Architects - Job Vacancies

Our expanding architectural team is looking for candidates that can lead projects in developing designs and project development as well as provide hands-on participation.

Job Purpose:

The ideal candidate for this position will manage all phases of architectural projects with demonstrated expertise on projects of various scale and complexity. Joining our team as a Project Manager / Architect means being an innovative problem solver with the ability to work both independently and as a team player, gracefully handle changing directives, while completing tasks accurately and quickly.

The Architect’s responsibilities include:

• Provide architectural design leadership for varied projects and client base. Implement the development of preliminary presentations and construction documentation.
• Execute the details of design, coordinate project teams and resolve complex issues
• Provides architectural drafting including details, plans, sections and elevations in accordance with firm standards and guidelines
• Coordinate design issues with the in-house engineering team.
• Ability to provide leadership with clients and effectively represent the firm
• Oversee project teams
• Work with clients, contractors and local officials under the direction of the project architect to coordinate construction issues.
• Research building materials and coordinate into project specifications.
• Defines scope of project, with full responsibility for interpreting, organizing, executing and coordinating project assignments.
• You must have a pride of accountability of your work, a strong awareness to project schedules and budgets, an internal drive for accomplishment, and a critical eye for detail.
• Mentor junior designers in computer aided drawing, code research, product research, and construction document creation, drawing and detailing.
• Selects problems for investigation, developing novel approaches and solutions to architectural problems in consultation with the director of Architecture.
• Conducts quality control checks, reviewing calculations, designs, specifications and construction documents for accuracy and completeness, and performing on-site inspections of projects under construction to ensure aesthetic value and quality construction.
• Recognizes, analyzes, and makes timely, critical, and cost-effective decisions
• Plans and organizes the work of junior architects and technicians.
• Performs such other duties as the supervisor may from time to time deem necessary.

Preferred:

• Seek creative and innovative solutions
• Be responsible for high quality work
• Proactively engage with project and respond to project deadlines
• Evidence of past internship or extracurricular activity in the field
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with other colleagues
• Have appetite for self-development and learning
• Be enthusiastic in collaboration
• Have “Total Design” mindset
• Have high level of self-motivation
• Be able to take initiative
• Be receptive to and supportive of change
• Actively listen and show understanding
• Understand the role and deliverables and can self-guide to achieving those
• Be keen to travel around Sri lanka
• Interpersonal skills, public speaking and persuasive ability desired