AIA South Carolina (AIA/SC)
Architecture Design Associate I - GMC
AIA South Carolina (AIA/SC), Columbia, South Carolina, us, 29228
Are you an aspiring architect or recent architectural grad who cares about your community, your team, and your craft? If so, we want to hear from you. Goodwyn Mills Cawood (GMC) is a people-first organization seeking a new teammate for our growing practice who like to work hard and play hard to “build” communities.
The GMC Georgia Architecture Studio has an opening for an Architecture Design Associate
in Columbia, SC . The Design Associate provides support to the lead architect in the design, selection, coordination, and detailing of architectural materials and systems.
We are one of the largest, privately held architecture and engineering firms in the Southeast, recently recognized by ENR as Southeast’s Design Firm of the Year for 2024. We have 27 offices located throughout Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Who knows where this road may take you?!
Essential functions and responsibilities include:
Evokes a self-starter mentality
Possess creativity with a strong desire to learn the technical portion of construction documents, paired with client relations
Acquires basic knowledge and develops skills in a specific practice area
Applies standard techniques, procedures, and criteria to perform assigned tasks
Exercises limited judgment on details of work and in application of standard methods for conventional work
Acquires and understanding of professional and ethical responsibilities
Performs basic design tasks
Perform code and product research
Visits sites to prepare as-built drawings of existing buildings
Prepares construction document drawings in Revit
Assists on other tasks such as preparation of permit applications and project manuals
Collects data and gathers information, performs standard computation and analysis
Coordinates with engineering consultants on assigned projects
Prepare meeting agendas and document meeting notes
Responds to contractors RFIs and communications during construction
Review shop drawings for conformance with construction documents
Occasional site visits to projects during the construction phase to monitor construction progress
Performs any other tasks as needed by Supervisor
Minimum Qualifications:
Strong oral and written communication skills
Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) from an accredited architectural program
Previous architectural experience preferred
Must be able to perform work-related travel and have a valid driver’s license
Must be local to GMC office
Other Requirements: We are like Gumby – flexible! Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. At our core, we are entrepreneurs, and our landscape is always changing!
Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans
About GMC We are a regional firm with national experience located in 22 offices throughout the southeastern United States. We believe in community, collaboration, and using the power of creativity and hard work to make a difference. Whether designing schools, parks, hospitals and other commercial developments, or providing clean water, safe streets and restoring resilient environments, GMC takes great pride in serving our communities through the transformative work we do. Every project is guided by the foundational concept that communities are built by people, not companies, and we strive to serve our communities with quality, integrity, creativity and care. One of the Southeast’s most comprehensive multi-disciplined firms, GMC is equipped to provide all of the services associated with architecture, interior design, civil engineering, environmental services, landscape architecture, planning, transportation engineering, geotechnical engineering, electrical engineering, surveying and disaster recovery.
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The GMC Georgia Architecture Studio has an opening for an Architecture Design Associate
in Columbia, SC . The Design Associate provides support to the lead architect in the design, selection, coordination, and detailing of architectural materials and systems.
We are one of the largest, privately held architecture and engineering firms in the Southeast, recently recognized by ENR as Southeast’s Design Firm of the Year for 2024. We have 27 offices located throughout Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Who knows where this road may take you?!
Essential functions and responsibilities include:
Evokes a self-starter mentality
Possess creativity with a strong desire to learn the technical portion of construction documents, paired with client relations
Acquires basic knowledge and develops skills in a specific practice area
Applies standard techniques, procedures, and criteria to perform assigned tasks
Exercises limited judgment on details of work and in application of standard methods for conventional work
Acquires and understanding of professional and ethical responsibilities
Performs basic design tasks
Perform code and product research
Visits sites to prepare as-built drawings of existing buildings
Prepares construction document drawings in Revit
Assists on other tasks such as preparation of permit applications and project manuals
Collects data and gathers information, performs standard computation and analysis
Coordinates with engineering consultants on assigned projects
Prepare meeting agendas and document meeting notes
Responds to contractors RFIs and communications during construction
Review shop drawings for conformance with construction documents
Occasional site visits to projects during the construction phase to monitor construction progress
Performs any other tasks as needed by Supervisor
Minimum Qualifications:
Strong oral and written communication skills
Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) from an accredited architectural program
Previous architectural experience preferred
Must be able to perform work-related travel and have a valid driver’s license
Must be local to GMC office
Other Requirements: We are like Gumby – flexible! Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. At our core, we are entrepreneurs, and our landscape is always changing!
Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans
About GMC We are a regional firm with national experience located in 22 offices throughout the southeastern United States. We believe in community, collaboration, and using the power of creativity and hard work to make a difference. Whether designing schools, parks, hospitals and other commercial developments, or providing clean water, safe streets and restoring resilient environments, GMC takes great pride in serving our communities through the transformative work we do. Every project is guided by the foundational concept that communities are built by people, not companies, and we strive to serve our communities with quality, integrity, creativity and care. One of the Southeast’s most comprehensive multi-disciplined firms, GMC is equipped to provide all of the services associated with architecture, interior design, civil engineering, environmental services, landscape architecture, planning, transportation engineering, geotechnical engineering, electrical engineering, surveying and disaster recovery.
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