Architect

BRPH is a technically focused, creative architecture, engineering, and construction company with over six decades of expertise in helping mission-driven clients in the aerospace, defense, manufacturing, commercial, education, entertainment, hospitality, and federal markets identify gaps in their program delivery and develop innovative solutions to their most challenging problems across the U.S. and around the world. Consistently ranked among the nation's top firms, we take pride in solving complex challenges with forward-thinking solutions.

As an employee-owned company, BRPH is known for its collaborative culture, technical excellence, and client-focused approach, bringing together multidisciplinary teams to design and build environments that are functional, efficient, and future-ready.

Overview

• Performs assignments utilizing professional architectural work knowledge and abilities, requiring application of standard techniques, procedures, and criteria in carrying out a sequence of related architectural tasks. Assignments require sound independent judgement and application of a non-routine, complex nature, under the supervision of the Director.
• Assignments may include multiple variables and be more complex. Applies diversified knowledge of architectural principles and practices in broad areas of assignments and related fields. Makes decisions independently on architectural problems and methods and represents the company to resolve important questions and to plan and coordinate work. Requires advanced techniques and extension of theories, precepts and practices of architecture. The knowledge and expertise required for this level of work usually result from progressive experience.
• Assignments usually include complex architectural tasks and calculations with limited technical guidance on non-standard issues. Must coordinate with and help resolve conflicts with other disciplines based on an excellent understanding of the design process. Responsible for the preparation of project specific construction specifications and construction administration.
• Prepares reports, specifications, plans, construction schedules, cost estimates and permits for projects.
• Has a very good understanding and knowledge of construction techniques and constructability.
• Has a good, working knowledge of CADD drafting to produce designs into routine final drawings.
• Understands codes and standards and has ability to research code issues, present interpretation, and properly apply in the daily work.
• Performs Life Safety and Code Analysis and prepare Life Safety Plans.
• Has an excellent understanding and knowledge of construction techniques and constructability.
• Visits construction site to review, monitor, and report progress and perform other construction administration duties, such as shop drawing review, attend construction site meetings, review RFI's, prepare ASI's, PR's, prepare status reports, per the contract documents.
• Assist in supervising, coordinating and checking the work, as well as instructing, leading and mentoring junior staff to eliminate documentation errors.
• Perform checking of one's own work and work prepared by drafters, designers and other architects.
• Provide coordination of all applicable project discipline's drawings and specifications.
• Assists in preparing design budgets, marketing proposals and cost estimates.
• Assist in client contact and communication pertaining to specific projects.
• Promote communications, cooperation and quality among staff.
• Must be proficient in the use of :

Microsoft Windows, Excel, Project, Newforma, BlueBeam and Word

Develops proposals and agreements for assigned projects within the department.

Qualifications

Physical Requirements

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This job description may be changed to include new responsibilities and tasks or change existing ones as management deems necessary.

EOE / AA / MFDV

This job description may be changed to include new responsibilities and tasks or change existing ones as management deems necessary.

EOE, including Disability / Vets