Senior Architect

STV is an international multidiscipline engineering/architectural consulting and construction management company performing over $300 million in revenue annually. Our award-winning portfolio within the Buildings Division includes architectural assignments within the Transportation, Educational, Institutional, Justice and Industrial market sectors.

We currently have an opening in our Owings Mills, MD practice for a Senior Architect with our Buildings division. Candidates with Transportation-related experience are highly desirable.

The candidate should be a self-starter with a passion for problem solving, an understanding that project success comes through teamwork, and a firm focus on client needs.

This role emphasizes design management, production, and delivery, with the ability to develop both professionally and personally. The ideal candidate is self-motivated with a solid technical foundation allowing them to work independently. STV's culture promotes exposure to and interaction with multiple design disciplines and an opportunity for healthy work-life balance. The company is also supportive of employees' professional goals, including licensure and involvement in local professional organizations.

Key responsibilities will include workingwith, and coordinating, an architectural/engineering team in preparing documents for projects. The ideal candidate will interface with clients and partner firms and assist in leading teams of other design professionals to deliver design products requiring interface and collaboration with various disciplines, clients, and consultants. You will coordinatewith other disciplines and managethe delivery of design documents, as well as plan, schedule, coordinate, manage and oversee the work of lower-level architects who assist with particular projects.

Other responsibilities include: Prepares Architectural drawings and supervises their execution; mentors' younger staff; performs analysis of design and construction systems; completes planning studies; oversees preparation of design layouts and construction details. Oversees research used in writing specifications, including coordinating with manufacturers. Conducts site and construction inspections for information-gathering purposes, preparing interpretive reports. Executes code analysis, material selections, and technical solutions. Analyzes design and construction systems, design layouts and construction features, which require researching, compiling and recording information for assigned project work.

Essential Duties Include:

• Leads conceptual design for various types of facilities.

• Determine collectively with multiple design disciplines, the technical approach and design criteria for projects.

• Lead and coach junior architectural staff.

• Perform independent investigations, studies, and architectural analysis.

• Develop design details, plans, and writing specifications.

• Serve as quality control reviewer.

• Contribute new designs or techniques which are of material significance in the solution of important problems.

• Remain current in codes and technologies appropriate to the architecture discipline including IBC, NFPA, etc.

• Ensure conformance with standards, established architectural practices, applicable codes, and technical adequacy of design and construction.

• Participate in meetings with clients to discuss project scope and progress.

• Participate in presentations to clients and other key stakeholders.

• Assist with developing technical proposals and cost proposals.

• Assist in developing project schedules and responsible for monitoring and reporting related to deliverable progress, schedule, and budget status.

Required Experience:

• The ideal candidate must have a Professional Degreein Architecture (B. Arch or M. Arch preferred) and a minimum of 15 years of experience as a project architect working within numerous market sectors, with specific emphasis on mass transit desired.

• The candidate should be experienced with leading multidisciplinary teams from conceptual design through construction documentation.

• Professional Registration is highly desirable.

• Extensive professional Revit Architecture and BIM 360 experience required.

• Autodesk products, Enscape, Rhino 3D, Grasshopper, Lumion, and Adobe Creative Suite experience are a plus.

• Proficiency with AutoCAD, Microsoft Office Suite are required.

• LEED Accreditation is also a plus.

• Excellent design, technical detailing and strong presentation skills, both verbal and visual, are indispensable.

Compensation Range:

STV offers the following benefits * Health insurance, including an option with a Health Savings Account * Dental insurance * Vision insurance * Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care and Transit and Parking where applicable) * Disability insurance * Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment * 401(k) Plan * Retirement Counseling * Employee Assistance Program * Paid Time Off (starting at 16 days) * Paid Holidays (9 days) * Back-Up Dependent Care (up to 10 days per year) * Parental Leave (up to 80 hours) * Continuing Education Program * Professional Licensure and Society Memberships

STV is committed to paying all of its employees in a fair, equitable, and transparent manner. The listed pay range is STV's good-faith salary estimate for this position. Please note that the final salary offered for this position may be outside of this published range based on many factors, including but not limited to geography, education, experience, and/or certifications.

Not sure this role is the perfect match? We encourage you to apply if STV's work and values resonate with you. We know great candidates don't always meet every qualification, and research shows women and people of color are less likely to apply unless they do. At STV, we believe strong talent comes from a wide range of backgrounds, and your skills and experience may align with this or another opportunity as we continue to grow.