Architect (a minimum of 5 years of experience required)

Location: Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina 

Employment Type: Full-time, hybrid

About Us

Are you ready to take the next step in your career? LAPORTE, a consulting engineering firm with 25 years of experience and a strong presence in North America and Europe, is seeking an Architect to join our growing team. With 25 offices and over 480 employees worldwide, we specialize in delivering innovative solutions for the pharmaceutical and food & beverage industries.

As a member of our Architectural Services department, you will contribute to project success for our portfolio of clients in Laporte’s Pharmaceutical Industry Group. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work with the world’s leading pharmaceutical and biotech companies on state-of-the-art laboratory and manufacturing facilities. You will be accountable for delivery and technical quality of traditional architectural design and documentation tasks related to project delivery. Under the guidance of the Director of Architectural services, you will be expected to develop expertise in field specific subjects including: laboratory planning, process architecture, and sustainable design practices.

At LAPORTE, we offer:

• Competitive Salary
• Comprehensive Benefits
• Compensatory Paid Time Off (PTO)
• A Flexible Work Environment that values work-life balance
• Opportunities for Professional Growth

Join us and become part of a supportive, collaborative team that encourages creativity and efficiency every day.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaboration with internal engineering disciplines including Process Engineering, Mechanical, Plumbing, Electrical and Automation.
• Collaboration with sub-consultants including Civil Engineering and Structural Engineering.
• Work directly with project Design Teams including designers, engineers, drafting support as Project Architect or Architectural Designer on architectural design scope for advanced pharmaceutical laboratories and manufacturing plants.
• Develop conceptual basis of design layouts and written descriptions for early stage project evaluation by clients for funding and technical approval.
• Develop highly coordinated project documentation for both permitting and construction issuances.
• Plan and conduct design activities in collaboration with designated project managers at Laporte to execute on time and quality assured project deliverables.
• Ability to work both independently and in concert with other members of the Architectural Services Group on conceptual design, design development, detailing, and product selections based on client design requirements.
• Demonstrate a high level of attention to detail and critical thinking both for architectural scope as well as integration with engineering disciplines.
• Demonstrate a desire to work in a team environment for execution of technical design, documentation, specifications, and Building Information Modeling.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of documentation standards and a willingness to adapt workflow based on corporate and client standards.
• Attend internal and client facing project meetings with the ability to clearly communicate architectural design through presentation materials and drawing review. Exhibit a desire to take on a active role in defining coordination concerns, design requirement inputs, and clearly tracking each through Laporte’s project management standards.
• Participate in Construction Administration efforts as required on a project by project basis. Including: submittal review, responses to requests for information, and performing on-site field walks.
• Perform technical presentations to clients in tandem with discipline leads and Laporte Project Managers.
• Provide Quality Assurance review for other Architectural Services Group documentation and production from drafting support team.
• Provide support to business development activities including assistance with preparation of proposals and presentation materials.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from an accredited Architectural Program with architecture licensure achieved. 
• Applicants not yet licensed, but on the path to licensure will be considered.
• At least 5 years of professional architectural design experience required.
• Preferred experience with industrial manufacturing projects.
• Expert-level proficiency with Autodesk Revit required.
• Proficiency with Bluebeam preferred.
• Knowledge of building and accessibility codes required. Applicability to industrial and laboratory facilities preferred.
• Ability to work across multiple projects and design teams. Preferred ability to lead architectural design scope as architectural lead.

#LI-Hybrid