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Role Description

The successful candidate will serve as leader of authority with expert level knowledge, responsible for leading the development, assembly and quality oversight of a project's technical documentation for large, complex projects or multiple smaller projects, ensuring an integrated set of deliverables and verifying compliance through team collaboration.

• Manage and monitor the integrated quality review processes for the project for all disciplines.
• Meet regularly with multiple project and firm-wide leaders to coordinate critical information on project status and potential risk.
• Develop and implement with the team technical leadership a strategy for continuous proactive quality engagement.
• Work with the project leadership to schedule and coordinate staffing for quality reviews for all disciplines.
• Engage in and contribute to the project Risk Assessment process including the phase updates.
• Guide and assist the project team in the development of the Project Quality Plan and its updates.
• Review and guide the development of the planning of each phase drawing document deliverable through the Cartooning process.
• Guide the team to implement the firm technical document standards and CA policies.
• Meet regularly with the project’s Senior Project Architect(s) and Engineering Discipline Leaders to discuss quality reviews and ongoing challenges.
• Guide the team through development and resolution of comprehensive and coordinated three-dimensional solutions across technical documentation and construction phases to project completion.
• Act as a proactive resource to the project team in their decision-making processes.
• Meet with project team members on a regular basis to monitor work in progress.
• Guide and assist Project Architects in the Life Safety, Building and Energy Code analysis and compliance process for the project.
• Monitor the progress of coordination of all disciplines, including in-house and external consultants.
• Monitor overall project metrics to identify and report potential risk issues early.
• Monitor the alignment of the Project manual with the drawings.
• Schedule, manage and record phase quality reviews, engaging and managing other project reviewers.
• Participate in Business Development activity and collaborate with Project Managers, Marketing and Office Leadership as necessary.
• Contribute to the capture and reuse of institutional knowledge within the firm.
• Write technical articles relating to the technical quality subjects described above.
• Guide and mentor project staff to support a culture of continuous quality improvement.
• Meets established utilization target.
• May perform other duties as needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor degree in a relevant field required.
• Minimum 12 years of related professional experience.
• Experience includes 5 years in increasingly responsible roles in construction documentation on institutional and/or education projects.
• At least 3 years in a responsible role in construction administration on large institutional and/or education projects.
• Experience leading all technical aspects with production teams on large, complex projects of more than $200M construction costs.
• Must have experience designing, documenting, coordinating and administering the construction of significant education projects.
• Current Architectural Registration in the United States required.
• LEED accreditation preferred.
• Must be able to lead large, complex or multiple projects.
• Must have strong subject matter expertise.
• Must possess strong business acumen.
• Demonstrated focus on quality.
• Strong technical leadership with knowledge of building codes and requirements.
• Must have the ability to be client facing with strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong coordination skills and the ability to build a rapport with the project team and client is essential.
• Familiarity with Revit, Bluebeam, Microsoft Office, and construction management software.
• Travel required.

Requirements

• The salary range for this position is $133,558 to $166,973 annually.
• Employees may be eligible for discretionary bonuses.
• We offer a full benefit package including medical, dental and vision coverage and flexible spending account options and voluntary insurances.
• We have paid time off, flex-time schedules, remote work options and a 401k plan and employee perk programs.

Company Description

CannonDesign is a design practice where strategy, experience, architecture, engineering, and social impact converge. We don’t just dream up solutions — we create and bring them to life in ways to solve some of the biggest challenges facing our clients and the society.

At the heart of everything we do is Living-Centered Design, a bold commitment to using our talents to not just improve the world but to truly reshape it for the better.

About Working Here

We are relentless in our pursuit of client adoration (not simply satisfaction). Consistent delivery of the best service is what we are about.

We are committed to ensuring our practice provides equal opportunities for all employees, as we strive to connect with communities around us and focus on the future of design.

We support equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts that benefit all employees through the leadership of our DEI Council, our Employee Resource Groups which are open to everyone, and other community initiatives.

We’re about communication and transparency here.