Sports Senior Project Architect - AECOM

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AECOM is seeking an experienced Senior Project Architect.

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 New York studio focuses on the Sports Venues, which encompasses everything from performance and development facilities to primary competition venues, ranging anywhere from small collegiate clients to the largest of professional leagues and franchises. 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 Intuit Dome, the most technologically advanced sports arena ever designed, and Foster Pavilion, a transformative new arena that will bolster the landscape of the University of Baylor campus, and University of Central Florida football campus upgrades that will propel UCF into a new athletic conference.

The role will be responsible for managing scope, and schedule of projects across the project lifecycle - from conceptual studies to full design and construction administration. Responsible for planning and managing project staffing requirements, updating project performance to the Project Manager, and identifying and addressing scope creep, schedule, or quality issues to ensure a successful delivery of assigned projects.

Job Summary:

• Coordinates a team effort to deliver various sized projects through diverse design and construction phases.
• Communicates with the Project Manager on project workplan, deliverables and schedule.
• Ensures communication between project management, project team, consultants and Client.
• Promotes project delivery through architectural guidance and technically feasible solutions.
• Fosters professional development and mentorship for emerging professionals.
• Working with interdisciplinary technical leads in coordinated successful execution of projects in design and construction.
• Manage day-to-day activities of assigned projects.
• Managing and supporting all technical, financial, and client satisfaction areas using established processes and tools.
• Occasionally support business development efforts as required.
• Foster and maintain a collaborative professional working relationship with the Project Leadership Team (i.e. Project Designer, Project Architect, and Principal in Charge).
• Contribute to design development, drawings, in support of overall project goals when requested and directed by the Principal-in-Charge.
• Coordinates a team effort to deliver various sized projects through diverse design and construction phases.
• Managing subconsultant deliverables, and performance
• Coordinating internal resources and third parties/subcontractors for the execution of projects
• Developing and monitoring a detailed project plan to track progress and identify shortfalls in a timely manner.
• Managing the relationship with the client and all stakeholders
• Ability to manage multiple small to medium size projects of a complex scope.

Minimum Requirements:

• BA/BS in Architecture or related field + 6 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
• Licensed Architect

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficiency in 3D design software, REVIT, Rhino or similar preferred
• Experience with Bluebeam, Navisworks and Dynamo
• Proficiency with Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Ability to meet quality, schedule and budget expectations
• Desire to be mentored by leadership and provide mentorship to junior staff
• Detail-oriented and technical, yet experienced enough to see the big picture
• Must be a highly motivated self- starter with solid writing and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently and lead large groups of technical minded people with minimal oversight
• Ability to multi-task and be flexible and able to adapt to rapidly changing project requirements and deadlines
• Ability to apply passion and enthusiasm for design in a collaborative and progressive team- oriented work environment.
• Experience with sports, public assembly &/or higher education projects

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.