New Avenue | Architect | Project Manager | Designer Position
Join the team dedicated to breaking down boundaries to home ownership, rethinking how homes shape our lives, changing the landscape of our cities, and building a future we all want to live in.
The Role: Senior project manager on the design team. You will focus on residential projects that transform single-family homes into complexes of two or more homes. The architect/designer position is available for a broad range of experience and we encourage any designer who is passionate about changing the future of housing to apply.
Your responsibilities will include working with clients from initial consultations to completion of construction administration on projects, including ADUs and small complexes. Typical projects include house-lifts, remodels/reinventions, and detached two and three-bedroom ADUs ranging from 400-4000 square feet. You will be responsible for client communication, project management, design work, drafting and detailing, presentations, permitting, and construction administration.
Your Qualifications:
You are passionate about architecture and design, and making our built environment more beautiful, sustainable, and equitable. You enjoy working with people and solving problems using creative design solutions. You are a good listener and communicator, making our clients feel well-cared for and that their needs are being met and problems are being solved beautifully and efficiently.
- Detail Oriented
- Strong Design sensibilities
- Experience in designing ADUs, Custom Homes, and major remodels and additions.
- Have worked on fast-paced, deadline-driven projects
- Enjoy helping your colleagues and together doing the best work possible
Your Activities:
You will be part of the New Avenue design team and will be assigned to a variety of residential projects throughout the California Bay area. This is a local position with regular in person meetings required.
On a day to day basis, this position involves logging in to our self-developed project management app, following up with client communications, developing project schedules, executing design work, presenting ideas to the internal team and to clients, managing and collaborating with outside consultants, executing design work using Revit and other tools, creating full Construction Documents, fostering the project through the permitting process, and facilitating construction administration services. This requires the capacity to juggle several projects at the same time so you must be adept at project management and disciplined in following a strict project schedule by adhering to deadlines and deliverables.
You will be assigned to your own projects and clients within the NA team under the direction of a senior staff member. This gives you a lot of flexibility and design freedom as well as a lot of responsibility for the success of your projects.
Required Skills:
- Autodesk Revit or Revit LT (including phasing, component creation, and sheet layout)
- Adobe Creative Suite
- GSuite
- Great communication & writing. (you can use just the right words to say just the right things).
- Composure to meet with owners and contractors on job sites and make sure your design intent is followed.
- Experience leading residential projects including submitting AUPs and building permit submittals. You must have the ability to obtain building permits independently.
- Custom detail drawing experience
Supplemental Skills (nice-to-have):
- Construction experience
- Fluent in Spanish or another second language
- Sustainable design knowledge
- Permitting process experience
- Construction administration
Compensation Benefits:
- Above market salary
- Full time and flexible work hours
- ESOP/Ownership - An ownership culture, you will be respected as the leader of your work and a future leader in your field
- We provide hours for licensure, mentorship, time, and test costs.
- 11 federal holidays, and 3-4 weeks of vacation
- Work from home or the office as desired.
- Healthcare stipend paid directly
- Annual team-building events and trips.
- Benefit Conditions - Waiting period may apply - Only full-time employees eligible
About New Avenue:
New Avenue is a diversified sustainable development company with a leading in-house developed technology, a full-service design–build division and expansive involvement in local and state policy groups that impact housing. We manage residential projects from the initial call through a comprehensive design and construction process. The entire process is centered on the homeowner and our goal is to create a home that will be a source of health, happiness, and value throughout your lifetime and for generations to follow. We do this with a focus on quality, transparency, sustainability and improving the built environment through design excellence.
Our Core Values: We believe housing is healthcare. We value time and want to you to be surrounded by people you love, and people who love you. We value our community, employees and the environment, and our business exists to protect and nourish them. We value community and consider building community as the most important activity a business can pursue. We value the idea of home, as the place that protects your time, your health and your connection to the people and places that matter most to you.
Remote Work:
- New Avenue has been a work-from-from home culture since before the days of Covid. Local site visits and city permitting research is often required to be done in-person, however this is flexible and some fully remote positions are available.
How To Apply: Submit your application by replying to this post. Please include the following information
- Cover letter (1 page max)
- Resume
- References (include previous employers, mentors, peers, and clients if possible)
- Portfolio with examples of built projects, as well as any work in progress
Please format the above information into PDFs no larger than 10mb. A link to a personal project, any writing or content you've created, website, blog, social media or other examples of who you are and what you do are welcomed.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $80,000.00 - $120,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible schedule
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Relocation assistance
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
Schedule:
Supplemental Pay:
- Bonus opportunities
- Commission pay
Application Question(s):
- Have you been responsible for (or partially responsible for) applying for and receiving a building permit for an ADU, or any project requiring a Use Permit, Conditional Use Permit, Administrative Use Permit or other residential project in California?
Education:
Experience:
- Revit: 1 year (Required)
- ADU Design: 1 year (Required)
Work Location: In person
