Sr. Project Architect I - S&T

ABOUT THE ROLE

The successful candidate will serve as leader of authority with expert level knowledge, responsible for leading the development, assembly and quality oversight of a project's technical documentation for large, complex projects or multiple smaller projects, ensuring an integrated set of deliverables and verifying compliance through team collaboration. This role will be joining the design team for a significant 1.25 million square foot laboratory facility for a leading biotechnology company in San Francisco, CA.

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Manage and monitor the integrated quality review processes for the project for all disciplines.
• Meet regularly with multiple project and firm-wide leaders to coordinate critical information on project status and potential risk.
• Develop and implement with the team technical leadership a strategy for continuous proactive quality engagement.
• Work with the project leadership to schedule and coordinate staffing for quality reviews for all disciplines. Manage all those supporting the project’s Quality Process.
• Engage in and contribute to the project Risk Assessment process including the phase updates. Proactively identifies, communicates, mitigates and resolves project-related issues.
• Guide and assist the project team in the development of the Project Quality Plan and its updates to effectively manage the project's quality including phase milestone quality reviews and project pinups / technical charettes.
• Review and guide the development of the planning of each phase drawing document deliverable through the Cartooning process.
• Guide the team to implement the firm technical document standards and CA policies. Meet regularly with the project’s Senior Project Architect(s) and Engineering Discipline Leaders to discuss quality reviews and ongoing challenges seeking to resolve issues early.
• Guide the team through development and resolution of comprehensive and coordinated three-dimensional solutions across technical documentation and construction phases to project completion.
• Act as a proactive resource to the project team in their decision-making processes and provides support in the development of technically sound and innovative design solutions. Engage members of the Technical Leadership Group as needed.
• Meet with project team members on a regular basis to monitor work in progress and ensure that the firm’s process standards and procedures are being implemented.
• Guide and assist Project Architects in the Life Safety, Building and Energy Code analysis and compliance process for the project.
• Monitor the progress of coordination of all disciplines, including in-house and external consultants.
• Monitor overall project metrics, including Deltek Practice Metrics and CA metrics, to identify and report potential risk issues early.
• Monitor the alignment of the Project manual with the drawings.
• Schedule, manage and record phase quality reviews, engage and managing other project reviewers. May act as in-house peer reviewer within the Quality Process for other client teams.
• Participate in Business Development activity and collaborate with Project Managers, Marketing and Office Leadership as necessary.
• Contribute to the capture and reuse of institutional knowledge within the firm focused on very large project implementation and share with the Technical Leadership Group.
• Write technical articles relating to the technical quality subjects described above for internal and / or external publication.
• Guide and mentor project staff to support a culture of continuous quality improvement.
• Meets established utilization target.
• May perform other duties as needed.

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL NEED

The salary range for this position to be filled in the San Francisco area is $160,310 to $200,388 annually. This salary range is the range we believe is the anticipated range of possible base compensation at the timing of the posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the anticipated salary range for the position. Employees may be eligible for discretionary bonuses. We offer a full benefit package including medical, dental and vision coverage and flexible spending account options and voluntary insurances. We have paid time off, flex-time schedules, remote work options and a 401k plan and employee perk programs. For a general overview of our benefits, please visit our careers page. Actual compensation may vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience, education and / or skill level.

ABOUT OUR FIRM

CannonDesign is a design practice where strategy, experience, architecture, engineering, and social impact converge. We don’t just dream up solutions — we create and bring them to life in ways to solve some of the biggest challenges facing our clients and the society. At the heart of everything we do is Living-Centered Design, a bold commitment to using our talents to not just improve the world but to truly reshape it for the better. It’s more than a philosophy — it’s who we are, and it drives us to make a meaningful, lasting difference every day.

ABOUT WORKING HERE

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CannonDesign is an Equal Opportunity Employer. CannonDesign is committed to maintaining a work environment that is free from any and all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment. It is therefore the firm’s policy to prohibit discrimination and harassment against any applicant, CannonDesign employee, vendor, contractor, or client on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. It is also CannonDesign’s policy to prohibit any and all forms of retaliation against any individual who has complained of harassing or discriminatory conduct, or participated in a firm or agency investigation into such complaints.

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