Project Architect - Architecture & Design

About Us Clayco is a full-service, turnkey real estate development, master planning, architecture, engineering, and construction firm that safely delivers clients across North America the highest quality solutions on time, on budget, and above and beyond expectations. With $7.6 billion in revenue for 2024, Clayco specializes in the "art and science of building," providing fast track, efficient solutions for industrial, commercial, institutional, and residential related building projects.

About Clayco Design and Engineering Clayco Design and Engineering (CDE) was created to diversify and grow Clayco’s industrial business unit’s capabilities with a focus on efficiently delivering robust design-build architectural and engineering solutions. The Clayco Design and Engineering team brings a tremendous amount of engineering expertise to the Clayco enterprise from a wide array of industrial segments such as food & beverage, consumer products, manufacturing, and life-science products.

The Role We Want You For As a Project Architect, you will be counted on to mentor and nurture the professional development of staff, as well as work across CDE disciplines and parent company Clayco’s construction and real estate arms to help our entire enterprise thrive.

The Specifics of the Role Oversees the integrated design of projects and/or development of construction drawings for projects

Serves as primary coordinator with contractors and consulting engineers

Responsible for developing thought leadership in technical architecture and design

Leads discussions in the local and regional design community

Represents CDE in the community and civic events

Requirements A bachelor's degree in architecture or a related field

10+ years of relevant experience in architecture and design

Must be a registered architect

Demonstrated competence with Adobe Creative Suite, AutoCAD/Revit, MS Office

Excellent interpersonal relationship-building and colleague-coaching skills

Some Things You Should Know We work on creative, complex, award-winning, high-profile jobs across the United States.

Candidates selected for this position will be subject to a comprehensive background check, which includes mandatory drug testing.

2024 ENR Midwest – Midwest Contractor (#1).

2024 ENR Top 100 Design-Build Firms – Design-Build Contractor (Top 5).

2024 ENR Top 100 Green Contractors – Green Contractor (Top 5).

Benefits Discretionary Annual Bonus: Subject to company and individual performance.

Medical, dental and vision plans, 401k, generous PTO and paid company holidays, employee assistance program, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability coverage, learning & development programs and more!

Education, qualifications, skills, training, experience, certifications, internal equity, and location.