We are currently seeking a Senior Project Architect Designer to work in Miami, Florida in close collaboration with a local Associate Principal. This individual will contribute meaningfully to the design excellence that defines Olson Kundig’s work.
The selected candidate will initially work remotely from Miami, Florida. Once the Miami, Florida office is established, regular in-office attendance will be required.
Primary Responsibilities
- Design Leadership
- Provides professional architectural consultation in the planning, design, and coordination of projects.
- Coordinates with the project manager to directly supervise the teams’ design and technical delivery.
- Manages the project Quality Control of design and deliverables within a project
- Technical Design & Execution
- Prepares construction documents, including technically related building components and details.
- Serves as a subject matter expert on specialized systems.
- Develops and represents lead technical viewpoint on projects.
- Independently executes/leads the construction administration process.
- Reviews, compiles, and prepares project specifications as required.
- Independently executes/leads the construction administration process.
- Team & Consultant Coordination
- Liaises with project management, other architectural team members, and consultants.
- Supervises and guides the work of junior architectural team members.
- Takes on aspects of external project communications and the preparation of presentations, with subconsultants/clients.
- Can be relied upon to present directly to the client on technical and design solutions.
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Architecture or another related field.
- Experience: Minimum 10+ years of post-bachelor's degree Architecture firm experience.
- Digital Literacy: Revit, and Digital Communications & Collaboration tools such as Zoom and MS Teams.
- Design: A portfolio of work demonstrating strong design, technical, and drafting abilities.
- Highly collaborative by nature, with the willingness to approach every project with creativity
- An innate desire to produce meaningful design work
- Ability to communicate effectively with peers, colleagues, and design leadership
- Detail-oriented and task-oriented with a passion for excellence
- Pro-active and dynamic in their skills and leadership
- Experience working on High-end, single-family residential projects
- Experience with Bluebeam Revu/Bluebeam Studio.
- Experience with Deltek Project Planning.
- Experience with MS Office Suite, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
- Experience with sustainability-focused project assessments, including Living Building Challenge, LEED, and high-performance buildings.
- Licensure is desired but not required.
- A creative work environment and colleagues who are collaborative, creative, and challenging
- Opportunity to grow professionally
- Check our culture page to learn about life at Olson Kundig
Olson Kundig is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, gender, age, religion, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by law. Applicants with disabilities may request reasonable accommodation at any point in the employment process.
For this position based in Miami, Florida, the annual salary is between $93,000. and $116,000. Final salary decisions are made based upon the extent and relevance of the candidate’s experience, as well as internal equity and external market factors.
In addition to a dynamic and creative culture, Olson Kundig provides a generous benefits package that includes 16 days of paid time off, paid holidays, health plan, 401k match, bonuses, profit-sharing plans for qualified positions, a monthly travel subsidy for public transportation, and more.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Architecture
- Minimum 10+ years of post-bachelor's degree Architecture firm experience
- Proficiency in Revit
- Strong design, technical and drafting abilities demonstrated in portfolio
What We Do
Now in its sixth decade of practice, Olson Kundig is a collaborative design practice led by 13 principal/owners whose work includes cultural and museum projects, exhibition design, commercial and mixed-use design (including wineries and sports facilities), private and multi-family residential, hospitality projects, places of worship, interior design, product design and landscape design. With deep roots in the Pacific Northwest, the firm and its team of over 350 work with clients around the world. The firm began its creative existence in 1966 with the architect Jim Olson, whose work at that time centered on explorations of the relationship between dwellings and the landscapes in which they inhabit. Olson started the firm based on the essential ideas that buildings can serve as a bridge between nature, culture, histories, and people, and that inspiring surroundings have a positive effect on people’s lives. Among the firm’s accolades are the 2009 National AIA Architecture Firm Award (as Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects), national and regional design awards from the American Institute of Architects, Jim Olson’s 2007 Seattle Medal of Honor and Tom Kundig’s National Design Award from the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt and his Academy Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Books on the firm’s work include Tom Kundig: Working Title (Princeton Architectural Press, 2020); Jim Olson: Building • Nature • Art (Thames & Hudson, 2018); Tom Kundig: Works (Princeton Architectural Press, 2015); Jim Olson: Art and Architecture (August Editions, 2013); Tom Kundig: Houses 2 (Princeton Architectural Press, 2011); Jim Olson Houses (The Monacelli Press, 2009); and Tom Kundig: Houses (Princeton Architectural Press, originally published in 2006 and re-released in 2021).
