Overview

At SSOE, our growth allows us to offer the opportunities normally associated with a large firm, while embracing the collaborative and supportive culture often found in smaller firms. You’ll experience our employee-centric culture that strives to offer a healthy work-life balance, great employee benefits, and a mindset of continuous learning.

SSOE is looking to hire an Architectural Designer to join our team allowing the selected individual with the opportunity to participate in the design of state-of-the-art industrial and manufacturing facilities for the world’s leading companies.

As an Architectural Designer, you will be responsible for working with other contributing mid-senior level Architects and design teams to create exciting and complex designs that incorporate some of the latest design techniques, while ensuring that all specifications are met, and to ensure timely completion of projects.

Responsibilities

• Applies standard architectural design techniques and procedures exercising judgment in making minor adaptations and modifications to design concepts.
• Receives instructions on specific assignment objectives, complex features, and assistance in deriving possible solutions to unusual problems.
• Coordinates and directs the work effort of designers on the same project with some responsibility for checking portions of the completed drawings.
• Prepares addendums and bulletins. Initiates project change orders for submittal to the project manager.
• Attends construction meetings and produces site observation reports and final punch list. May trouble-shoot design problems in the field during construction.
• Develops an understanding for other discipline's needs and requirements and relates them to own discipline and total project scope.
• Researches design options and documents findings for project engineer/architect.
• Checks design calculations and drawings.
• Processes shop drawings; checks to ensure quality accuracy and completeness.
• Has frequent external customer contact.
• May be requested to attend training to develop supervisory skills.
• May serve as job captain on single discipline projects.
• May write portions of specifications and assist in preparing design and construction cost estimates.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in the architectural field preferred.
• Minimum eight (8) years experience with SSOE as a Designer or ten (10) years related designer experience with former employer(s). 
• Travel required.
• Valid driver's license required. May be waived for international assignments.
• Salary Range: $65,000 - $80,000/ year depending on location, education, experience, and any certifications that are directly related to the position.
• Benefits include health, dental and vision insurance, life insurance, 401K, PTO & paid holidays.