Senior Healthcare Project Architect : NBBJ New York

Massachusetts General Hospital Cambridge Street Project / NBBJ

SENIOR HEALTHCARE PROJECT ARCHITECT : NBBJ NEW YORK

NBBJ is a design and architecture firm, fueled by ideas and a culture of collaboration. With offices around the globe, the diverse perspectives of your future colleagues and clients will inspire and challenge you to be extraordinary. Innovation and creativity are at the heart of our work: creating spaces and experiences that better connect people to each other as they live, learn, and work in their communities. We partner with pioneers like Amazon, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Massachusetts General Hospital as we create solutions for tomorrow guided by our vision: we design for life. Are you interested in designing what’s next? Join us.

This is an excellent opportunity to join NBBJ New York in a Senior Healthcare Project Architect role.

NBBJ New York is seeking an experienced Project Architect who has worked on large, complex healthcare projects involving client contact and leadership responsibilities. The Sr. Project Architect will perform architectural design and development work for projects involving construction of new buildings and the alteration of existing buildings and facilities. The successful candidate must be flexible and willing to work with a high-performing team to support other services when the need arises.

Your New Role:

Working collaboratively with designers, consultants, contractors and owner to achieve mutual project goals

  • Engaging in ongoing coordination with engineering disciplines and design-assist subcontractors

  • Reviewing and monitoring of performance mock-up

  • Responding to Requests for Information (RFIs)

  • Reviewing and coordinating submittals and shop drawings

  • Coordinating and detailing technical solutions regarding design, fabrication and installation

  • Assisting and leading the effort to prepare Change Order documents and seeking approvals

  • Monitoring installation and performing completion reviews

  • Interfacing with State Hospital inspectors concerning code compliance

  • Interfacing with Owner-provided inspectors concerning quality control

What you need to Succeed:

15+ years of experience in Architecture

  • Bachelor of Architecture degree required; Master of Architecture preferred

  • Licensed Architect; LEED Accreditation a plus

  • Experience providing Construction Administration services on a large-scale healthcare project

  • Familiar with building codes and tested life safety features

  • Experience with exterior envelope systems from design through construction completion; high-rise experience is beneficial

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

  • Proactive approach to timely problem solving is a must

  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

  • User of AutoDesk Revit Architecture required

  • Adobe CS4, Sketchup, 3DStudio Max and/or Form Z a plus

  • Ability to work within a highly collaborative team environment

Why choose NBBJ?

We believe that all NBBJ employees should love their work. This means not only loving what you do but having pride in your workplace. We strive to be that irresistible place to work by enhancing your employee experience with customized programs and comprehensive benefits. In addition to 100% covered employee healthcare costs and 401k contributions, we offer unique professional development opportunities, volunteer opportunities and access to leading technology and resources to further help you love your work and advance your career.

  • NBBJ has been named three times by Fast Company as one of the most innovative architecture firms.

  • Founded in 1943, our first office opened over 75 years ago in Seattle, Washington. We now have over 10 office locations around the globe.

  • We are a transdisciplinary, cross-practice focused firm with a deep portfolio of Civic & Cultural, Commercial, Corporate, Healthcare, Higher Education, Science and Technology, Sports, and Urban Environment projects. We also have several areas of service expertise including: Architecture, Environmental Graphic Design, Interior Design, Lighting Design, Workplace Consulting and more.

  • In the past decade, NBBJ has received more than 300 awards from leading global, national and regional award programs across the business, real estate and design communities.

  • We work with 5 of the top global high-tech companies, 14 of the U.S. News and World Report Top Hospitals, and 4 of the top 10 highest-ranked learning institutions.

  • Our clients include institutional leaders such as Cambridge University, Google, Samsung, Cleveland Clinic, Tencent, and Stanford University.

Our Values

  • More than words on a page, our values sustain our culture, drive our actions, and impact every level of our practice. In our work, we never settle for the status quo and always strive to live by our values in service to our clients' organizations, our profession, our society and ourselves.

  • We exist to create enduring value for our clients and society.
    We fulfill our legacy through brilliant design, steward leadership, and enabling rewarding careers.

  • We know that our people are the lifeblood of our firm — and essential to our humanistic heart and soul.

  • We embrace the power of teams and collaboration to unleash breakthrough creativity.

  • We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion through listening, learning, and humility.

  • We are a leadership intensive and role based firm.

  • We prize innovation, never stop learning, and seek to share what we know.

  • We are dedicated to the realization of resilient and sustainable outcomes.

  • We all share in the realization of our “design, people, business” triple bottom line.

  • We deliver design excellence — and we design for life.

How to Apply:

  • You can apply directly via Jobvite here.

  • Alternatively you can reach out to Kenneth Namkung ( VP Communications, MITArchA / Associate, NBBJ ) for more information / informal discussion.