What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Architect position at Elmington?
We’re hiring founding team members. This is a unique opportunity to join a new architecture practice launching under an established developer with a built-in project pipeline from day one. Elmington is a Nashville based company providing comprehensive residential and commercial services through a collaborative, partnership driven approach. The firm specializes in affordable and multifamily housing, with over 35 projects completed nationwide.
In this role, you’ll play a key role in shaping the firm’s design standards, workflows, and culture while working directly with decision makers on active, real-world projects. You’ll experience accelerated professional growth, early leadership opportunities, and the chance to contribute to meaningful, community focused affordable housing projects that make a real impact.
If you’re motivated by meaningful work, professional growth, and the opportunity to help build something new from the ground up, we’d love to connect.
Position Summary
The Project Architect will oversee multiple affordable multi-family projects from start to finish, coordinating design, scheduling, and construction to ensure on-time, compliant and on-budget delivery that aligns with Elmington’s standards and overall vision. All activities will be performed in support of the values of Elmington.
Integrity ~ Precision ~ Growth ~ Driven ~ Relationships
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
The Elmington Experience: At Elmington, we foster an entrepreneurial mindset, compensating for the value our team members bring to the table. We provide an environment that encourages room for advancement and career succession, recognizing and rewarding contributions to our collective success. With a team collaboration ethos, constant improvement is not just encouraged but embedded in our culture, offering autonomy to individuals who thrive on innovation. The company will recruit, hire, train, promote, and compensate its employees based upon factors such as work quality, behavior, training, and experience. In compliance with local, state, and federal laws, we provide equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, protected age category, gender, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, military status, or physical or mental disability of any individual who is otherwise qualified.
In this role, you’ll play a key role in shaping the firm’s design standards, workflows, and culture while working directly with decision makers on active, real-world projects. You’ll experience accelerated professional growth, early leadership opportunities, and the chance to contribute to meaningful, community focused affordable housing projects that make a real impact.
If you’re motivated by meaningful work, professional growth, and the opportunity to help build something new from the ground up, we’d love to connect.
Position Summary
The Project Architect will oversee multiple affordable multi-family projects from start to finish, coordinating design, scheduling, and construction to ensure on-time, compliant and on-budget delivery that aligns with Elmington’s standards and overall vision. All activities will be performed in support of the values of Elmington.
Integrity ~ Precision ~ Growth ~ Driven ~ Relationships
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
- Communication proficiency
- Planning and organizing
- Prioritizing
- Ethical conduct
- Problem assessment and problem solving
- Information gathering
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Flexibility
- Adaptability
- Teamwork oriented
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Architecture
- 7-10 years of professional experience in multifamily residential, student housing, hospitality, commercial or related market sectors.
- Minimum of 3 years of direct experience with multifamily projects.
- Licensed Architect strongly preferred.
- Comprehensive knowledge of design phases, materials, and detailing for Type I, Type III, and Type V multi-family and mixed-use construction.
- Experience with garden-style and/or mid-rise multifamily projects.
- Strong understanding of commercial real estate design principles, building codes, zoning regulations, and permitting/entitlement processes.
- Proficiency in AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp, and related architectural tools.
- Skilled in Adobe Creative Suite, Bluebeam, Microsoft Office, and Procore.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with exceptional attention to detail, organizational skills, and accountability.
- Collaborative and adaptable, with the ability to work seamlessly with developers, builders, designers, and marketing teams.
- Strong grasp of brand-driven design, with the ability to translate brand guidelines into residential spaces.
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of aligning design initiatives with broader business goals.
- Deliver creative, efficient design solutions that align with client vision, budgets, and timelines.
- Oversee design development, including conceptual and schematic plans, renderings, and specifications, across multiple projects.
- Develop and refine site plans and density studies, incorporating stakeholder and regulatory feedback.
- Ensure integration of zoning requirements and jurisdictional regulations into site planning.
- Manage consultant teams to produce complete contract documents through construction issue, ensuring compliance with codes, standards, and project goals.
- Review and approve consultant deliverables for quality and consistency.
- Ensure accuracy and completeness of architectural plans, specifications, and documentation.
- Participate in construction administration, including responding to RFI’s and reviewing submittals.
- Create 3D models, renderings, and reference diagrams to communicate design intent.
- Prepare and present design proposals, project updates, and progress reports to management and stakeholders.
- Frequently sit, stand and walk
- Regularly required to talk or hear
- Frequently required to use hands or fingers to handle or feel objects, tools or controls
- Occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl
- Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
- Vision abilities to include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and the ability to adjust focus
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate
- Temperature in the workplace is typically moderate
The Elmington Experience: At Elmington, we foster an entrepreneurial mindset, compensating for the value our team members bring to the table. We provide an environment that encourages room for advancement and career succession, recognizing and rewarding contributions to our collective success. With a team collaboration ethos, constant improvement is not just encouraged but embedded in our culture, offering autonomy to individuals who thrive on innovation. The company will recruit, hire, train, promote, and compensate its employees based upon factors such as work quality, behavior, training, and experience. In compliance with local, state, and federal laws, we provide equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, protected age category, gender, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, military status, or physical or mental disability of any individual who is otherwise qualified.