be responsible for leading projects and working with other contributing mid-senior level Architects and design teams to create exciting and complex designs that incorporate some of the latest design techniques, while ensuring that all specifications are met, and to ensure timely completion of projects. 

The following duties are typical of the position but are not all-encompassing. Responsibilities include those required to deliver quality service on schedule and within budget in a team environment.

A Typical Day Might Include:

• Independently plans and executes tasks involving critical judgment in evaluating and selecting building materials, systems, and design methods.
• Devises new approaches to problems and develops substantial adaptations and modifications to standard architectural techniques and procedures.
• Independently performs assignments with instructions as to general results expected; Exercises sound judgment to resolve problems but may receive architectural guidance on unusual or complex facility designs; Solicits the approval of department/section manager and project architect for proposed design solutions.
• Performs specific phases of work on major projects or total architectural responsibility on projects of small or moderate scope.
• Oversees the drafting effort on a project and coordinates this effort with other disciplines on the same project and, at times, may be responsible for checking a portion of all the completed drawings.
• Knows local, state, and federal building codes, OSHA compliance requirements, and a working knowledge of site planning, civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering systems, methods, and general details.
• Uses knowledge of architectural drafting, detailing, building materials, and construction techniques to finalize project documents for bidding and construction purposes.
• Responsible for the final content of architectural project specifications.
• Engage in client interactions and contribute to business development initiatives as needed.
• Assists in the integration of all disciplines of the project(s).
• Travel required.

Qualifications You’ll Need on Day One:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Architecture is required, along with an NCARB Certificate, and a minimum of eight (8) years of relevant experience.
• License Required.
• Experience with implementing LEED projects with minimum gold certification preferred.
• Experience with clean/dry rooms, battery plants, or pharmaceutical manufacturing a plus.
• Experience with Revit and AutoCAD is required. Experience with Navisworks is a plus, rendering capability and knowledge of other 3D platforms is a plus.
• Valid driver's license required. May be waived for international assignments.
• Salary Range: $115k-$130k/year depending on location, education, experience, and any certifications that are directly related to the position.
• Benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, 401K, PTO & paid holidays.
• SSOE offers ownership opportunities to all employees at the Associate level and above.  This position, based on experience, is a position that will allow you an opportunity to become a shareholder of SSOE.  As an employee-owned firm, being a shareholder provides additional level of earning and investment to our group of owners.

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