Who We Are

HMC Architects is an employee-owned design firm with a desire to make a difference in our communities. As a purpose-driven firm based on values, our mission to design for good drives everything we do. And our ownership culture creates alignment and increased commitment to that mission, keeping us on track to being successful.

What We Do

Founded with the purpose of anticipating community needs, HMC aims to create designs that have a positive impact, now and into the future. We focus primarily on opportunities to have the most direct contribution to communities–through healthcare, education, and civic spaces.

Summary

Responsible for production of construction documents in all phases at direction of supervisor. Demonstrated proficiency in leading the technical development of building envelope, building systems and coordination of consultant work.

Position Responsibilities

• Listen and communicate effectively and professionally
• Asks questions about assignments when unclear
• Has working knowledge and understanding for use of HMC equipment and software
• Coordinate projects with team members and consultants for conflicts and discrepancies
• Ability to apprise supervisor of work status
• Establish productive working relationships and deal effectively and cooperatively with team members, consultants, and government agencies
• Display willingness to make decisions; exhibit sound and accurate judgment; support and explain reasoning for decisions; include appropriate people in decision-making process; make timely decisions
• Ability to professionally communicate both verbally and in writing to give assignments to office support staff, consultants and vendors
• Ability to effectively communicate with supervisor
• Ability to delegate assignments to support staff and always be respectful
• Support supervisor in directing and managing assigned staff
• Be proficient with HMC’s documentation filing structure and office practice systems
• Ability to correspond effectively with consultants for Revit files and minor directives
• Ensure that the documents meet the HMC and client standards and protocols
• Write meeting minutes, instruction bulletins, change orders, RFI responses, and professional correspondence
• Always be professional and respectful in interactions with clients and consultants
• Assist in preparation for interviews and proposals
• Demonstrate motivation in seeking new responsibilities and challenges
• Set goals, prioritize and plan work activities for self-management and use time efficiently
• Estimate hours for assigned tasks and finish tasks within agreed upon budget hours for the task
• Assist in preparation of work plans, schedules and budgets for small projects
• Meet with supervisor to discuss the evaluations
• Participate in office design charettes
• Proficient in the documentation of project design in Revit and Rhino such as three-dimensional modeling, product or material research
• Follow the design intent of graphic and verbal directions during all phases of project
• Interact with lead designer to solve project issues and integrate design intent with project document development through all phases
• Demonstrate Revit competency in advance commands of editing requirements, drawings set up for any type of project, management and use of all Revit files and resolution of any related Revit issues on HMC Revit platform
• Possess knowledge of drawing setup, layers, families, plotting/publishing, dimensions, blocks, attributes, purge/audit/recover, and back up files and viewports
• Understand technical terminology of the architectural and construction industry
• Understand requirements/deliverables of all phases
• Organize and generate set of working drawings, and fulfill requirements/deliverables of SD, DD, and CD phases
• Assist in the coordination of government agencies, utility companies and obtain plan check approvals
• Help select appropriate materials, systems and develop all construction details and systems
• Assist in preparation of outline specs (purple sheets), and editing and coordination of master specs
• Demonstrate thorough knowledge of the applicable building codes for independent code analysis and compliance
• Coordinate and participate in cost estimating
• Review submittals, shop drawings, respond to RFI's, and prepare instruction bulletins for changes
• Prepare complete construction documents of large and complex projects
• Have working knowledge and follows HMC procedures, standards, and protocols

Position Requirements

• Architectural degree from an accredited university
• Minimum of five (5) year experience in architectural design preferred
• Has working knowledge and understanding of HMC equipment and software
• Establish productive working relationships, and deal effectively and cooperatively with team members, consultants, and government agencies
• Display willingness to make decisions; exhibit sound and accurate judgment; support and explain reasoning for decisions; include appropriate people in decision-making process; make timely decisions
• Ability to professionally communicate both verbally and in writing to give assignments to office support staff, consultants, and vendors
• Ability to delegate assignments to support staff and always be respectful
• Ability to correspond effectively with consultants for Revit files and minor directives
• Demonstrate motivation in seeking new responsibilities and challenges
• Proficient in the documentation of project design in Revit such as three-dimensional modeling in Rhino and Enscape, product, or material research
• Possess CAD knowledge of drawing setup, layers, dimensions, blocks, attributes, purge/audit/recover, and back up files and viewports
• Understand technical terminology of the architectural and construction industry
• Understand requirements/deliverables of all phases
• Demonstrate thorough knowledge of the applicable building codes for independent code analysis and compliance

The salary range for this position is $65,591 to $95,254

The actual offered salary for this position will vary depending on multiple factors including the candidate’s qualification, education, position knowledge, work experience, skills, ability, work location, and internal incumbent compensation for similar roles. We do not anticipate individuals hired into this position will start at or near the top half of the range listed; the decision will be based on each individual case. The salary range listed above does not include other compensation elements such as discretionary bonus opportunities, employee stock ownership grants, paid time off, medical insurance, and other wage and benefit opportunities.