AECOM is seeking a Senior Project Architect to join our growing Los Angeles, CA or Orange, CA office and take on a key leadership role in delivering impactful architecture and engineering solutions. Lead complex, multidisciplinary projects and mentor high-performing teams. In this role, you’ll bring deep technical knowledge, strategic leadership, and a collaborative mindset to oversee teams, guide project execution, and engage clients across a variety of markets. This is a career opportunity for someone who thrives on challenge, ownership, and meaningful impact in the built environment.
US West Buildings + Places is a vast market spread and geography, providing opportunities across a wide range of project typologies, including Science & Technology, Advanced Manufacturing, Commercial, Aerospace, Higher Education, Industrial and Process, Transportation, Aviation, Sports and Federal market sectors across the western United States and beyond. As a dynamic team of Architects, Planners, and Engineers. We strive to incorporate beauty, sustainability, resiliency, equity, and innovation in our projects.
The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:
- Manage a range of small to large size architectural and engineering projects, assuming primary responsibility for client leadership, communication and satisfaction.
- Provide leadership in the design management of the project in partnership with office design leaders and provide stewardship over the process as an advocate for design excellence.
- Provide management strategy necessary to achieve successful project delivery, financial performance and risk mitigation.
- Develop and manage positive client relationships and work as the client’s advocate by identifying and balancing expectations within the context of contractual obligations, corporate goals, and client satisfaction.
- Communicate often and effectively with all project participants, internal staff, consultants, clients, owners, contractors and jurisdictions in an effective and collaborative manner.
- Develop, define, and maintain project schedule to meet contractual obligations and to match team size and skill. Establish and update project staffing requirements consistent with contractual obligations.
- Provide technical and administrative supervision of the multi-disciplinary project staff assuring the technical, administrative and schedule targets are met within the framework of corporate policy and in accordance with applicable professional and corporate standards. Take responsibility for overall client satisfaction, service, quality and financial performance.
- Manage project delivery and deliverables to ensure the highest quality of documentation and professionalism.
- Participate in office business development efforts through learning/understanding the local client market, maintaining an active role in professional organizations and supporting proposal development and interviews.
- Mentor junior staff and participate in performance coaching.
- Participate in the recruitment and interviewing process as requested.
To be successful in this position, the candidate must bring these experiences and skills:
- Demonstrated effectiveness in working in a multi-disciplinary team setting, collaborating, mentoring and client satisfaction.
- Thorough knowledge of the entire project delivery process and ability to lead design efforts through all project stages, including leadership with the client, contractors, and internal team.
- Demonstrated effectiveness in working in a multi-disciplinary team setting, collaborating, mentoring and client satisfaction.
- Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite, Revit, AutoCAD, and Adobe Creative Cloud Suite.