Architect III

Architect III                                                                                      

VCBO Architecture is an award-winning, integrated design firm with a team of over 90 professionals in two offices in Utah, doing work through the Intermountain West.  Our staff is dedicated to providing clients with functional, beautiful, sustainable, and future-focused projects in Healthcare, Higher Education, K-12 Education, Recreation, Civic and Justice, and Corporate Office Space. 

VCBO Architecture (www.vcbo.com) is seeking an experienced Architect III to join our Architectural Group in our Salt Lake City office.  VCBO has a passion for excellence and a strong group of people who respect each other and enjoy working together.

General Objectives and Responsibilities

• Full-time position with experience working on a variety of projects, including programming, conceptual design, schematic design, and design development. 
• Experience in preparing drawings for schematic design and design development. 
• Experience in preparing preliminary design studies and adaptations of alternatives for review, contract documents including details, sections, elevations, and schedules. 
• Demonstrates advanced understanding and application of design practices, theories, and methods. 
• Understands overall building design concepts, objectives, and critical issues and applies knowledge to tasks and assignments. 
• Can respond to the technical implications of design decisions. 
• Facilitates firm and project goals of excellence in design, execution, and sustainability. 
• Evaluates and integrate engineering systems into the overall project. 

Technical Skills

• Basic computer and internet skills required. 
• Experience in Revit, Sketchup, Rhino, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. 
• Knowledge and/or understanding of project management software. 

Experience

• Bachelors of Architecture or Masters of Architecture required. 
• 7-10 years of experience in architecture. 
• Licensed Architect (desired, but not required), Strong knowledge of Autodesk Revit Architecture, SketchUp, and LEED AP (desired, but not required). 
• Experience managing others along with excellent verbal and communication skills, self-DDD DDD DDD, and flexibility to focus on a single client with a variety of project types or multiple projects in various stages of development. 
• Experience in compiling data, performing elementary design computations, performs area calculations according to specified standards. 
• Knowledge of building codes.  
• Able to complete the permitting process with the aid and supervision of a Team Leader. 
• Knowledge of addenda and construction change directive procedures. 
• Ability to review and respond to submittal and RFI documentation with sufficient knowledge and understanding of the project and industry.