Regional Architecture Discipline Lead

29 days ago
Full time role
In-person · Los Angeles, CA, US... more

AECOM Buildings + Places is seeking a Regional Architecture Discipline Lead located in one of our prominent US West Design Studios – which include locations such as Los Angeles, Chicago, Colombus, Cleveland, Detroit, Houston, Denver or San Francisco.  The ideal candidate will have a collaborative spirt, be passionate about aligning and staffing teams for project success, as well as having the ability to promote a culture of design and technical excellence.  

About Our Practice

US West Buildings and Places has a vast market spread and geography, providing opportunities across a wide range of project typologies, including Science & Technology, Advanced Manufacturing, Commercial, Aerospace, Higher Education, Industrial and Process, Transportation, Aviation, Sports and Federal market sectors across the western United States and beyond. As a dynamic team of Architects, Planners, and Engineers we strive to incorporate beauty, sustainability, resiliency, equity, and innovation in our projects. 

Job Summary/Responsibilities
Knowledge Management:

 The Regional Architecture Discipline Lead will act as a liaison between all Architecture Studios/Practices for Architecture, Interior Design, and Landscape Architecture located in our US West Region. Key aspects of this role include:

  • Develop and maintain a skills matrix to have a thorough understanding of the capabilities and strengths in each market sector, the depth of skills and talent associated with people in each market sector, and representative projects in each market sector
  • Work with Project and Studio Leadership for the assignment of the best teams for key projects and pursuits in line with market strategy as well as identifying and making key hires needed for ultimate project success.
  • Ensure that the staff maintains its alignment with industry best practices and works to advance future capabilities by identifying gaps or deficiencies with associated training,setting goals for adoption of new tools or delivery processes.
  • Actively participate in propagating the vision towards supporting the growth and development of AECOM’s Design presence in the market while maintaining a best-in-class design solutions.
  • Actively identify and maintain a regional roster of discipline-specific technical reviewers and qualified quality reviews in order to be able to identify support personnel and facilitate the quality review process for any regional project.  In the event quality issues are identified, engage with teams to identify the root causes, and the identification and implementation of solutions with the support of the Director of Project Delivery.
  • Ability to mentor junior staff members and work with the regional leadership team in the development of a new formal mentoring program.
  • Facilitate or support the initiation of major pursuits by actively participating in the development and review of Project Plans and incorporation of other project set up tools.
  • Support operations by balancing architecture utilization and staffing across the region as well as projecting utilization for the region and communicating to Operations as necessary. 
  • Working with colleagues to identify staffing needs and responsible for their sourcing.
  • Understand the capabilities and strengths of global resources and identify opportunities where teams can be supplemented with additional resources in a productive and beneficial manner.
  • Collaborating with Regional Digital Lead by identifying opportunities for digital implementation. This includes deployment of digital tools into technical workflows as well as providing feedback from disciplines to the Digital Lead on the requested process improvements.
  • Collaborating with Regional Engineering Lead to advance the A/E practice in alignment with Regional Objectives of market-facing recognition of our Architectural capabilities