Senior Architect

Senior Architect

Requirements

• 9+ years professional experience working in Architecture.
• Professional design experience in a wide range of project types and construction types.
• Familiarity with all phases of design and construction practices and standards.
• Construction Administration experience including site observation visits and review of RFIs and Submittals.
• Direct experience in the preparation of architectural contract drawings and specifications.
• Knowledge and experience with creating code analysis summaries including life safety plans.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, Revit, Bluebeam, Airtable, and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Familiarity with the California Building Code, health codes, CalOSHA, and the American with Disabilities Act.
• Experience developing custom details to support unique facility design conditions.
• Experience presenting complex analyses and issues to all levels of executive management.
• Experience working independently on programs and projects but must have the maturity to seek guidance/approval and communicate as appropriate.
• Experience directing and motivating work efforts of others and handle stressful situations.
• Experience prioritizing and managing multiple projects simultaneously, often against tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Review project concepts with internal stakeholders and partners.
• Determine team required to fully execute project.
• Develop project scopes of work and create RFPs (Request for Proposals) for external Architects/Engineers/Consultants.
• Coordinate with Facility Assessment Management (FAM) partners to review scope, schedule and budgets.
• Provide internal cost estimates for project support and review budget throughout the project schedule.
• Manage the design and development of project construction drawings and specifications with internal and external resources.
• During design, coordinate schedule, meeting agendas, meeting participants to drive results.
• Lead design reviews and meetings throughout the design process.
• Review drawings and specifications at each design milestone to comply with applicable codes, standards, and statutes.
• Ensure that the overall project design intent is achieved by successfully integrating facility design with partner design disciplines and components of the supporting development: infrastructure, area development, grading/drainage, area lighting, graphics, structural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering, show set, ride engineering, etc.
• Review for scope completeness based on project requirements with a focus on constructability, efficiency, and long-term maintainability.
• Update stakeholders of all project developments throughout the project schedule (design and construction).
• Partner with internal teams to develop, maintain, communicate, and enforce Walt Disney Company design guidelines, standards, master specifications, and details.
• Provide guidance and concise decision matrices to support executive decisions.
• Leverage your technical expertise and lessons learned when reviewing all projects.
• Liaison with City officials and external agencies to ensure project scope and implementation is coordinated and compliant with external requirements.
• Coordinate responses to city plan check comments and questions with the AOR/EOR.
• Coordinate constructability issues with project partners.
• Coordinate responses of all RFIs and submittals with AOR/EOR.
• Coordinate all internal team member feedback with the AOR/EOR/GC.
• Provide punch walk feedback and gather all project documentation for closeout.
• Influence the Architectural direction of the Walt Disney Company.
• Develop varied facility design project work at all stages of assigned projects from concept, feasibility or schematic design through the preparation of construction documentation in accordance with established Disney quality standards.
• Develop project concepts with internal stakeholders and partners.
• Determine team required to fully execute project.
• Develop project scopes of work for internal Architects/Engineers/Project Partners.
• Resolve design issues creatively and thoroughly coordinating design with other disciplines.
• Manage and execute the design and development of project construction drawings and specifications with internal resources as the Architect of Record.
• Create drawings and specifications that comply with applicable codes, standards, and statutes.
• Coordinate all disciplines within each project.
• Leverage technical expertise and lessons learned when creating all projects.
• Respond to city plan check comments and questions.
• Respond to all RFIs and submittals with AOR/EOR.
• Provide punch walk list to the GC and FAM partners.
• Prepare and gather all project documentation for closeout.
• Work with stakeholders to provide architectural resources, both technical and aesthetic, to develop project scope including design, planning and code compliance for estimation and feasibility.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master Planning Experience.
• CASp Certification.