Senior Project Architect

Senior Project Architect | Architecture | Jacksonville, FL | Permanent Full-time

Job Description

The Senior Project Architect will lead complex healthcare, civic, higher education, and mixed-use projects that shape communities across the Southeast. As a Senior Project Architect, you will drive design excellence, technical rigor, and coordinated delivery from concept through construction while mentoring a high-performing team in Jacksonville.

Why You Should Apply to be the Senior Project Architect

• Make a visible impact on landmark, community-centered projects with real public benefit.
• Advance your career through leadership pathways, continuing education, and hands-on mentorship.
• Enjoy a flexible hybrid environment with modern tools, strong BIM standards, and robust administrative support.
• Competitive compensation, profit sharing potential, and comprehensive benefits designed for total wellbeing.

What You Will Do as the Senior Project Architect

• Lead full-project delivery from planning and programming through CDs, bidding, and CA.
• Translate client vision into coordinated, code-compliant, buildable solutions that balance design intent, performance, budget, and schedule.
• Oversee interdisciplinary coordination across architecture, interiors, planning, structural, MEP, technology, sustainability, and cost partners.
• Serve as the technical authority for detailing, specifications, quality reviews, and risk mitigation.
• Manage AHJ reviews and approvals; interface directly with clients, contractors, and consultants.
• Champion BIM execution plans, model standards, and clash detection to reduce RFIs and change orders.
• Mentor emerging professionals; provide redlines, desk critiques, and career-coaching moments.
• Drive sustainable and evidence-based design strategies that improve outcomes for users.
• Track scope, fees, hours, and deliverables; proactively forecast and resolve resource bottlenecks.
• Lead construction administration: submittals, RFIs, site observations, punch lists, and closeout.

What You Bring

• Professional degree in Architecture; US architectural license preferred.
• 8+ years of progressive experience with proven success as a project architect on complex, multi-phase work.
• Portfolio including healthcare, higher education, science/technology, civic, or mixed-use projects.
• Mastery of building codes, life safety, accessibility, specifications, and construction means/methods.
• Advanced Revit and BIM coordination experience; familiarity with Bluebeam, Navisworks, and specification tools.
• Strong client leadership, presentation, and consultant management skills.
• Clear, concise communication and documentation; calm under deadline with a solutions mindset.
• Commitment to sustainability, resilience, and performance-driven design.

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive base salary with annual bonus eligibility
• 401(k) with company match
• Comprehensive health benefits: medical, dental, vision, and HSA/FSA
• Generous PTO, paid holidays, and paid parental leave in Jacksonville.
• Licensure and professional development: exam fee reimbursement, AXP/CEU support, memberships, conferences, and formal leadership training.
• Wellness perks: mental health resources, EAP, commuter benefits, and volunteer time off.
• Modern tools and robust project operations support so you can focus on architecture.

Why This Role in Jacksonville

• Work where your designs contribute to a rapidly growing regional hub with strong healthcare, higher ed, and civic pipelines.
• Collaborate with a nationally recognized, integrated team while enjoying the culture and lifestyle of Jacksonville.
• Build long-term client relationships and a book of work with recurring, programmatic opportunities.

About You as the Senior Project Architect

• You balance design excellence with constructability and cost clarity.
• You turn ambiguity into coordinated action plans with clear milestones and deliverables.
• You build trust—within teams, with clients, and with contractors—through preparation and follow-through.
• You elevate others by teaching what you know and modeling best practices every day.