Staff Architect

About Everstead

Everstead is a fast-growing engineering and design firm that provides a wide variety of services for the residential industry including new construction, structural troubleshooting of existing homes, and custom home plans. Everstead has continued to experience high growth because of our excellent service and innovative problem-solving that help our clients be more successful on their projects.

Everstead is proud to be one of Kansas City’s Fastest Growing Businesses and strives to provide a collaborative and fun work environment. We take our work seriously but are always looking for a reason to have a good time together. While we believe in fostering great relationships with your teammates, we encourage our employees to maintain a healthy work-life balance with generous flex PTO.

Our company environment promotes both independent work and team cooperation. Our entire team is involved with projects, business strategies, client management, and ways to improve internal systems. Everyone on our team fully participates in our growth and knows that they are directly influencing the success of our company.

Architect Job Description:

We are seeking a licensed Architect with a passion or experience in residential home design and light commercial. This position will join our Architectural Designer and work together to grow the Design Department.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Evaluate potential clients and conduct lead follow-up processes such as phone calls and portfolio presentations to drive client acquisition.
• Maintain project workflow, estimate work hours, communicate and collaborate with engineers and office admin.
• Work with clients to understand their needs and limitations and translate their vision into stamped, complete plans.
• For remodel or addition projects, document existing structure as needed by reviewing as-built documentation and taking field measurements.
• Ensure projects stay on schedule, within internal budgets, and meet client expectations.
• See projects from start to completion in a largely independent studio environment.

Desired Qualifications/Strengths:

• Masters of Architecture from a NCARB-accredited degree program.
• Licensed in KS or MO
• 1-4 years of experience with an interest or background in single family new construction, multi-family new construction, large scale additions and remodels.
• Proficient with Revit and AutoCAD, Microsoft Suite, and Adobe Acrobat Pro
• Experience with Trello or other Kanban task management tools is preferred.
• Able to drive within the Kansas City metro area to client homes (vehicle provided).
• Growth-minded and excited to help drive the success of a busy Design team.
• Please include a link to your portfolio in your resume.

Pay:

Salary - $60,000 to $75,000 based on experience