Construction Architect - Quinn Evans
Washington, DC
About the Job
About Quinn Evans
Quinn Evans is a nationally recognized architecture and design firm and recipient of the American Institute of Architects' 2024 Firm Award. Our process is informed by the past to address today's complex challenges and design our shared future. We are technical experts, caretakers, conveners, and listeners. We identify the solutions that best serve the community and the long-term life of a place. We bring expertise in cultural and sustainable stewardship to every aspect of our practice and projects. Our projects encompass a variety of project types including public sites, museums, and visitor centers, civic, performing arts, educational, and hospitality, to multi-family housing.
Team building is critical to our practice. Together, we create better work and more fulfilling professional lives. We do this through a culture that fosters constructive engagement leveraging a diversity of staff, practice, client communities, and points of view.
Be a part of a collaborative and diverse team that is designing ways for places and people to thrive today and tomorrow. Quinn Evans is one of the largest women-owned design practices in the country. We take pride in our diverse team and workplace culture. We emphasize leadership, innovation, teamwork, and professional development. We offer competitive compensation, a supportive hybrid work environment, and opportunity to make a difference through work on unique and impactful projects.
We contribute to and advance our profession through sponsorship and team member leadership positions. This includes the American Institute of Architects, Association for Preservation Technology, membership in the President's Circle of the National Organization for Minority Architects (NOMA) and as a signatory of the 1.5°C COP26 Communiqué.
Quinn Evans Architects is seeking Construction Architects to join our team. They will have the following responsibilities:
Responsibilities
- Conduct regular on-site observations, providing written field observation reports regarding construction progress and conformance with the construction documents.
- Track requests for information and develop and coordinate RFI responses and ASI documentation.
- Track submittals and create and coordinate review comments and documentation.
- Coordinate, maintain, and organize records of construction administration correspondence.
- Participate in regular construction project meetings with contractors, construction managers, and owners.
- Create, review, and coordinate architectural and site punch lists.
- Facilitate project closeout processes.
- Maintain fair and balanced working relationships with clients, construction managers, contractors, and consultants.
Requirements
Professional architect's license with at least 5 years of architectural construction administration experience and a passion for complicated projects. Proactive communication, collaborative problem solving, three-dimensional thinking, and self-direction. Understanding of building and site technologies; proficiency in Revit, Newforma, Bluebeam, and Microsoft Office. Working knowledge of Deltek is a plus.
Quinn Evans is an equal opportunity employer, offering employment to qualified individuals regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation/gender status, Veteran's status, and disability. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and encourage women and diverse applicants to apply.