Are you looking to contribute to successful, mission driven traditional residential architecture? VMA has an opportunity for a talented and motivated Residential Project Architect looking for an opportunity for responsibility and advancement.

Voith and Mactavish is a Philadelphia and New York based team of architects, planners, and designers who believe that meaningful architecture comes from innovation within the context of tradition. We pride ourselves on our commitment to thoughtful collaboration with our clients. By combining our deep expertise with our willingness to ask hard questions, we work with our clients to create architecture that helps them grow, advancing missions in line with their built form.

Founded in 1988, we are led by co-founder Daniela Holt Voith and four additional partners – making us Philadelphia's longest continuously operating woman-owned architecture practice. Today, our diverse team of over 40 members is JUST and WBE certified and operates from DC to Boston and beyond with consistent and meaningful care for pressing social and environmental concerns.

We encourage our employees to live a healthy and fulfilling life. Our comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, wellness programs, retirement program, and annual bonus opportunities. As part of our commitment to professional development, we offer both personal and communal professional development funding opportunities and support the cost of pursuing green accreditations.

RESIDENTIAL PROJECT ARCHITECT:

Residential Project Architects are responsible for the daily operation of the project and development of the documentation including:

·        Building and maintaining the client and consultant relationships

·        Managing project schedule

·        Generating design concepts in conjunction with the partner-in-charge

·        Preparing presentations of proposed design studies

·        Developing design concepts through design development

·        Driving the design execution through Construction Documents

·        Interface with building and permitting officials

·        Developing details and overseeing construction drawings

·        Overall quality control including red-marking and drawing review

·        Coordinate the bidding process and advise the owner on contractor selection

·        Being the primary contact for the owner and contractor during construction

·        Ensuring that submittals and RFIs are responded to promptly

·        Attending OAC meetings including both virtual and in-person site meetings with both owners and contractors

·        Punch listing

·        Managing and producing project closeout documents

The successful candidate will:

·        Have a minimum of 4 years of experience

·        Have a professional degree in Architecture (B-Arch or M-Arch) or foreign equivalent

·        Architectural registration or an equivalent foreign certification is preferred

·        Be comfortable leading teams, managing stakeholders, and running meetings

·        Have experience negotiating project scope and fees

·        Have knowledge of building codes and standards, materials, and construction techniques

·        Be committed to principles of DEI

·        Be committed to principles of sustainable design and supporting our AIA 2030 Commitment

·        Be skilled at navigating telephone, email and virtual meeting etiquette

·        Be able to communicate design intent quickly and clearly through sketches or simple markups.

·        Be able to demonstrate experience delivering on time and on budget residential projects

·        Be adept at switching focus and multi-tasking

·        Have thorough knowledge and comfort with, at a minimum:

o   AutoCAD

o   Microsoft Office

o   Adobe Suite

o   at least one approach to rendering.

·        Be willing to learn:

o   Bluebeam

o   Revit

o   Rhino and/or Sketchup

This is not a remote position. VMA permits some amount of remote work, but we believe in the importance of the communal studio in quality assurance, your professional development, and our evolution as a community.

Please send your résumé and portfolio to Kim Wajda at [email protected].