WE'RE HIRING: Architect Construction Admin / Design Coordinator

🚨Professional experience in architecture and construction administration is required🚨

We’re looking for someone who can:
1. Support active construction projects: Serve as the architectural point of contact for project managers and superintendents when questions, conflicts, or design revisions arise.
2. Coordinate architectural design: Work with architects, engineers, and your permitting department to resolve construction-related issues.
3. Support interior design and finishes: Collaborate with your interiors team to ensure cabinetry, tile, fixtures, materials, and architectural details are coordinated before installation.
4. Prevent costly mistakes: Catch discrepancies between drawings, specifications, field conditions, and material selections before they affect construction schedules or budgets.

Key Responsibilities:

Construction Administration & Field Coordination
1. Oversee architectural construction administration for multiple ongoing residential and commercial construction projects.
2. Collaborate with project managers, superintendents, subcontractors, and field personnel to resolve architectural and design-related issues.
3. Review construction progress for general conformance with approved architectural plans, specifications, and design intent.
4. Review and respond to Requests for Information (RFIs), submittals, shop drawings, and proposed material substitutions.
5. Identify potential discrepancies between architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing plans.
6. Participate in jobsite walkthroughs, inspections, and construction coordination meetings.
7. Assist with documenting field conditions, design clarifications, and required revisions.
8. Identify potential design-related construction delays and recommend practical solutions.

Architectural Design & Technical Coordination
1. Review architectural plans, construction drawings, and project specifications for accuracy and constructability.
2. Coordinate with engineers, designers, consultants, and permitting teams.
3. Assist with architectural revisions, design modifications, and construction detailing.
4. Ensure architectural decisions are consistent with applicable building codes and project requirements.
5. Provide technical guidance to construction personnel when architectural questions arise.
6. Support design development for remodeling, additions, ADUs, new construction, and other development projects.

Interior Design & Finish Selections
1. Work closely with our interior design and finishes team to coordinate architectural details with interior design concepts.
2. Review and coordinate finish schedules, material selections, cabinetry layouts, millwork, fixtures, and architectural details.
3. Ensure interior design selections are compatible with construction requirements and approved plans.
4. Assist with identifying design conflicts before materials are ordered or installed.
5. Collaborate with project managers to ensure selections, specifications, and installation details are clearly communicated to field personnel.
6. Help maintain consistency between architectural drawings, interior design specifications, and final construction execution.

Required Qualifications:
1. Degree in Architecture or a closely related field.
2. Strong understanding of residential construction methods, materials, and architectural detailing.
3. Experience reviewing and coordinating architectural construction documents.
4. Working knowledge of California Building Codes and local permitting requirements.
5. Ability to read and interpret architectural, structural, and MEP drawings.
6. Proficiency in AutoCAD, Revit, or comparable architectural design software.
7. Ability to manage multiple active projects and collaborate with both office and field teams.
8. Willingness to conduct regular jobsite visits throughout the Los Angeles area.
9. Must have a car and a valid driver’s license
10. Must have a working phone and laptop

Preferred Qualifications:
1. California Licensed Architect (preferred, not required).
2. Experience with residential remodeling, custom homes, additions, ADUs, and ground-up construction.
3. Experience working directly with general contractors or design-build firms.
4. Experience coordinating structural and MEP consultants.
5. Knowledge of Los Angeles City and County building regulations.
6. Experience with Bluebeam, SketchUp, construction management software, or similar tools.
7. Bilingual English/Spanish