About the Company:
Summer Consultants is an architecture and engineering firm specializing in the renovation of government, higher education, and commercial buildings. Our talents shine with our focus on interior architecture, including tenant fit-outs and modernization of existing spaces. Our services include code compliance; space planning and programming; finish selections; and FF&E. Whether a simple repair or a complicated renovation, we tackle every project with efficiency, creativity, and dedication.
Office Location:
7900 Westpark Drive
McLean, VA 22102
Architectural Staff (Level III) - Building Envelope
Job Description
Does working within interdisciplinary teams excite you? Do you enjoy the company of engineers? We have a growing architecture studio within our E/A firm dedicated to providing design excellence with efficient and effective problem-solving design solutions.
Most of our projects are renovations, so it makes for some interesting and challenging projects. The fun of renovation work is dealing with the existing constraints imposed by the structure or building operations. We find ourselves regularly working with the engineers to solve problems – in the field and at our desks. We are such great problem solvers that our clients return and renew their multi year term contracts.
We serve our clients’ missions as if they were our own, whether supporting the warfighter or our nation’s finest government and educational institutions.
With our headquarters located in Northern Virginia, our interesting client list, and a focus on renovation, you will get to go into some interesting buildings, sometimes seeing history from the inside out. Check out our projects page for some examples of our work.
This position will report to the Senior Architect.
Ready to solve problems? Let’s see what we can do together!
WHAT SUMMER CONSULTANTS CAN DO FOR YOU
- Provide exposure to many different facility and client types.
- Strengthen your complex problem-solving skills.
- Further expand your technical knowledge.
- Provide a fun, small, and exciting work environment.
- Provide a flexible work environment including hybrid work options.
WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR SUMMER CONSULTANTS
- Help solve our client’s problems.
- Support the development of the project’s goals through all phases of a project
- Produce drawing sets
- Have a strong understanding of constructability and technical know-how to complete drawing sets
- Review specifications
- Work collaboratively with the team – clients, consultants, colleagues, and manufacturers
- Meet project milestones and deadlines
- Build and foster relationships with existing and new clients
- Help maintain our 95% referral rate and high contract performance ratings
- Prepare and present technical reports and presentations
- License preferred
Qualifications
WHAT YOU SHOULD BRING WITH YOU
- 8 to 10 years of experience in design and construction administration of architectural elements and systems.
- Ability to provide design solutions and detail for existing building envelopes
- Experience with field surveys, code analyses, and specifications.
- Strong communications skills to help supervise junior staff as they develop contract documents.
- Self-starter with a passion for problem solving.
- On the path to obtaining an architecture license.
- Proficient in AutoCAD and Revit.
- Proficient Microsoft Office applications.
- Ability to conduct day-long field surveys outdoors and indoors in conditioned and unconditioned spaces, including walking up to 10-20k steps in a day, climbing up and down a 6-foot ladder, kneeling, squatting, and bending.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to obtain site access at client locations.
- Ability to travel up to 10 nights in a year, in addition to day-long field surveys.
- Due to government contract requirements and mandated access restrictions, sole US citizenship is a strict requirement of this role. Dual citizenship is not acceptable.
COMPANY BENEFITS
- Fully paid individual health insurance, offering both HSA and PPO options with 50% of family premiums paid.
- Dental and vision insurance is available.
- 401K with employer automatically contributing 3% of gross salary with an additional matching option.
- Fully paid, short-term and long-term individual disability insurance, term life insurance with Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) coverage.
- Education Assistance Program.
- A flexible work environment, including hybrid work options.
Please visit our website and complete the application process at: https://www.summerconsultants.com/careers/current-opportunities/