Senior Licensed Architect
smrtPortland (ME)
About the role
Job Description
What You’ll Do:
- You’ll guide architectural projects from start to finish, ensuring every detail meets the highest standards of design, performance, and compliance.
- Lead documentation and design coordination across engineering disciplines
- Ensure code and standards compliance through thorough research and review
- Collaborate with regulatory agencies throughout the permitting process
- Manage project communications, including meeting notes, cost estimates, and agency feedback
- Develop program requirements and oversee construction budgets and schedules
- Direct the production of construction drawings and specifications
- Facilitate collaboration among project teams, clients, and consultants
- Uphold quality control standards and conduct peer reviews of complex projects
- Mentor junior architectural staff and foster professional growth
- Advance in specialized areas such as Design, Technical Leadership, Sustainability, Project Delivery, and Construction Administration
- What Makes SMRT Unique:
We’re a team of architects, engineers, planners, and professionals who thrive on solving complex challenges through design. Our clients bring us first-of-a-kind opportunities, tight deadlines, and ambitious goals—and we respond with curiosity, collaboration, and creativity. We engage our full design team from the start to define outcomes, sustainability targets, and stretch goals that guide every project. Founded in 1884, SMRT carries a legacy of innovation into the future, focused on technically complex, high-performance environments that shape communities and enhance lives.
Here, your creativity thrives. Flexible work arrangements support your rhythm. Wellness benefits reflect our belief that health starts with our team. And professional development is part of the journey. We cultivate an inclusive and supportive workplace where people feel fulfilled, challenged, and accepted. We listen, question, design, and deliver—together.
For more information on who were are and what we do, visit smrtinc.com/careers
Benefits:
- Flexible work environment6 weeks of paid time off (vacation, sick, community service)
- Healthcare, dental, vision, and life insurance 401(k) with automatic company contribution
- Education and training assistance
- Licensure renewal reimbursement
Requirements: What You Bring:
- A strong command of construction drawings and document production workflows
- Confidence leading project meetings with design teams, clients, and consultants
- Proficiency in Revit
- Commitment to maintaining continuing education credits for licensure
- A passion for mentoring and developing junior staff
Requirements:
Licensed or eligible for licensure in ME, MA, or NYBachelor of Architecture or equivalent undergraduate degree plus a Master of Architecture10 + years of professional experience
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