Project Architect - Water Resource Recovery Market

Market

Water

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Your impact

At Jacobs, we challenge what is currently accepted, so we can shape innovation and lasting solutions for tomorrow. We endeavor to create a connected, sustainable world. If you’re interested in a long and rewarding career working with the industry’s best and most innovative engineers and architects, then Jacobs is where you belong. The East-Central Water group is currently seeking a Project Architect to join our team of interdisciplinary designers for a variety of projects within the region, with a focus on projects in our Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana sub-geographies. Candidates must be local in one of our Ohio, Michigan, or Indiana offices. In partnership with the Project Manager, Design Manager, and design discipline leads, you are accountable for project design quality, performance, and team communication. You will be responsible for the development, issuance, and content of deliverables, technical content of documents, and coordination of disciplines, including consultants, and for the supervision of all staff producing documents on your projects. Ability to work from home or in a work/office hybrid environment up to 3 days per week is an available feature for this position, with a minimum of 2 days per week in a work/office location. You will primarily work in Water Resource Recovery (Water/Wastewater Treatment) facilities design and water/wastewater conveyance facilities design; however, the architectural range for building typologies may include experience in Transportation, Science and Technology, Health Care, Corporate Commercial, Higher Education, or Mission Critical facilities. You'll impact the world around you by helping us solve real-life challenges. We’ll rely on you to provide support to our teams on critical projects while fostering a culture of continuous learning and inclusion as you bring new ideas to the table. Pave the way for your career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow, and succeed – today and into tomorrow. Duties and Responsibilities: • Responsible for ensuring the overall design intent of the project established by the Design Manager is incorporated into the detailed documentation. • Monitors the design process from the conceptual phase through construction administration, ensuring the design is properly conveyed and executed. • Writes and/or works with the project specification writer to develop architectural specifications and is responsible for the coordination of drawings and specifications. • Checks completed reports, plans, estimates, and calculations for accuracy. • Leads the overall architectural discipline strategy for producing the documents and identifies the sheets planned for each stage of the work. This includes defining how data will be organized into files and which elements will be incorporated in a Building Information Model and final construction drawings. • Responsible for communication with other disciplines, vendors, and contractors to ensure incorporation of all information into project requirements and provides support as necessary. • Ensures that construction detail documentation conforms to Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and best practice standards important to Jacobs. • Preparation of technical drawings and details. • Meets with municipal building department and other governing agency officials to coordinate approvals. • Writes technical reports and memos for client-based project work. • Attends on-site visits, field reviews, and project meetings as required for the project. Coordinates the review and responses for the contractor’s submission of shop drawings, RFIs, and material samples. • Reviews drawings supplied by vendors, clients, and other discipline group designers that affect the specific project design. • Incorporates Integrated Sustainable Design solutions into projects. • Fosters a commitment to external and internal client service and business development through project delivery responsibilities. • Creating and growing your personal brand within Jacobs across disciplines, offices, and performance units. • Create and maintain internal and external client relationships, leveraging them to secure invitations to future project opportunities.