Architectural Designer

Title: Architectural Designer

Location: 14400 The Lakes Boulevard, Building C, Suite 200 Pflugerville, Texas

About Us

Pacesetter Homes is a single-family business unit of Qualico with over 71 years of building experience. As one of Builder Magazines 100 largest builders in the United States, Pacesetter Homes offers award winning home plans, interior design selections and choice of options that personalize each new home we build. Pacesetter Homes operates in Western Canada, Dallas, Texas and Austin, Texas. To learn more, click here .

At Pacesetter Homes, our people make the difference. We offer an exciting place to build your career with competitive compensation and benefits packages, company matching 401K program and employee home purchase program.

Job Overview

Reporting to the Director of Purchasing and Estimating, as the Architectural Designer you are responsible for creating designs and drawings to facilitate the construction of new homes. You also provide technical information and knowledge that supports profitable business decisions.

Your Day-to-day Responsibilities Will Include

• Performing daily operations, ensuring projects are completed according to expected timelines.
• Completing design-related tasks and documentation using CAD, Revit, AutoDesk, BuildPro, and other technologies.
• Understanding and ensuring architectural and structural requirements, elements, building codes and bylaws are followed.
• Completing documentation packages, producing drawings sets, and maintaining standard model plan library.
• Working with Marketing for renderings and collateral material.
• Overseeing billing with Architects and Consultants, and staying in budget.
• Working with Purchasing and Estimating teams for 3D visual presentations.
• Developing concepts and creating conceptual construction plans for new products.
• Reviewing Design guidelines, municipality requirements and all other documents to ensure plans meet community and city criteria.
• Implementing quality measures, best practices, process improvements, audits and measurements.
  
  

As our ideal candidate, you are…

• Organized; you effectively manage your time while balancing multiple priorities.
• A strong communicator; you clearly express your thoughts in conversation and in written communication.
• An active listener; you seek to understand and listen to others in a non-judgmental way.
• Detail oriented; you focus on detailed accuracy when dealing with a high volume of work.
• A team player; you contribute as a team member and share equally in the exchange of ideas, concepts and process outcomes.
  
  

Essential Requirements

• Associate’s degree in computer Aided Design (CAD), Architectural Technology, Engineering Technology or related program of study.
• Minimum 1 year of related drafting and design experience in the Residential Construction industry.
• Working knowledge of CAD, Revit, AutoDesk, and BuildPro or similar programs.
• Valid driver’s license and access to a reliable insured vehicle.
• Satisfactory verification of criminal record check.
• Comfortable using office equipment and computers
• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams, SharePoint and PowerPoint) and computer aided design software (Mitek, CAD, SoftPlan, etc.).
  
  

What We Value

• Creating trusting and successful working relationships.
• Setting clear, measurable and achievable goals.
• Cooperating with team members in an open, positive and respectful manner.
• Staying current with technical job skills.
• Taking responsibility for the outcomes of decisions and actions.
  
  

Working Conditions

You primarily work in an office setting during regular business hours. Overtime may occasionally be required.

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