HMC Architects, Irvine, CA, US, Project Leader

Responsible for managing projects in all phases. Coordinate with Project Manager in preparing budget and schedules, and in monitoring adherence to work plan. Ability to work with a team on larger projects. Coordinate projects with team members and consultants for conflicts and discrepancies. Develop and participate in project marketing interviews. Establish productive working relationships, and deal effectively and cooperatively with team members, consultants, and government agencies. Delegate assignments to support staff and always be respectful manner. Ability to correspond effectively with consultants for cad files and directives. Write meeting minutes, instruction bulletins, change orders, RFI responses, and professional correspondence. Prepare for interviews and proposals. Estimate hours for assigned tasks and finish tasks within agreed-upon budget hours for the task. Prepare work plans, schedules and budgets for projects. Manage projects, budgets, staffing and coordinate billing. Support design team and ensure that the design intent is followed through all phases. Proficient in the documentation of project design in CAD such as three-dimensional modeling, product, or material research. Interact with designer to solve project issues. CAD competency in advanced commands of editing requirements, drawings set up for any type of project, management and use of all CAD files. Knowledge of drawing setup, layers, plotting/publishing, dimensions, blocks, attributes, purge/audit/recover, and back up files and viewports. Understand technical terminology of the architectural and construction industry. Prepare complex plans, elevations, and details. Organize and generate set of working drawings, and fulfill requirements/deliverables of SD, DD, and CD phases. Coordinate with government agencies, utility companies and obtain plan check approvals. Select appropriate materials, systems and develop all construction details and systems. Prepare outline specifications , and editing and coordination of master specs. Extensive knowledge of the applicable building codes for independent code analysis and compliance. Coordinate and participate in cost estimating. Review submittals, shop drawings, respond to RFI's, and prepare instruction bulletins for changes.