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HKS

Senior Facade Designer

HKS, Denver, Colorado, United States, 80285


Overview:

HKS is seeking a Sr. Facade Designer to join our team.

A combined design leader and project manager responsible for envisioning, designing, and delivering successful leading-edge facade and enclosure systems. Possesses the ability to synthesize design, performance, and engineering requirements of facade systems into cohesive innovative systems solutions. Possesses strong leadership and communications skills, a flexible attitude, ability to solve problems creatively and ability to foster and manage effective client relationships. Responsible for high-impact decisions across multiple projects. Coordinates facade design and facade engineering talent across the practice. Acts as a subject matter expert for facade design and performance solutions. Creative and ready to surmount conventional thinking

Responsibilities: Project: Acts as the lead facade designer and primary client relationship owner Leads the facade and enclosure design of multiple projects by developing the conceptual vision, systems design, performance, and detailing Leads the facade design effort and manages the execution and delivery of implementation documents through all phases of multiple projects Exercises skills of persuasion and negotiation on critical issues Develops novel, synthetic, and trans-disciplinary facade design concepts and expands, augments, and emboldens the concepts of others Oversees coordination of HKS LINE Facade Studio talent with client project teams both internally and externally Integrates HKS LINE Facade Studio expertise and innovation into all projects, while actively seeking opportunities to incorporate sustainable design solutions Manages the technical resolution and coordination of facade and enclosure systems Manages and oversees the LINE Facade Studio project team collaboration with other internal disciplines and external consultants to establish and document design solutions that can be technically implemented with the constraints of the project goals, budgets, schedule, and within local ordinances and codes Integrates facade engineering requirements from LINE Facade Engineering team members Reviews design work and implementation documents for accuracy and completeness Establishes project performance design criteria for enclosure systems Oversees the development of and may modify and/or review graphic presentations, 3D rendering and implementation documents to incorporate the facade design intent Leads client presentations as needed Monitors project to anticipate potential risks and collaborates with the PIC, legal team, and client to resolve issues. Oversees product, materials, or systems research and evaluation to direct team members on appropriate selections Works with respective teams to manage client expectations, team communication, and consultant coordination Delegates and holds LINE Facade Studio project teams accountable for code analysis, design standards, detailing, constructability, performance analysis, and deliverables to HKS standards, best practices, and quality expect May participate site or factory inspection, audit, or test oversite visits Delegates and holds LINE Facade Studio project teams accountable for code analysis, design standards, detailing, constructability, performance analysis, and deliverables to HKS standards, best practices, and quality expect May participate site or factory inspection, audit, or test oversite visits

Cultural: Models and holds others accountable to the firm's cultural values, including a commitment to quality, innovation, learning and growth Facilitates the team's self-evaluation to distill and distribute lessons learned within the firm Actively invests in the professional development of staff through mentoring, motivating, performance management and career planning Develops, recognizes, recruits and grows diverse talent Manages conflict effectively and encourages a healthy team environment Foste s and maintains a collaborative professional working relationship with the project team, including promoting communication Actively promotes and incorporates the firm's principles of 'design excellence' through the integration of responsible and sustainable design practice with the art of design, including understanding mindful materials evaluation and selection

Financial: Manages project financial performance, including invoicing and collections Prepares collaborative work plan for projects. Determines terms and prepares fee proposals and contracts, coordinating with PIC, legal and other project team leaders, including add service requests Develops, maintains, and regularly communicates with project team on project job costs, budget and associated schedule to project resources (including managing and reviewing team's timesheets for accuracy) Builds, updates and executes project schedule assuring deliverables are completed on time and aligned with the budgeted labor; recalibrates as necessar Applies skills to minimize risks, maximize value and seeks means to... For full info follow application link.

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