Senior Associate – Dallas / Fort Worth

Senior Associate – Dallas / Fort Worth

Michael Hsu Office of Architecture is an award-winning, fully integrated architecture and interior design practice with offices in Austin and Houston. Our work is rooted in hospitality and placemaking and includes diverse projects that range from large mixed-use developments, adaptive reuse projects, public realm design, architectural branding, single family homes, hotels, restaurants, workspaces, and bespoke furniture design. We work throughout Texas and across the country in cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta and Denver.

For strong, self-starting professionals, we offer an engaging, open studio environment that encourages collaboration and creativity, as well as competitive compensation, generous benefits and steady profit-sharing.

We are seeking a Senior Associate for Dallas / Fort Worth. The ideal candidate would have experience managing client and consultant relationships, experience in projects at various scales and typologies, as well as proven success developing and mentoring team members. This position will be the primary representative and face of the firm in the DFW market.

Responsibilities to include:

Projects

·       Design of projects on a variety of scales

·       Guide translation of design concepts into construction documents for both interior and exterior systems

·       Manage portfolio of client relationships

·       Coordinate and oversee project teams including multiple consultant coordination

·       Oversight of project teams on construction documents and specifications

·       Lead and oversight of construction administration

·       Technical leadership in a variety of project types, hospitality experience a plus

·       Reviews invoices

Staff

·       Play a key role in mentoring and coaching of junior staff

·       Lead staff development initiatives that educate staff on technical or management aspects of architecture

·       Responsible for resource allocation

Firm

·       Responsible for quality control and document review for set of assigned projects across the studio

·       Lead or play major role in office leadership projects, responsibilities as assigned

·       Represent the firm in the community, attend networking events and participate in other activities that promote firm initiatives

Skills and Education required:

·        Experience leading and managing client and consultant relationships

·        Positive attitude and experience leading teams

·        Experience with staff development preferred

·        Knowledge of architectural practice, including design, documentation, detailing, building materials, building codes and construction technologies

·        Demonstrated design skills

·        Demonstrate technical proficiency and creative problem solving

·        Ability to synthesize firm initiatives and cascade information to the staff in a meaningful way

·        Strong verbal, written and graphic communication skills

·        Ability to multi-task & work on multiple projects concurrently

·        Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Architecture or Interior Design

·        10+ years’ experience in design & construction documents of single family residential and/or commercial projects

·        Proficient in Revit/BIM, AutoCAD, Sketch Up, Adobe Creative Suite, Excel

·        Registered Architect or Interior Designer strongly preferred

·        Knowledge of the local building codes preferred

Further project information can be found at hsuoffice.com

Please submit your resume and full portfolio in pdf format to work@hsuoffice.com

No phone calls please.