Project Architect - Healthcare

The buildings that make up the landscape of our daily lives seem like permanent fixtures, fastened to a time and place. But what if that didn’t have to be true? What if our built environment — where we live, learn, play, and conduct business — carried us forward instead?

Our Buildings practice keeps people at its heart, recognizing that our shared journey forward is shaped by the meaningful and responsive places we design. From iconic designs to monumental groundbreakings, join us to bring transformational building solutions to life. Every day we apply our expertise, creativity, and passion to propel communities into the future—join us!

Your Opportunity

Join a growing Healthcare practice in the greater LA market as a Project Architect working with some of our top Healthcare clients. With general guidance from the Healthcare leadership team, you will support all aspects of the project process from validation/pre-design through construction administration and close-out within Healthcare and Laboratory projects. Coordination with consultants, contractors, and Owners will be a part of your weekly activities to manage projects. Along with your Project Manager, you will support multiple projects at any time, within various phases of design and construction. This position may require full time or part-time on-site location with the Project Manager thru the design and construction phases.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for projects of large and medium complexity/size.
• Inspires creativity, critical thought, and design excellence both internally and externally.
• Participates in development of the program and other pre-design efforts such as space planning, blocking and adjacency diagrams.
• Conceptualizes a building design from both a functional and aesthetic perspective in concert with a client’s requirements, budget, and program.
• Analyzes site incorporating geotechnical, hydrological, environmental, social, economic and contextual conditions.
• Implements sustainable design principles into the design and environment.
• Presents the design with the Project Manager and Project Designer to stakeholders during early project phases. Develops building design in accordance with cost parameters.
• Utilizes BIM technologies in development of three-dimensional models of buildings and their components.
• Ensures that design intent and technical criteria is maintained through documentation and construction.
• Evaluates and selects building systems and materials.
• Coordinates building systems with engineers/consultants to ensure compatibility with the design intent.
• Implement Life Safety strategies for healthcare and related occupancies.
• Participates in design critiques and constructability reviews.
• Lead project coordination and site meetings with internal team members, external consultants, owner, contractors, and subcontractors.
• Knowledge of Lean tools and on-site big room experience is a plus