Life at PE:

Perkins Eastman is a global architectural design practice with expertise in all aspects of the built environment, working at all scales, and at every level of detail. With studios in 24 locations worldwide, we design for people, to leave a lasting and positive impact on the human experience and the world we inhabit. This is captured in our ethos "human by design".

We believe design is a collaborative art and we are structured as integrated practice of passionate professionals committed to delivering the best design for our clients. Our team of diverse and complementary talents work together in studios, that can draw from relevant expertise and points of view from across the whole practice to analyze and solve the specific design challenges they are working on. Within the firm we have 18 practice areas, cores of expertise, that focus as centers of knowledge and analysis, that are both an essential foundation and fuel for the creative design work. Sustainability is intrinsic to our design approach. It is an essential ingredient for the design teams throughout the process, adding valuable insights, ideas, and research to the process. For us all good design is sustainable.

The Opportunity:

Senior Architectural Designer for Perkins Eastman Architects DPC to work at our Philadelphia, PA location. May telecommute up to two days per week.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Creates project designs and plans for all phases of projects and coordinates building design consultants while monitoring drawings.
• Develops and represents lead technical viewpoint on projects.
• Coordinates with Director and Department Head on appropriate technical solutions and product strategies.
• Coordinates all trades and agencies related to building design while monitoring drawings.
• Manages projects and leads a team in development of the aesthetic design and the preparation of architectural design including drawings and specifications.
• Collaborates with or serves as the Project Designer for the design of the project.
• Develops a working process with the team that ensures that the design intent of a project is maintained for the duration of the project.
• Coordinates the work of design consultants, and serves as liaison with Project Management, other Architects and consultants.
• Meets with client and present design presentations.
• Coordinate with relevant regulatory/governmental authorities to achieve entitlement approvals related to zoning and building.
• Mentors junior staff.

Required Qualifications:

• Must have Masters of Architecture or related field, 6 years relevant architectural design experience, and required skills. In the alternative, must have Bachelor�s of Architecture or related field, 8 years relevant architectural design experience, and required skills.
• Required skills include: (3 years experience) in design and documentation of hospitality, senior living, gaming; working on adaptive reuse and historical renovation projects, including existing building survey and documentation; construction administration project phase, including submittal review, RFI investigation and response, and site observation; working with building and practice area codes, including IBC, NFPA 101, ANSI, ADA, FHA and BOMA guidelines; coordinating with relevant regulatory/governmental authorities to achieve entitlement approvals related to zoning and building; and (2 year experience) in leading the design of projects; AutoCAD; Revit; Autodesk Construction Cloud; Microsoft Office Suite; Newforma Project Center; Affinity Design software; Sketch-up; Lumion; Enscape; In-design; Illustrator; and Bluebeam.
• Must obtain LEED, EDAC or WELL accreditation post-hire.
• Little local travel to client sites in Pennsylvania and New Jersey may be involved.
• Applicants may be required to submit a portfolio.

NOTICE OF RECRUITING FRAUD

 Perkins Eastman is monitoring an increased frequency of recruitment frauds. Unscrupulous individuals are contacting job seekers and pretending to represent Perkins Eastman or specific persons at Perkins Eastman.

 These fraudsters use emails, texts, letters, faxes, and phone calls to make false offers of employment with Perkins Eastman or to provide services related to employment (assistance in obtaining visa, travel arrangements, job training, proof of identity, etc.).

 The offers, which appear to be legitimate and may use Perkins Eastman’s logo, often include specific details about a job description and related information such as salary, benefits, training, and a start date. The offers are often accompanied by requests for payment and/or sensitive personal information such as bank account information, credit card number, passport number, or other information that could be used to commit identity theft. 

 If you are seeking employment with Perkins Eastman, you should guard against recruitment fraud and pay close attention to these key facts: 

• Neither Perkins Eastman nor our authorized third-party recruiting partners will ever ask for payments of any kind. Perkins Eastman does not collect personal banking, passport, visa, or other sensitive personal data as part of the recruitment process. You should never send money or personal details to anyone suggesting they can provide employment with Perkins Eastman. 


• Legitimate emails from Perkins Eastman end in @perkinseastman.com


• Messages from fraudsters often come from webmail addresses such as gmail.com, hotmail.com and yahoo.com, or from addresses that incorporate part of a company’s name, such as PerkinsEastmanCorporation.com or PERKINS EASTMAN-HR.com. Do not trust information provided to you from any domain name other than @perkinseastman.com. 


• Before making an employment offer, Perkins Eastman will always invite prospective candidates, either by phone or email from a legitimate Perkins Eastman email account to a formal interview, either virtual or in-person. 


• Messages from fraudsters often contain spelling and grammatical errors. 


• If you receive unsolicited or suspicious offers of employment from Perkins Eastman, or simply want to verify the authenticity of an offer from Perkins Eastman, you are advised to immediately stop all communication with this individual and forward the unedited email message or details of the offer to [email protected]. 

 PERKINS EASTMAN treats incidents of fraud seriously so, if your personal information has been compromised, you are encouraged to report any incident to the local authorities. To learn more, click here: https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams