Job Details
Firm Profile:
IHR Architecture in Durham, North Carolina seeks an Architectural Designer with a Bachelor or Master of Architecture degree and 1-5 years of experience at an architectural firm. Healthcare and Higher Education sector experience is a plus. Our firm has been serving healthcare and university clients in the central North Carolina area for over 50 years.
Join us in working with some of the nation s top healthcare institutions. Great design embodies many qualities in this arena responsiveness to multiple criteria, creative, thoughtful detailing, value conscious, code compliant, and timely. It is a rewarding and engaging design team experience to support patient and staff needs for healing spaces!
Ideal Candidate:
Healthcare projects involve building relationships with multiple client and consultant personnel, balancing multiple priorities, focusing on design details and code compliance, with a commitment to coordinating with team members to provide an excellent design on time and within budget.
- Motivated self-starter passionate about growing professionally.
- Experience with designing and detailing new construction and renovations.
- Excellent communicator, relationship builder and team player
- Availability within 1 3 months. Sooner preferred.
- Architectural degree from NAAB accredited university, architectural firm experience and pursuing licensure.
Job Responsibilities:
Work with a firm principal(s) to support project scopes from design presentations, feasibility studies, life safety analysis, conceptual design through construction documentation, and construction administration both in the office and on site. Our goal is to prepare you to manage projects and grow your career.
- Collaborate on design studies and production of construction documentation.
- Construction administration duties based on experience.
- Develop strong relationships with clients through communication skills, design research, and reliably produce solutions.
- Develop quality control techniques that begin with designer self-checking work prior to reviewing with principal.
- Prioritize tasks and coordinate with team members to keep project on schedule.
Skills and Software Proficiency desired:
- Excellent communication skills graphical, written and verbal with fluent English
- Ability to collaborate and work independently.
- Analytical information assessment and graphical design skills to provide creative solutions.
- Positive and professional relationships with team members
- Proficiency in Revit and Autocad (indicate any testing done to validate skill level)
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite software Word, Excel, Outlook, Project, PowerPoint
- Competency with 3-D and digital rendering software(s)
- Experience with Building Codes for Inpatient, Outpatient, and Residential healthcare facilities.
- Sustainability design experience, a plus
Benefits:
IHR provides competitive salaries and the following benefits for full time employees.
- Employer paid health and dental insurance.
- Employer paid basic life insurance.
- Paid Time Off personal, vacation, sick, holidays.
- Paid long-term disability insurance.
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Arrangement (FSA).
- Payments of professional dues / licenses.
- Simple IRA with employer match.
- Reimbursement for Architectural Registration Exams and LEED AP exams
- Supplemental insurance available via AFLAC
- Hybrid / remote work options considered based on skills and knowledge.
Come join a fun group with the desire to impact others lives!
IHR Architecture is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Email the following information to ...@IHRarchitecture.com
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