As a practice with a diverse portfolio, project assignments could range from residential, mixed-use, academic, and workplace. Assignments will vary based on project needs, skills, and experience, but our approach is one that values the continuity of a project team throughout design and documentation. We highly value staff with a proficiency in a range of skills and ability as they regularly work with a team on a wide variety of assignments in all phases of project development and construction administration.

Primary Project Responsibilities

As an active member of a design team, you will:

• Support projects of various type and scale from concept design through construction administration.
• Support and participate in client presentations and internal design review to achieve the project design goals.
• Collaborate and communicate concepts to project team members and consultants, both verbally and through graphic and written means.
• Produce visualization graphics, architectural documentation, and detailing.
• Anticipate and develop solutions to technical and design problems.
• Be a valued contributor, bringing your authentic self to each project, and being accountable to your team.

Overall Firm Responsibilities

In addition to specific project responsibilities, you will have the opportunity to:

• Participate and contribute to firmwide discussions and initiatives related to research, design, sustainability, and firm culture.
• Build and maintain relationships across the firm through mentoring, training, and other professional development opportunities.
• Bring your own unique talents and experiences to add value to our diverse design-focused community.

Qualifications, Skills, and Interests

This role is for you if you:

• Have a professional degree in Architecture or equivalent professional experience
• Have 3-5 years of architectural firm experience
• Have intent to pursue or on a path to licensure
• Are proficient with documentation and visualization programs: Revit, Enscape, Bluebeam, etc. (A high level of competency in Revit and 3D modeling is required for this position as it is our primary tool for documentation and visualization.)
• Are proficient with graphics programs, such as Adobe Creative Suite and Affinity.
• Are familiar with building codes, technical documents, project manual and specifications.
• Are able to work self-directed and also enjoy working in a collaborative team environment.
• Are detail and task-oriented, with an enthusiasm for craft and excellence.
• Possess exceptional design skills that can be applied to a collegial team environment, with open-mindedness and curiosity.

Work Style and Hours

This role requires that you:

• Have ability to commence work shortly after job acceptance and are able to collaborate with project teams in either a remote or in-office environment. Our offices are open as a resource currently and a limited number of people utilize the office while the majority are still working remotely as we continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic. When our studios fully re-open, you will be expected to commute to one of our locations as we thrive on collaboration and innovation, and find we do our best work when we are together.
• Have excellent time management skills. Our firm supports a flexible work schedule and work-life balance, with the expectation that individuals are able to manage their time to meet project and firm commitments and can work on multiple tasks in parallel, often on tight deadlines.
• Are legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Compensation and Benefits

As a valued member of our practice, you can expect:

• Your salary within this range will be negotiated based on your location, experience, and qualifications.
• A competitive benefits package that includes: healthcare, life insurance, 401k retirement plan, paid vacation and sick leave, and several paid holidays. We also acknowledge the varied work/life challenges of our staff and remain flexible to address their circumstances.
• Opportunities to grow professionally through innovative projects and work with colleagues.
• We encourage and support professional licensure through study software, and reimbursement for licensing exams

How to Apply

If you are interested, please send the following to careers@bcj.com with “2021 3-5 Years Employment” in the email subject line:

• A one-page statement addressing the following questions:
• How do your professional and personal goals relate to your interest in joining BCJ?
• How do you see yourself adding value to our practice?
• A single page resume, or other summary to showcase your experience
• A digital portfolio or work samples that best demonstrate your qualifications for this position File size may not exceed 4.86 MB, and accepted file types are JPG, JPEG, PNG, PDF, DOCX, DOC, PPTX, PPT and TXT.

  Upon receipt, we will review applicant materials and contact qualified candidates to schedule a conversation. We are unable to respond to phone inquiries.