Job Captain

Job Description

Job Description

Join a collaborative architecture and engineering team where you’ll take ownership of complex project documentation, lead multidisciplinary coordination efforts, and help deliver impactful federal, healthcare, education, institutional, and public-sector projects.

Location: Sacramento, CA (Hybrid)

Employment Type: Contract-to-Hire

We are seeking a highly skilled Job Captain to support a growing portfolio of federal, institutional, public-sector, education, healthcare, industrial, and commercial projects. This role combines technical leadership, project coordination, and hands-on production work while partnering closely with architects, engineers, and consultants throughout the project lifecycle.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced architectural professional who enjoys being deeply involved in project execution, construction documentation, and multidisciplinary coordination while continuing to grow toward Project Architect responsibilities.

• Contribute immediately to newly awarded and expanding project portfolios
• Work alongside architects, engineers, and multidisciplinary design teams
• Gain exposure to federal, healthcare, education, public-sector, industrial, and institutional projects
• Maintain a hands-on role in design, production, and technical execution
• Join a collaborative, low-ego culture that values technical excellence and teamwork
• Opportunity for long-term growth within a growing architecture and engineering organization

This role is ideal for someone looking to build upon strong Revit and construction documentation experience while expanding project ownership and technical leadership responsibilities. You'll have the opportunity to grow toward Project Architect-level responsibilities while continuing to stay involved in design and production.

Hourly Pay Range: $58.00 - $72.00 per hour

Compensation will be based on technical expertise, project experience, and overall qualifications.

Benefits were not specified in the requisition and should be discussed during the interview process.

• Coordinate architectural projects from design development through construction documents
• Assemble and coordinate multidisciplinary drawing packages across architectural and engineering disciplines
• Develop construction documents, detailing, plans, elevations, sections, schedules, and technical deliverables in Revit
• Collaborate directly with engineers, consultants, and project stakeholders to resolve technical issues
• Support project startup activities, workflows, standards, and documentation strategies
• Review and incorporate design revisions, markups, and redlines into project documents
• Participate in coordination meetings, site investigations, and project planning efforts
• Identify and resolve design conflicts through proactive multidisciplinary coordination
• Support construction administration efforts including clarifications and project documentation
• Maintain ownership of project deliverables and ensure quality, accuracy, and consistency throughout project execution

We're looking for a technically strong architectural professional who thrives in a collaborative design environment and enjoys taking ownership of complex project documentation and coordination efforts. The ideal candidate is highly proficient in Revit, experienced in construction document production, and comfortable working directly with architects, engineers, and consultants.

• Approximately 7-12 years of architectural experience
• Advanced proficiency with Revit
• Strong construction document (CD) phase experience
• Experience producing complete construction document sets
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary drawing packages
• Experience working within an architectural or A/E consulting environment
• Proven experience coordinating architects, engineers, and consultants
• Strong understanding of multidisciplinary building design and documentation
• Ability to identify conflicts and resolve technical coordination issues
• Experience supporting public-sector, institutional, education, healthcare, industrial, commercial, or federal projects
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to initiate and execute projects with limited supervision

• Progress toward architectural licensure
• Active NCARB record or licensure path underway
• Federal project experience
• Military or Department of Defense (DoD) project experience
• AutoCAD proficiency
• BIM 360 or Autodesk Construction Cloud experience
• Construction Administration experience
• Field investigation and site verification experience
• Specifications coordination experience
• Experience with healthcare, laboratory, higher education, or institutional facilities

• Hybrid work environment
• Collaborative architecture and engineering setting
• Daily use of Revit and multidisciplinary design tools
• Exposure to technically challenging projects across multiple market sectors
• Team-oriented culture emphasizing technical contribution, collaboration, and professional growth
• Opportunity to take increasing ownership of project execution as workload and responsibilities expand

If you're a strong Revit user who enjoys construction documentation, multidisciplinary coordination, and technical project ownership, this is an opportunity to join a growing team where your expertise will have an immediate impact on meaningful projects across a diverse range of industries.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Sacramento, CA.

The pay range for this position is $58.00 - $72.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a hybrid position in Sacramento,CA.

This position is anticipated to close on Sep 25, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications withoutregard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability,sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protectedby law.

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