Who We Are
HMC Architects is an employee-owned design firm with an inherent desire to make a difference in our communities. As a purpose-driven brand 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 managing small projects in all phases. Assist in architectural problem solving. Assist Project Manager in preparing budget and schedules, and in monitoring adherence to work plan. Interact with consultants and agencies. Ability to work with a team on larger projects.
This position can be located either in Sacramento, California office. The position requires 3 days in the office and the ability to work from home Mondays and Fridays.
Position Responsibilities
- Coordinate projects with team members and consultants for conflicts and discrepancies
- Assist in development of project marketing interview materials
- Prepare complex plans, elevations, and details under guidance of supervisor
- Organize and generate set of working drawings, and fulfill requirements/deliverables of SD, DD, and CD phases
- Coordinate with government agencies, utility companies and obtain plan check approvals
- Help select appropriate materials, systems, and develop all construction details
- Assist in preparation of outline specs and editing and coordination of master specs
- Coordinate and participate in cost estimating
- Review submittals, shop drawings, respond to RFI's, and prepare instruction bulletins for changes
- Attend professional activities outside of office
- Write meeting minutes, instruction bulletins, change orders, RFI responses, and professional correspondence for self-managed projects
- Prepare documents required by governing agencies
- Assist in preparation of proposals and additional service agreements
- Estimate hours for assigned tasks and finish tasks within agreed-upon budget hours for the task
- Manage small projects, work plans, budgets, schedules, staffing, and coordinate billing
- Participate in office design charettes
- Support design team and ensure that the design intent is followed through all phases
- Update supervisor on statuses of projects
- Interact with lead designer to solve project issues, and integrate design intent with project document development through all phases
- May participate in project marketing interview
- Support supervisor in directing and managing assigned staff
- May supervise and manage one to two staff on assigned projects
- Other duties as assigned
Position Requirements
- Architectural degree from an accredited university or equivalent demonstrated proficiency
- Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in production and coordination of documents in all phases of architectural practice
- Asks questions about assignments when unclear
- 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
- Be proficient with HMC's documentation and office practice systems
- Ability to correspond effectively with consultants for Revit files and minor directives
- Have complete knowledge and follows HMC procedures, standards, and protocols
- 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
- 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 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 - $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.
