Senior Facade Designer / Facade Architect

MW-skins Employer:
New York, NY, USLocation:
Sat, Mar 11 '23Posted on:
Full-timeType:

MW-Skins is seeking a Senior Facade Designer / Facade Architect to join its team in NYC.

MW-Skins is a rapidly expanding envelope design and consulting firm based in New York City. We have a far-reaching portfolio, which includes all scales of luxury residential work, high-end office developments, celebrated cultural work, and complex renovations. The team prides itself on our design-focused approach to facades and on cultivating a collaborative studio atmosphere to produce the highest quality work.  The practice is founded on more than a decade’s worth of experience in providing proficient solutions to projects in one of the most dynamic markets in the world.

We currently work on a variety of projects throughout the US in all phases and scopes, from conceptual design to construction administration. 

Applicants should have a strong technical understanding as well as a degree in either architecture or engineering. Applicants must have excellent knowledge of AutoCAD, Rhino, Revit, and Code requirements.

Qualifications include:

• 3 to 10 years of experience in façade design, architecture, and/or engineering.
• Professional architecture or engineering background from an accredited institution
• Knowledge of building envelopes, different façades types, and enclosure systems
• Below and above grade waterproofing design
• Excellent skills in CAD, Rhino, Revit
• Excellent communication skills, time management, and organizational skills with frequent interactions between clients, contractors, and manufacturers
• Being able to work on multiple projects at a time, at both technical and aesthetic levels
• Able to understand the balance of priorities on differing projects and schedules
• Ability to identify and solve problems using available resources
• Ability to work independently and also manage junior facade designers in their day-to-day work
• Conceptualizing building envelopes and proposing efficient systems that work with the client's budget
• Drafting technical façade details with clear and concise 
• Building envelope specifications preparation
• Advise architects and clients on building enclosure performance, constructability, and durability
• Assists in construction administration, responding to RFIs and organizing submittal logs as necessary
• Knowledge of THERM | WINDOW and other modeling softwares preferred
• Ability to work in the office for a majority of the week, and partial remote work available after the initial 90-day trial period

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Please submit your cover letter, resume and work samples to the following email address: 

Markus@MW-Skins.com