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Project Architect

Flad Architects
Flad Architects Salary
San Diego, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/5/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/30/2026

Overview

If you enjoy solving complex challenges in a collaborative environment that celebrates each person’s ideas, experience, and creativity, this might be the opportunity for you. Flad is a national architectural firm, with ten offices across the country. With expertise in the Science & Technology, Higher Education, and Developer markets, our Flad San Diego team of creative, intelligent, energetic people help our clients tackle the issues that change people’s lives.


How Will Your Days Be Spent

  • Responsible for leadership, management, and coordination of project team members and consultants from project inception through completion.
  • Work with the Project Manager to lead and mentor team members and consultants while representing the firm to the client. Manage project consultant coordination and relationships.
  • Ensure the client’s vision, goals, and objectives are understood by all team members and consultants. Implement design requirements through documentation and construction, maintaining design intent and integration of specific pieces of the project.
  • Gain increased responsibility for the technical planning and execution of project documents, including the quality, organization, and content. Assist project leadership with team debriefings and communicate lessons learned.
  • Deliver design-sensitive projects on schedule and within budget while making authoritative decisions and recommendations of significant impact related to the project.
  • May be responsible for participating in and leading client presentations. Participate in and conduct internal project team meetings and begin to lead technical and consultant meetings.


Experience


What you bring to this role

  • Minimum of ten years of architectural experience, with at least five years of recent Project Architect experience on relevant, large-scale projects leading multi-disciplinary teams required.
  • Experience with one of Flad's market segments preferred.
  • Excellent presentation, written, verbal, and graphics communication skills essential.


Software

  • Revit proficiency required.
  • Previous experience with AutoCAD preferred.


Education

  • Professional degree in architecture required.
  • Professional registration required.
  • Sustainability accreditation preferred.


Flad Offers a Wide Range Of Benefits, Including

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Generous paid time off and paid holidays
  • Financial health and wellness benefits - retirement savings plan; fiduciary advisor; identity theft plan; Section 125 flexible benefits, including mass transit and parking; income protection – life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability; Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Continuing education and career development – internal programs; funds set aside for external programs, licensure and sustainability support, annual professional registration and organization reimbursement
  • Hybrid work environment


Annual base salary range is currently: $100,000 - $140,000. Actual starting salary will be within that range, and is dependent upon job-related education, knowledge, and experience.


Flad Architects is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Flad will provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.


If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a position, please contact Human Resources at 608-238-2661 or email us at humanresources@flad.com.


We also have an Architect posiition available in San Diego, which can be viewed here: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4367334807/

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