Architectural Design Technician Career Level

Qualifications:

• Has deep knowledge of required discipline subject areas as well as a high familiarity with other subject areas both within structural and other disciplines.
• Has a solid understanding of how your work affects scope, schedule, and budget. Understands the importance of identifying scope creep early with the ability to elevate to project leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to identify various options to solve technical problems, itemize pros and cons of each option, followed by the presentation of all options and findings to the design team and customer where appropriate.
• Ability to determine the correct path forward by asking pertinent questions and requesting clarity.
• Understands industry best practices.
• Provides leadership to more junior staff while maintaining a positive attitude and outlook.
• Demonstrates working knowledge of codes and standards.
• Ability to break a project down into required tasks, assign hours to each task, and provide work estimates to leadership on an as-needed basis.
• Extensive modeling and drafting experience utilizing Revit and AutoCAD or other programs as necessary.
• Extensive model review experience utilizing Navisworks and Bluebeam.
• Ability to perform as an area or system lead designer.
• Has thorough understanding of discipline requirements

Responsibilities:

General Summary:

At this level designers develop more ownership in their designs. Work at this level can sometimes be standalone on smaller projects where the designer may work directly with an engineer to identify project goals, perform code research, discuss system requirements with engineers and owners, and provide cross-discipline coordination with other trades, both internal and external. On larger projects the career-level designer could function as lead designer for a system, a building, or a level in a building, or be tasked as the wet side or dry side systems design lead, while overseeing the work of intermediate and entry-level designers. The incumbent has experience in the subject area and a working knowledge of the systems required. Designers at this level will be adept at back-checking their designs and the work of other designers on their team to a high degree of accuracy.

Responsibilities:

In addition to the responsibilities of intermediate-level designers, you are responsible for the creation, coordination, and publishing of project deliverables, including drawings, details, models, and other necessary documentation. The career-level designer performs the key role of design development, acting under the auspices of more senior-level designers and engineers. It is the expectation that this level has developed the ability to act as a standalone entity able to take verbal direction and move the project forward. The career-level designer performs work with minimal supervision, reviews the work of entry- and intermediate-level designers as well as early-career engineers for accuracy and completeness, and provides technical guidance related to their area of work to designers and engineers of all levels where appropriate. At this level, creativity and the drive to solve problems while hitting deadlines is an expectation. Depending on project need, assists with engineering calculations under the guidance of a project engineer.

General Tasks Performed:

• Plans and conducts work requiring judgment, creativity, and coordination in the layout and design of structural systems.
• Participates in the design approach and proposes solutions.
• Prepares deliverables for all phases of the project, including models, plans, elevations, sections, schedules, and details to support design and engineer leads for meetings, proposals, and construction documents.
• Attends and participates in design status updates for their areas of responsibility in discipline meetings, both internal and external, as needed.
• Reviews and adheres to specifications in developing and delivering quality designs. Provides specifications input and comments where appropriate.
• Coordinates designs and deliverables and resolves conflicts with / between all disciplines and existing field conditions where required.
• Performs a field survey of existing conditions.
• Responds to design and coordination requests, conflict resolution requests, and information sharing requests in a timely manner.
• Provides labor estimates for proposed tasks for self.
• Reviewing and processing submittal documents.