Architect

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Are you a highly motivated and ambitious professional looking to take your career to the next level? Founded in 1973, ISG is a multi-disciplinary, full-service architecture, engineering, planning, and interior design firm, supporting clients throughout the nation. ISG is eager to add an Architect to our team in Raleigh! As a part of a multi-disciplinary firm, you will have the opportunity to flex your creative muscles all while making a difference in our communities. You will be an employee owner, collaborating with architects, designers, engineers, project managers, and other employee owners who apply a nimble and forward-thinking approach when serving client needs.

In this role, you will work closely with Neil Gray, AIA, Business Unit Leader and Linda Lavis, Business Unit Executive. You will also collaborate with ISG internal resources for design and project collaboration, project execution, code review and evaluations, specification writers, visualization specialists, and construction administrators.

Learn more about ISG and our recent expansion into North Carolina and Pennsylvania!

Regardless of your office location, you will be working with team members across geographies. Although we invest heavily in technology to allow us to work from anywhere, travel still may be necessary at times for projects, training, or networking.

Check out ISG’s Portfolio to learn more!

Interested? Here are a few more details:

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Work directly with clients in all phases of design process – from the initial napkin sketch to opening the front door!
• Evaluate, select and apply standard architectural techniques, procedures and criteria using judgment for minor adaptations and modifications
• Develop and maintain project budgets, work plans, and contracts
• Collaborate with other enthusiastic ISGers while leading design efforts to create inspiring and uplifting spaces to live, work, and play
• Communicate project goals, objectives, design standards and procedures with project managers and multi-disciplinary teams
• Maintain the quality control of drawings and specifications
• Direct the development and preparation of project contract documents
• Get your boots dirty conducting site visits to observe construction progress and respond to any on-site challenges
• Help mentor and develop the next generation of designers and architects
• Willingness to think bigger, better, and bolder to make a difference in our communities!

QUALIFICATIONS

• 10+ years of professional design experience and licensed to practice architecture
• Bachelor's or Master’s degree from an accredited architecture program
• Ability to communicate ideas empathetically and visually through both written and verbal media
• Ability to represent ISG and clients in public forums
• Familiarity in Revit, Adobe Suite and Sketchup computer software packages
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task and participate with a variety of team members on different projects at varying levels of development

ISG Employee Owner Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision
• Paid time off, pro-rated amount available on your start date
• Paid holidays and paid volunteer time
• Paid parental leave
• Bi-annual profit sharing
• Employee Ownership Stock Plan (ESOP)
• 401K retirement plan
• Life insurance
• HSA and FSA options
• Bereavement leave
• Supplemental voluntary benefits
• Short term and long-term disability
• Parking reimbursement, varies on office location

ABOUT ISG

We are 100% owned by our employees! ISG's Employee Stock Ownership Plan ( ESOP ) allows for broader ownership, the ability to be directly connected to performance, and our culture of accountability and opportunism is amplified. Put simply, everyone works hard = everyone benefits, not just an elite group.

We are focused on strengths, using those talents to guide personal development and team collaboration. We are involved in our communities and lead through empowerment. Firm growth is a direct reflection of the dedication, ingenuity, and hard work each ISG owner brings to the office and field every day.

ISG's growth and sustainability are based on the unwavering belief that we need to grow for the betterment of our people and firm. We are entrepreneurial. We believe in having the right people onboard and being disciplined during good times and when faced with new challenges. And most importantly, we foster growth through positive mentorship and progressive ideas that lead to strategic, contextual based decisions. We believe that this unwavering commitment to our culture, clients, and dynamic qualities translates to better services for our partners, and that it will continue to guide ISG's future.

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