Architect, Indianapolis, Indiana
MD Architects is seeking a seasoned Architect to work in close partnership with our design teams and is seeking an experienced architect that will help us strengthen, standardize, and continue to develop our way of working together.
Why MD Architects?
MDA is an award-winning Architecture and Interior Design firm delivering a wide range of projects supporting national and international building projects. The MDA portfolio concentrates on animal healthcare and related healthcare fields, including laboratories. Our focus is large specialty and emergency animal hospitals, complete with surgery, ophthalmology, CT, MRI, and radiation oncology suites. We deliver specialized animal hospital design with the complexities and services to rival human medicine.
MD Architects is proud to be ranked one of IBJ’s 2021, 2022 and 2023 Best Places to Work in Indiana, and 2023 Fastest Growing Companies in Indiana. Since 2000, we have encouraged a fun, laid-back work environment where everyone can develop his/her skills and prioritize work-life balance. We celebrate diversity and inclusion and pets! Our firm's leaders are down-to-earth and see the value in helping employees settle in, develop their careers, and innovate. Our employees are the key to our continued growth, success and commitment to quality.
The Role:
This role requires broad architectural experience, good organizational skills, and deep creative thinking as MDA has a unique work environment – a non-traditional design studio made up of professionals working together to serve a healthy pipeline of organic growth in an exciting and expanding market.
As an experienced architect the role would require various duties including:
· Project management: Manage the design and construction phase of projects, including construction professionals and administration.
· Design: Prepare schematic, design development, and construction drawings, including all necessary details.
· Project Budgeting: Adhere to time and cost budgets for both design and construction.
· Collaboration: Coordinate consultant work in Revit, and participate in meetings with clients, consultants, and prospective clients.
· Site visits/travel: Visit building worksites to ensure work is being done according to architectural plans. Estimated travel would be less than once a month.
· Additional responsibilities would include researching building and local codes, generating preliminary design schedules and selecting, evaluating, and implementing architectural procedures and techniques and sharing across the team.
Special Note. Many of our projects serve the veterinarian and pet clinic market. Working around small pets and animals may be an occasional occurrence. These environments can have pet dander and hair.
Communications:
· Own responsibility for company-wide communications and employee engagement.
· Coordinate closely with Senior Management across both locations (Indianapolis, Indiana, and Seattle, Washington) to ensure communications are consistent and efficient.
· Conforming with professional standards of practice for company communications, including internal meetings, collaboration tool use, and process change.
· Lead all-hands meetings, publish minutes, and coordinate follow-up on action items.
Experience & Qualifications:
· Bachelor’s degree or higher in Architecture
· 5-8 years min post-college experience with an architectural design firm
· Architectural license, or on the path to licensure
· Proficient in Adobe or Bluebeam, MS Office Suite
· Advanced knowledge of Revit
· Proficient with building codes and standards
· Proficient with Comcheck building envelope reports
· Entry-level experience or beyond with Project management
· Personal love for animals is preferred, but not required.
Duties & Responsibilities
· Ability to manage your own time and recognize priority of tasks within the team.
· Develop schematic designs in collaboration with project team
· Ability to lead meetings and communicate professionally with client
· Maintain a project schedule / budget as outlined per project
· Coordinate with MEP, Structural, and Civil engineers per project and resolve basic issues
· Coordinate with product reps for requirements, specifications, and to resolve basic issues
· Ability to prepare full construction documentation with assistance for complex details
· Ability to lead the permitting / bidding processes with minor assistance from leadership
· Ability to write project manual specifications is preferred
· Assist the Construction Administrator / perform Construction Administration tasks
· Ability to independently develop basic exterior details and overall wall sections
· Develop miscellaneous architectural details for other projects as needed.
· Able to function as a valuable resource for colleagues with less experience.
Benefits:
Competitive salary & bonus opportunities
· Flexible work hours and environment
· Paid observed holidays and time off
· Parental leave, short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance
· Health Insurance (medical, dental, vision)
· 401K
· Complimentary Indiana State Park pass
· In-office gym
· Free bi-weekly private yoga sessions on-site
· Company paid events to promote team collaboration and wellness
· A healthy, prioritized work-life balance
· Comprehensive and ongoing job-training
· Friendly dogs in the office!
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $70,000.00 - $85,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Experience level:
- 10 years
- 7 years
- 8 years
- 9 years
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Experience:
- architectural design: 5 years (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- Indianapolis, IN 46216 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Indianapolis, IN 46216: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person