General Description of the Position:
The Senior Project Designer (“SPD”) will have at least 10 years of comprehensive design experience with healthcare experience as a bonus. The SPD recognizes that technical complexity is a design challenge in itself, and finds the growth and change in the healthcare industry genuinely compelling. He or she may have already developed a specialty within healthcare architecture and continually seek to upgrade their knowledge.
This is a position of significance within the firm. The SPD must have the skills to conceptualize and work within a team spirit, as well as work with user groups and maintain strong client relationships, while contributing to a design process that doesn’t just satisfy requirements but make a real contribution to the clients' operation. With a solid understanding of the design process, the SPD will be involved in the overall master planning/programming and the design and medical planning of medium to large scale healthcare facilities throughout the Southwest and Pacific Northwest states. The SPD must have an interest in new technologies and research, report writing, and giving presentations. The SPD works closely with clients and user groups as well as the other members of the design team.
Requirements for the Position:
• 10 to 15+ years experience in programming, planning and design.
• Experience with a wide range of technical projects of various sizes, types and complexity.
• Architectural degree preferred.
• Excellent understanding of working as a team member.
• Strong capability to communicate planning concepts verbally and through graphic/written reports.
• Ability to meet successfully with user groups to collect programmatic and operational efficiency needs.
• Ability to convey design issues to other team members.
• Excellent listening skills.
• Ability to handle difficult situations diplomatically.
Moon Mayoras Architects, Inc. is an innovative firm specializing in healthcare architecture and master planning. We provide a unique supportive team environment and offer true career advancement based on performance and ambition. Our enthusiastic and hands-on principals are nationally recognized for their creative master planning and design, and for their contributions to the concept of a healing environment in healthcare design. As a firm, Moon Mayoras Architects thinks “outside of the box” and is looking for like-minded professionals who want to work hard and take pride in doing a great job. We are a successful and stable company that is able to focus on repeatedly satisfying our client base rather than on continually marketing our services to new clients.
Moon Mayoras Architects, Inc. values intelligence, flexibility and talent. Good communication and work-planning skills are required in our team-oriented, non-corporate friendly environment. We offer career growth potential, large, interesting projects, and an outstanding support staff.
We are located in a 100-year old brick building in the historic Gaslamp district of downtown San Diego. We offer a friendly working environment and an alternate work schedule of four 9-hour days and a 4-hour Friday. MMA is a 33-member firm which enjoys an encouraging, helpful and fun atmosphere. Visit
www.moonmayoras.com for more information about our firm.
Fax a cover letter and resume to 619-235-9773 or email to gparsons@moonmayoras.com