Technical Director The Technical Director position is a senior, supervisor role for leaders with a proven track record of effective communication, innovation, and high-level design problem solving. In addition to communicating a company’s creative vision to design teams and stakeholders, a Technical Director supervises the entire design documentation process and important design and constructability decisions. As expert communicators, they keep in touch with all internal team members, consultants, and clients to ensure that everyone has the resources and knowledge needed to succeed. Part of studio leadership, this position provides input toward firm direction and management. The Technical Director is responsible for managing production staff regarding design intent and quality control through direct supervision:

1. ensuring design documentation is of high quality to assuage litigation
2. ensuring design documentation is thorough and complete to minimize redundant effort through construction documentation and administration
3. leading intermittent project meetings with your project teams and production staff
4. assisting project staff with design, detailing, and code related items
5. provide leadership and mentorship to train and grow studio production staff with their careers into future leadership positions

Additional responsibilities for the role of Technical Director are listed as follows: Incumbent Responsibilities:

• Project Management [implementation & mentorship]
  • As Director, you will be responsible for providing high-level guidance for Project Managers under your supervision. On other projects, you will be expected to serve as Project Manager.
• Specialty Detail Design
  • Complex design often requires non-standard details. The development of some of the details for numerous projects is a responsibility of the Technical Director, as is mentoring junior staff in development of these standard details.
• Drawing Set Review [PDR / CDR]
  • You will be responsible to perform / coordinate PDR [preliminary design review] / CDR [critical design review] for projects.
• Specifications [standards & project specific]
  • As senior leadership, this position requires the development and coordination of specs [on drawings and project manuals] for various projects.
• Design Charette Leadership & Participation
  • You will be asked to coordinate and participate in design charettes.
• Firm Development Strategy
  • You will participate in regular [Director’s Meetings] senior leadership strategy meetings in which we discuss firm performance and direction, business development and project acquisition, and project performance and staffing.
• Staff Performance Reviews
  • You will be responsible for writing staff performance reviews for members of the staff under your direct supervision. These happen annually around April of each year.

Additional Responsibilities

• Confidently interact with clients and other team members
• Team with architects and engineers delivering all phases of architectural projects
• Supervise / manage multiple projects at any given time
• Develop contract documents and provide construction administration support
• Use current software platforms (Revit) to develop contract documents
• Creativity desired, passion is a must

If you are a visionary architect with a passion for creating inspiring educational spaces, we encourage you to apply at www.mkcinc.com/career or email us at [email protected].