At PlanForce, we believe in the Power of Design to help people and businesses thrive. Our focus is on commercial business spaces: the offices, stores, restaurants, and factories where people plan, manufacture, sell, and use the stuff of life. And while our work intends to benefit our community through successful business, our focus remains on the people that use these places. We firmly believe that when people thrive, business success and a healthy community will follow.

As architects and interior designers, we are: insightful and resourceful, responsive and drama-free, detail-focused and results-oriented, and above all, we are passionate about design.

The Architect will be responsible for establishing, inspiring, and directing the comprehensive development of the design process. This includes all phases of many simultaneous projects located throughout the region. This person is a broadly educated thinker who is passionate about architecture as a discipline and a craft, has an expansive, generalist architectural perspective as well as a focused depth of knowledge in multiple building types, supplemented by a passion for innovation, technical excellence, and sustainable design practices.

PlanForce is employee-owned. We are a growing firm where all staff step up and contribute to the best of their ability. This is an opportunity for the right candidate to dive deep into the unique design challenges of our long-term clients, helping them transform business goals into extraordinary spaces. Ultimately, we are searching for a candidate who will grow into a strong leader within the firm.

Responsibilities:  

• Create and develop overall design concepts and formulate design presentation strategies with an awareness of current trends, client needs and aspirations.
• Continually improve the quality of our work, the way we deliver it and the process we employ to complete it.  
• Work closely with architects, interior designers, and technical designers across the firm to promote a cross-functional design approach and facilitate its advancement.  
• Work toward success in building, maintaining and growing client and strategic partner relationships.  
• Develop collaborative relationships across the firm.  
• Exercise broad knowledge of the project process including fee and team management, schedules, and budgets.  
• Exhibit exceptional self-motivation, customer service orientation, communication, writing and presentation skills.  
• Provide excellent time management and organization skills with the ability to become involved in and remain current on issues relating to several concurrent projects in various stages.