Job Description

NBBJ is an award-winning design firm recognized as a TIME100 Most Influential Company, a Fast Company Most Innovative Architecture Firm and a two-time 2025 AIA National Honor Award recipient. These recognitions reflect our purpose-driven approach that, fueled by ideas and a culture of collaboration, creates healthy buildings, strong communities and a resilient environment. That’s where you come in. With leading clients, diverse colleagues and offices in creative capitals around the globe, a career at NBBJ will inspire you to be extraordinary. You can learn more about our firm, see what it’s like to work here and explore recent projects and ideas at NBBJ.com Join us to make an impact today!
The role at a glance: NBBJ Boston is seeking a Project Architect with experience in the design, documentation and planning of complex projects at various scales. Our market sectors include Science, Healthcare, Higher Education, Mixed-Use Commercial and Corporate Interiors. This is an opportunity to join a fully integrated design studio where a diverse group of visionary designers and architects collaborate as a team from concept design through construction. In your new role, you will:

• Support and lead the technical design and documentation of projects at various scales
• Participate in client presentations, & coordination with OPM’s
• Familiarity in developing and finalizing documents to ensure compliance with building codes, life safety standards, FGI guidelines, with a focus on technical accuracy and regulatory adherence
• Coordinate with interior, MEP, and structural disciplines throughout the design and documentation phases
• Proven ability to collaborate with Architects, Interior Designers, and Project Managers from Concept Design through Construction Administration

What you will need to succeed:

• 10-12 years of experience in architectural design and documentation in medium to large scale building programs
• Demonstrated excellence in design and innovation
• Experience in projects from design development through construction administration, with exceptional problem-solving skills
• Strong verbal and graphic communication skills, effective client relationship skills, and talent for working with diverse teams of designers and consultants in a collaborative environment
• Experience with interior documentation and detailing, including casework detailing
• Strong Revit proficiency
• Professional Licensure or progress toward licensure is encouraged.
• LEED Accreditation, encouraged
• Familiarity with LEAN Concepts, encouraged

The annual base pay range for this role is anticipated to be between $110,000 and $120,000. Actual compensation for successful candidates will be carefully determined based on a number of factors, including their skills, qualifications and experience. This role requires the individual to be based in the United States.