ARCHITECT

About the Position: The selectee performs a variety of Architectural duties related to the development of architectural designs and writing detailed specifications for new construction, interior, and exterior alterations, restorations, additions, and repairs to existing buildings and structures.

Serve as an Architect within the Design Branch of Engineering and Construction Division.

Responsible for all aspects of architectural design for facilities including new construction, renovations of existing structures, and other architectural design support for assigned civil works and military program projects.

Serve technical or design team leader on assigned in-house, A/E, and Design-Build projects.

Develop spatial requirements and relationships, code analysis, coordinate building design elements, create building floor plans, elevations, and sectional relationships, development of construction drawings, design analysis, and specifications.

Coordinate architectural design work and life safety requirements at all stages of design .

Collaborate with structural, mechanical, electrical, environmental, civil site, cost, other engineers, and other designers and integrates engineer discipline requirements to produce a coordinated design.

Research, program, plan, and design new buildings or extensions or alterations to existing structures.

Restore and conserve historic structures by applying knowledge of architectural design, construction detailing and procedures, building and life safety codes, and building materials and systems.

Develop general and detailed drawings, design analyses, computations and calculations, and technical specifications for architectural features of assigned projects.

Perform office and field architectural duties associated with field verification, in house design, reviews, and support during construction.

Utilize computer aided design and drafting systems and three-dimensional building information modeling in the design and development of design and construction contract drawings

Evaluate technical data pertaining to materials, equipment, shop drawings, proposals for modifications and additions.

Evaluate methods of installation submitted by contractors and performs reviews for technical feasibility, adequacy and compliance with specifications.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.