04/29/2008   Project Manager

TDA, an award-winning Oakland firm, is looking for a lead project manager with a minimum of 3-5 years experience in wood frame and concrete design and construction of multi-family housing and mixed use development; an architectural license is not required but would be considered a plus.

As a potential member of TDA’s staff, you:

• Have a positive, flexible, can-do attitude and an upbeat, optimistic spirit that communicates well with clients and associates. • Are a strong designer at all scales, from conceptual to detailing, and are comfortable working out designs in hand drawn sketches as well as 3D modeling software. • Are experienced at carrying projects through from beginning of design to completion of construction, including managing a team internally and coordinating project consultants as well as approval processes and client interactions. • Have some prior experience with green design and the ability to pragmatically integrate such ideas and methods into a project with a budget.

We are a small office that of about seven people at present, specializing in live/work, multi-family housing and mixed use development. Please see our work at http://www.live-work.com. Upcoming projects include 72 units of affordable housing, and 97 units of mixed use work/live and housing. Both projects are transit-oriented, being within a block of two different BART stations.

While TDA designs primarily individual buildings, a portion of our work is urban design, and an understanding of and some experience in urban design—one that is reflected in your design sensibility and portfolio--is important. All of our projects are urban infill, and as Charter Members of the Congress for the New Urbanism, this is an intentional commitment. TDA designed the first new construction live/work projects ever built in the United States. Thomas Dolan consults and writes codes for live/work in cities all over North America, and is presently writing a book on the subject, with a foreward by CNU founder Andres Duany.

We are an all-Macintosh office and we do our primary drafting in Vectorworks, increasingly augmented by 3D design work in Sketchup. We offer flexible hours and are open to partial telecommuting as appropriate to the current job situation. TDA is located West of Jack London Square, and is a thirteen minute walk from BART.

TDA offers competitive pay rates commensurate with experience, health benefits, a profit sharing program, 401K retirement benefits, Commuter Checks, and paid vacations and personal days. The atmosphere in our office is casual and friendly, yet we produce work that displays a level of professionalism that an office of any size would be proud of. If you are interested in joining us, we would like to hear from you.

Please email td.arch@live-work.com with the following, all in pdf format: 1. cover letter explaining why you are interested in the position, and why we should consider you. 2. Your Resume/CV. 3. At least three work samples, including production as well as design work.

Thomas Dolan Architecture
Thomas Dolan
Embarcadero West
173 Filbert Street
Oakland, CA 94607
Phone: 510 839 7200
Fax: 510 839 7208
td.arch@live-work.com
http://www.live-work.com