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Design Specialist - Architecture (Bay Area)

Turner Construction Company
United States, California, Oakland
May 23, 2025
Division: Bay Area Main
Project Location(s): Oakland, CA 94601 USA
Minimum Years Experience:
Travel Involved:
Job Type: Regular
Job Classification: Experienced
Education: Bachelors Degree
Job Family: Construction
Compensation: Salaried Exempt

Position Description: Conduct Architectural analysis, provide input and perform technical reviews, mitigate potential architectural design risks, identify and solve architecture construction challenges, and generate optimization opportunities for pursuit and execution of design-build and design-bid-build systems projects.

Essential Duties & Key Responsibilities:

  • Perform technical reviews of
    projects to assess constructability, examine design details, perform
    quantity takeoffs, and
    recommend construction sequencing and logistics and provide architectural
    analysis.
  • Review and evaluate project
    specific designs from architectural standpoint, program intent,
    contractual obligations, division of responsibilities, and
    deliverables.
  • Review and assess project
    documentation such as drawings, basis of design documents, specifications,
    reports, and shop drawings related to architecture.
  • Examine documents for compliance
    with local or national code requirements.
  • Perform ADA and barrier-free
    reviews of design documents.
  • Propose potential solutions to
    Design/Construction team for design optimization, challenges, and
    constructability improvements related to architecture.
  • Evaluate and provide guidance
    for project non-conformances and operations issues.
  • Establish constructive and
    effective relationships with internal/external project team members,
    subcontractors, and clients to facilitate understanding and influence
    design and project development.
  • Work in partnership with linked
    design disciplines to improve the coordination of design concepts (e.g.
    geotechnical, structural, code-compliance, building envelope and facade,
    MEFP, vertical transportation, acoustics, and fire).
  • Other activities, duties, and
    responsibilities as assigned

The salary range for this position is estimated to be 100,000.00 - 125,000.00 USD annualized.


  • Qualifications:

    • Bachelor of Science Degree from
      accredited and credentialed degree program in Architecture with 5 years of
      industry
      experience or equivalent combination of education, training and/or
      experience
    • Design experience in diverse
      array of projects through all phases of design and construction with focus
      on all architectural elements, required
    • Think and write in highly
      structured manner with creativity to develop specialized solutions and
      anticipating potential
      challenges and opportunities, required
    • Architectural products and costs
      knowledge
    • U.S. building design codes and
      material specific standards experience
    • Peer reviews and due diligence
      studies experience
    • Effective and clear verbal and
      written communication skills
    • Enjoy working in professional
      interdisciplinary team environment
    • Demonstrate commitment to
      continue to develop in area of expertise and awareness of industry
      innovations
    • Design software for design
      analysis, general collaboration software (e.g. Bluebeam Studio) and
      operation of 3D and BIM
      software (e.g. Navisworks, AutoCAD, Revit, Rhino, and SketchUp)
    • Some travel is required

    Physical Demands:

    The physical demands described here are representative of
    those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential
    functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable
    individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Performance
    of the required duties will require physical ability to climb permanent and
    temporary stairs, passenger use of construction personnel hoists, ability to
    climb ladders and negotiate work areas under construction. Specific vision
    abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth
    perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Performing this job requires use
    of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, sit, talk and
    hear, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Employees must
    occasionally lift and/or move heavy weight.

    Work Environment:

    The work environment characteristics described here are
    representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential
    functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable
    individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing
    the duties of this job, the employee regularly works on-site at the
    construction work site
    where the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts; high precarious
    places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and risk of
    electrical shock. The noise in these work environments is usually moderate to
    very loud.


Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer - minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity.
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