OverviewAt Corgan we are passionate about great design but the best thing we build is each other. Here, you'll find camaraderie and collaboration as abundantly as curiosity and creativity. Corgan is a welcoming and supportive environment that provides significant career advantages. You'll find room to grow, freedom to explore - and the safety to fail. Thank you for your interest in joining our curious, passionate, hardworking team.
Corgan is actively recruiting a dynamic
Architectural Project Manager to join the firm as part of our
Education team. Tackle these responsibilities alongside a team of creative, highly motivated individuals who are passionate about their work and ready to collaborate to achieve outstanding results. Our ideal team member is passionate and progressively seeking more responsibilities to expand their expertise.
Responsibilities- Develop competitive fee structures reflecting defined scope of services for project pursuits
- Establish and manage project schedules
- Oversee the completion of projects on time and within fee budget
- Anticipate, understand and manage client expectations
- Provide leadership to staff by identifying project studio team members' roles and responsibilities, leveraging their strengths, providing stretch opportunities, and offering mentorship
- Lead and encourage open dialogue with project team regarding design and technical ideation and facilitate appropriate solutions
- Motivate the project team to meet project goals through encouragement and/or course correction
- Oversee administration of construction phase procedures and documentation (shop drawings/submittals, requests for information, and addenda/clarifications)
- Oversee development and presentation of appropriate technical solutions to project stakeholders
- Drive the coordination of internal staff, external consultants and other stakeholders to achieve a cohesive and collaborative project team.
- Attend and conduct presentations
- Actively explore and recognize new business opportunities through professional networks
- Drive each project team to seek innovation in design solutions in an ongoing spirit of curiosity, continuous improvement, and increased project performance
- Develop effective project directives, outlines, projections, schedules, and strategies over the course of the project
- Oversee development and communication of appropriate project phasing
- Manage all facets of project production resulting in a thorough set of documents
- Identify solutions and effectively resolve technical challenges
- Understand and apply appropriate industry standards and construction practices
- Oversees, and is responsible for, the identification, understanding and documentation of regulatory agencies' requirements, as well as recognizing and resolving code-related design issues
- Oversee quality assurance processes and quality control of project documents
- Demonstrate, share, and appropriately apply, new methodologies, practices, codes, and products
- Attend and conduct presentations
- Manage client relations
- Provide leadership to staff
Qualifications- This role is an in-office position
- Professional, NAAB-accredited degree in Architecture or equivalent is required
- 10+ years of experience in commercial architecture
- Education (K-12 or Higher Education) project experience is required
- Professional registration or anticipation of registration required
- High commitment to QA/QC
- Thorough understanding of how a drawing set goes together
- Acumen for how things are built and constructibility, and the ability to apply that knowledge to support the project design and budget
- Ability to research and document codes for specific projects
- Experience managing a variety of consultants and contractors
- Interest in sustainable design
- Effective organizational and communication skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Flexible attitude
- Proficiency or experience with managing overall project fees and schedules
- Must have high attention to detail and strong analytical skills
- The ability to juggle multiple priorities is essential
- Candidates should be efficient with coordinating project deliverables and client expectations
- Ability to collaborate in a diverse project team environment
- Demonstrated experience coordinating and leading project teams
- Confident presentation ability
- Strong aptitude for business development, strategic leadership skills, and high self-motivation
- Convincing conceptual design skills, as well as an entrepreneurial spirit
- Potential travel opportunities
This position is designated as
full-time on-site and requires the employee to be physically present at the assigned office location
Monday through Friday during standard business hours. Regular, reliable on-site attendance is an essential function of this role.
Corgan creates opportunities for personal and professional growth that bring out the best in ourselves and those around us by sharpening skills, leveraging technology, and encouraging communication. Our commitment to the highest standards of professional ethics is unwavering. Our passion, drive for excellence, and abiding curiosity guide us each day in our interaction with our clients, partners, associates, and with each other. Corgan promotes a healthy work-life balance by removing obstacles and allowing you to focus on what you love doing, both inside and outside the office.
*Only applications received through our website will be considered. For design positions, please also be sure to upload your portfolio or review of your application will be delayed.* EOE/M/F/Disability/Vet
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