Signal Works: Job Captain / Senior Designer

Signal Works Architecture

The PITCH

Signal Works is Seeking Candidates for the Role of Job Captain / Senior Designer to Join our Diverse Team!  Are you ready to take the next step in your career where you’ll get to work on Mission-Driven Schools, get deep into Main Streets Redevelopment & Urban Rehabilitation, and drive the future of Workplace Culture. Our multidisciplinary firm also presents opportunities to lead and learn about using Real Estate Development as a design team.  While every project is unique, our mission is always the same: We turn broken buildings into purposeful places that are People-Focused, Place-Based & Purpose-Driven.  If that sounds like a great opportunity for your and your career path, then Come turn broken buildings into purposeful places at our region’s only B-Corp Certified Architecture firm in Providence, Rhode Island!

Who You ARE

• Able to Independently solve specific technical design aspects in a Team-Based Atmosphere
• Successfully Collaborate with peers and senior staff in design problem solving
• Capable in Implementing design solutions scoped and/or directed by others
• Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from an NAAB Accredited College
• Have 3+ Years Experience Working in an Architectural Studio
  • Proficient in AutoCAD | Proficient in Revit
  • Able to Manage Complex Drawing Sets Thru Construction Documents

What You’ll be DOING

Responsible for Owning a Design Phase & Delegating Phase-Based Tasks:

• Discovery (Pre-Design): Initial Project Organization | Site Review | Existing Conditions

• Strategy (Schematic Design): Concept Diagrams | Initial Code Reviews | Leading Client Meetings

• Detailed Design (Design Development): Drawing Set Management | Drawing Creation | Identifying Problems

• Construction Documentation: Engineer/Consultant Coordination | Specifications | Detailing | Solving Problems

• Construction Administration: Supporting Senior Management on Office Administrative Tasks | Conducting Site Visits | Attending Construction Meeting | Generating Site Inspection Reports

We’re Here to SUPPORT:

You won’t be out on an island alone, you’ll be a part of a team-based approach that defines our studio’s culture and our senior staff will be with you every step of a project to support on Standard Architectural Practices and Lead you on our firm’s Approach to Solving our Client’s Business Problems.  With our Mentorship, you’ll be able to Implement Sound Decision-Making to Implement Task Goals and Configure both Technical & Creative Design Aspects within our Project’s Goals.

But That’s Not ALL

The team here at Signal Works pride ourselves on offering additional opportunities to staff members at all levels to foster an environment of growth, we offer exposure and experience in:

• Real Estate Development: Our company is active in leading its own real estate development work – from main-streets mixed-use commercial redevelopment to improving and rehabilitating ageing multi-family properties. There is an opportunity to learn the acquisition, financing and project management work in this exciting sister field that few other architecture firms can offer.

• Business Development: Networking, Technical Sales, and Client Success Storytelling (oh-my!). If you have an interest in how “business” happens or want to have a hand in helping us secure mission-aligned projects, we have a role for you.

• Account Management: One of the most cross-functional positions within an Architecture firm.  You are responsible for managing a variety of tasks. Account Managers do more than simply make a sale and hand it off to the project team, in fact – it’s critical that the Account Manager stays heavily involved through all facets of an individual project’s lifecycle.  If exposure to leading clients from “problem” to “solution” is for you, we have the path to success and will show you how.

• “Care Team”: Founded to ensure our firm maintains a “culture of support” and we are using our time and projects to advance the “development of the whole person”.  We apply this first to our internal team and their families, then our business network, and finally to our community at large. Our Care Team is tasked with creating programs that meet these goals and assessing the impact of our initiatives.

Who Are WE

Our efforts have been recognized by Grow Smart Rhode Island, Providence Business News and others with distinctions ranging from Historic Preservation to Restaurant Interiors. Many are already familiar with our work for AAA Northeast, the Providence G and Trinity Academy of Performing Arts.  We apply our values of “People-Focused, Place-Based and Purpose Driven” to how we design our projects, operate our company and care for our team. To help us measure our social impact, we became the first certified B-Corp Architect in Southern New England. We put our best ideas into practice in our own space, converting an 1850s gasometer in Olneyville—the Atlantic Design Works– into a breathtaking office, and a business hub for early-stage creative food entrepreneurs.

• Office Location: 11 Aleppo Street – Providence, RI 02909
• Schedule: 8hrs @ 5-Days/Week (Full-Time – Monday thru Friday)
• Schedule Type: Flexible & Hybrid

We offer competitive compensation plans and quarterly incentive opportunities:

Compensation is commensurate with your experience level – If Signal Works sounds like a GREAT opportunity for you, please send your cover letter, resume, and portfolio / work samples to Work@SignalWorksArchitecture.com

LEGAL

Signal Works lives its People-Focused, Place-Based and Purpose-Driven values by providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy extends to all terms and conditions of employment, including compensation and training.