Project Architect - Critical Facilities - Senior

Your Role

As a Gensler Project Architect, it’s your job to lead a team of architects and designers to deliver unparalleled architectural projects. Leverage your industry experience and technical acumen to drive client projects from concept through build. Your work ethic and dedication to problem solving, combined with our commitment to collaboration and mentoring, makes Gensler the perfect place to further your career.  

What You Will Do

• Manage client, team and project coordination, including full document coordination with structural, MEP, lighting, AV, landscape and civil consultants
• Lead coordination between project team, clients, vendors, contractors, consultants, and building / permitting officials
• Provide technical guidance and innovative solutions to resolve complex technical and design challenges  
• Ensure all work is carried out to the requirements of the client, with the design team working to the correct specifications and deliver a high quality and timely deliverable to the client.
• Maintain project / BIM manual and specifications
• Conduct and document site visits, process submittals, substitution requests, and RFI’s during construction
• Attend client meetings or on-site meetings
• Support project sustainability targets throughout project phases and actively engage in delivering them
• Work collaboratively with the team to optimize sustainability performance through design iterations and research
• Review and coordinate regulations and ordinances with the relevant authorities and internal teams of reference buildings
• Support the project client relationships to grow Tokyo office

Your Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Architecture
• 10+ years of architectural project experience in a whole cycle
• 1st class licensed in Japan or a registered architect in overseas
• Knowledge of Japanese building codes, regulations, and permitting processes, including experience in authority coordination.
• Experience in construction documentation, regulatory submissions, and directing documentation consultants and partner firms.
• Experience in multidisciplinary coordination across structural, MEP, and engineering consultants
• Experience organizing design requirements, managing drawing production processes, and consolidating key design and material decisions
• Experience working on large-scale architectural projects of 30,000 square meters or more
• Experience participating in architectural projects for specialized building types, including data centers, warehouses, factories, and research facilities
• Proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD, and SketchUp, and other software
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign)
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines efficiently
• Knowledge of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and parametric design software, including Grasshopper, is a plus
• Able to communicate fluently in Japanese and English
• LEED accreditation a plus

Life at Gensler

As a people-first organization, we are as committed to enjoying life as we are to delivering best-in-class design. From internal design competitions to research grants to “Well-being Week,” our offices reflect our people’s diverse interests.

As part of the firm’s commitment to licensure and professional development, Gensler offers reimbursement for certain professional licenses and associated renewals and exam fees. In addition, we reimburse tuition for certain eligible programs or classes. We view our professional development programs as strategic investments in our future.