Job Captain
IA Interior Architects
Washington, DC
Information Technology, Art / Design / Entertainment
Our team members are collaborative, creative, professional, expert and entrepreneurial. Joining our team requires skill, daring, leadership, teaming, humor and a love of interiors. We are presently searching for a Job Captain for our Washington D.C. studio. The Job Captain, while working under general supervision of a Senior Job Captain and/or Architect or Project Manager, provides design support primarily in project administration, design development and contract documents.
Specific responsibilities will include:
- Creates contract documents (CDs)
- Review CDs to ensure compliance with firm standards, mechanical, building systems, codes and ADA requirements
- For smaller projects may oversee all CD production and review
- Coordinates with Senior technical staff and design staff to provide technical solutions for design dilemmas
- Manages project through contract administration phase
- Coordinates engineering consultant’s work to ensure compliance with design solution and timely submission of documents
- In unusual circumstances may be required to assist with support for field surveys
- Manages contract administration budget for assigned projects
- Ensures adherence to set budget and immediately informs Senior Job Captain/Architect, PM and/or client of any potential variances to the budget
- May mentor the work of Junior and Immediate Designers
- Oversee tasks and provide feedback on work product
- Conducts client interviews to determine technical requirements for the design
- Graduate of architecture or design school: equivalent experience may be substituted
- 5+ years’ experience in corporate interior design projects
- Extensive knowledge of design principles and standards
- Intermediate documentation and field observational skills
- Advanced interior architecture detailing skills
- Working knowledge of CDs and procedures
- Working knowledge of building systems, codes and ADA requirements
- Working knowledge of space requirements
- Working knowledge of contract administration
- Advanced Revit skills
- Advanced Adobe Creative Suite skills
- Affinity Program skills or equivalent
- Intermediate presentation and graphic communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to manage and lead junior staff through a combination of direct authority and subject matter expertise
About the company
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Celebrating 40 years of visionary design and innovation, IA Interior Architects is the first global architecture firm focused exclusively on interiors. The firm provides strategic planning, interior architecture, and design services for corporations, businesses, and institutions.
Founded in 1984, IA currently has 21 offices in Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Orange County, Philadelphia, Portland, Raleigh, San Francisco, Seattle, Silicon Valley, Toronto, and Washington, D.C. In addition, IA has more than 60 partner offices outside the United States, representing over 1,000 staff members in the Americas, in Asia/Australia, and in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. This network of offices comprises the IA Global Alliance and integrates years of international experience and proven local expertise to bridge cultural differences, comply with local requirements, and help navigate with ease the unique aspects of building and architecture worldwide.
IA’s approach to design is exclusively focused on how the aesthetics and organization of a space can reflect brand, improve efficiency and productivity, increase employee satisfaction, and support sustainability. The firm’s LEED® accredited professionals offer sustainable strategies for projects of all sizes and complexities in public and private sectors. IA helps clients in diverse markets worldwide articulate and align their business strategies and core values with the dynamic use of space.