Senior Project Architect

AECOM is hiring an Experienced Senior Project Architect for our Arlington Va / Washington DC Buildings + Places practice.

The Buildings + Places practice at AECOM is seeking an experienced Senior Architect to lead technical execution, constructability, and project delivery across its diverse portfolio. The position requires leading design teams, managing client relationships, and overseeing construction projects from concept through completion. Key responsibilities include preparing technical documents, directing project coordination, and ensuring code compliance. This professional will manage comprehensive construction documents, integrate multidisciplinary engineering inputs, support rigorous QA/QC, ensure constructability, and minimize field change orders. Blending building envelope expertise with strong industry knowledge, the role safeguards technical quality from schematic design through final site closeout. Additionally, the candidate will act as a vital mentor, providing essential code coaching, detailing guidance, and technical development to developing designers and job captains.

This role will be responsible for the following items: 

• Develops technical solutions to a wide range of programmatic requirements and supports technical development of contract drawings during all design phases.
• Provide technical assistance and mentoring to support the development staff and studio growth. Provide designs, sketches, diagrams, schematics and working drawings to illustrate technical design solutions to a wide range of programmatic requirements.
• Protecting design intent through documentation and construction.
• Participating in design reviews / technical design reviews.
• Helping establish office-wide standards for detailing, constructability, and technical quality.
• Mentoring staff to understand the relationship between design decisions and technical execution.
• Prepare specifications, reports, and related data tables.
• Lead, coordinate, cross-check, and integrate technical inputs from structural, MEP, civil, and landscape engineering consultants.
• Incorporate Sustainability, embed energy performance, sustainable material selection, and Sustainable project requirements directly into technical drawings.
• Work closely with the Design Team and Project Manager, independently preparing and presenting design solutions to clients.
• Manage CA Workflows and oversee the processing of Requests for Information (RFIs), shop drawings, and product material submittals.
• Conduct Field Observations by performing site inspections to verify that construction work aligns with contract documents and design quality standards.

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.  

We believe infrastructure creates opportunities for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. 

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise, and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment, and new energy. We’re one global team – over 50,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world. 

AECOM’s Buildings + Places practice includes architecture, interiors, building engineering, workplace strategy, business transformation, asset advisory, economics and development planning, master planning, urban planning, and landscape architecture. 

With a range of expertise from strategy and design through project realization, we create better outcomes to grow economies, protect natural systems, conserve natural resources, make societies more equitable, and connect and engage people through innovative, sustainable design solutions. 

***Please include a portfolio demonstrating strong technical experience and capability.