Architectural Designer

Join a Team That Builds More Than Homes. We Build Legacies.

Being a member of Jim Reif Builders team lets you not only design beautiful homes, but also provides you with opportunities to advance your career and lifestyle. Our culture values innovative thinking, hard work, and determination. We interact in teams, collaborate with one another, resulting in better and quicker decisions.

At Jim Reif Builders, our sales and design team, estimators and project manager, and our talented craftspeople are dedicated to ensuring that we exceed our clients’ expectations. From remodeling projects to one-of-a-kind custom homes, every project gets the same level of attention, creativity, craftsmanship and quality.

Jim Reif Builders is one of the most highly respected homebuilders in northeast Wisconsin, a reputation that we have been building on for over thirty years.

As part of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to use cutting edge technology in design, ensuring a smooth flow as each project unfolds. You will work in a collaborative environment, in our recently expanded office facility located near Manitowoc, Wisconsin, along the beautiful Lake Michigan shoreline. We’re just a short drive from the Green Bay metro area, and an easy 90-minute drive from Milwaukee.

Maintaining a healthy work/life balance is a key priority at Jim Reif Builders. We work hard, but we take care to ensure our team members and their families are just as important as the work we do.

We offer a competitive wages and benefits package, including health insurance and a 401k plan with company match. Our compensation package also includes an annual bonus, based on individual performance and company results.

Our team members are encouraged to grow their individual skills through company-sponsored training and participation in both local and national industry networking opportunities. Keeping up with the latest industry trends helps us to provide the special touches that make each project unique and allows us to exceed our clients’ expectations.

Every member of the team at Jim Reif Builders is more than an employee. They are part of a family. Exceptional team members allow us to create exceptional projects. We invite you to become a member of the Jim Reif Builders family!

SUMMARY

Due to the overwhelming demands of the organization, we are adding to the team! The Architectural Designer is responsible for the creation of designs and executable plans for the completion of specified projects. The successful candidate for this position should be professional, outgoing, and assertive, while also being accurate and detail oriented. This individual should be skilled in architectural design functions, as well as proficient in design software, and must possess a high-level understanding of building codes and product knowledge.

In addition to design responsibilities, this position may also include estimating duties, such as reviewing project plans and specifications to develop material and labor estimates, collaborating with vendors for pricing, and assisting in ensuring cost accuracy during the design and planning phases.

The individual should demonstrate effective team skills, be extremely passionate about their career, promote excellent client relations, and contribute to the efficiency and profitability of each project through both design and estimating collaboration.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

· Interact and collaborate effectively with all levels of the JRB team, including designers, estimators, project manager, accounting and office management staff and field employees.

· Communicate design items and completed projects to leadership.

· Meet DAILY with President to provide updates and identify concerns.

· Help to ensure clients have a positive experience with Jim Reif Builders.

· Complete assigned projects in accordance with established timelines.

· Communicate deviations from scheduled timelines to avoid delays and negative impacts of project completion.

· Operate as an involved and effective member of the JRB design team.

· Provide effective and innovative designs to address client needs.

· Respond effectively to change requests and plan revisions.

· Seek to apply appropriate interpretation of building codes to all design efforts.

· Seek to apply project knowledge to design efforts to achieve maximum effectiveness.

· Prepare designs and related details with extreme accuracy.

· Collaborate with the estimating team to review plans and ensure accuracy of material quantities and pricing.

· Develop preliminary cost projections or assist in preparing estimates for client proposals.

· Suggest changes and improvements to existing designs to enhance constructability and cost efficiency.

· Meet with clients, gather information, review construction documents, understand scope of work, then develop a detailed Scope of Work along with CAD drawings for the proposed project so it can go to the bid stage. Conduct on-site measuring as required.

· Conduct on-site measuring and walk throughs with trade contractors.

· Execute take-offs of construction documents.

· Input take-offs into digital spreadsheet.

· Obtain pricing for materials.

· Obtain bids from subcontractors.

· Review trade contractor estimates and revisions for completeness and accuracy.

· Prepare specifications for presentation to client.

· Deliver the specifications and construction contract to clients with a high degree of confidence and passion to be able to sell them on our company values.

· The duties are not limited to the information listed above, additional work and responsibilities may be required to be completed as part of normal duties of the job.

· Interact with clients to provide professional guidance and create designs to exceed client needs and expectations.

· Oversee and coordinate selections for projects; work with JRB staff to ensure timely selections are being made.

· Effectively communicate with clients to support selection process.

· Develop knowledge of available products to effectively execute and support selection process.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

· Support Company staff by taking on additional tasks as needed/requested

· Assist in operations of the Parade of Homes event

· Provide estimating or cost input for marketing and promotional materials when needed.

SKILLS AND COMPTENCIES

· Strong computer skills (Excel, Word, email), CAD and 3D design software

· Experience with or willingness to learn estimating software and cost analysis tools.

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills

· Knowledge of building codes.

· Strong organizational skills; schedule-driven.

· Ability to work under pressure

· Assertive, positive attitude; outgoing personality

· Quick problem-solving ability

· Attentive to detail

· Desire to grow in product knowledge and design creativity.

Company CORE Values

· Integrity

· Passion

· Pride

· Accountability

· Innovation

· Perseverance

· Leadership

· Collaboration

Education and Experience

Associate Degree in Architectural Design.

Language Skills

Read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Write correspondence. Effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentage and to draw and interpret graphs.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills

To perform the job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of MS WORD and EXCEL software, e-mail software, and CAD software.

Certificates, Licenses and Registrations

None required for this job.

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 accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is maybe required to stand and walk. The employee may regularly have to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and frequently lift. At times must be able to crawl a ladder of different lengths to reasonable heights.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet but may vary when on a construction site.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $22.00 - $35.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Ability to Commute:

• Manitowoc, WI 54220 (Required)

Work Location: In person