ARCHITECT

  DEFINITION

       Under direction, designs and passes upon designs of buildings;
  does related work as required.

  DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS

       At this level incumbents are recognized as fully equipped by
  training and experience to be given professional assignments requiring
  proven professional ability.  This is the first level of work involving
  the full range of professional activity on conventional projects.

       Projects assigned are typically broad in scope and require
  technical judgment to interpret and adapt guidelines.  Assignments are
  screened to eliminate most of those involving unusual or unique
  features or the supervisor provides assistance on such assignments.

       Occasionally, employees are assigned to work on more complicated
  or unusual problems than are typical of this level, in such cases, they
  are under the direct supervision of a higher level professional
  architect.

       Employees are expected to proceed independently in gathering
  information, and to use skill and ingenuity in working out problems;
  their supervisors assign work and supply general instructions.

       They observe the work for progress, check adherence to completion
  and cost schedules, coordinate it with other work under way, and review
  it upon completion for technical adequacy and for compliance with
  project design requirements, office policies, and standards.

       Some typical examples of assignments at this level involve
  developing tentative and diagrammatic sketches for projects of average
  difficulty characterized by standardized architectural elements,
  singleness of purpose, or not involving unique or specialized
  functions; developing general cost figures for a project of some size
  and scope from tentative plans and functional requirements, based on
  cost data for similar structures; integrating into final detailed
  specifications, specifications prepared by others covering
  architectural, structural, mechanical, and electrical materials,
  equipment, and installation instructions for "standard type"
  storehouses, buildings, and other projects of a similar nature; making
  measured drawings of existing structural conditions and of design
  features, detailed drawings of stabilization methods calculated to
  insure preservation of original structures, and designs of details to
  be reconstructed or restored reflecting the spirit, character, and
  period of individual historic structures.

       Architects at this level contact other professionals in their own
  and other agencies, contractors, and local officials to cooperate with
  them in solving common problems and developing architectural features.
  Some contacts with contract architect engineers and others outside
  their organization are carried on without supervision.  However,
  usually these assignments are of a regular or recurring nature and in
  these circumstances employees are usually operating within a limiting
  set of instructions.  They attend and participate in conferences as
  representatives of their immediate organizational unit and report back
  on what took place.

       Supervision of others in not a significant factor.  However
  incumbents occasionally are required to check and coordinate the work
  of lower grade professionals, technicians, or clerical employees.

       At this level, recommendations and decisions are an inherent part
  of the process of carrying assigned projects to completion.

  EXAMPLES OF WORK:

       From rough sketches, verbal information, and field observations,
  designs and lays out plans, elevations, and sections for buildings,
  developing them from sketch form to working drawings.

       Develops complete details of various parts of the buildings to
  help the draftsman, estimators, inspectors, and contractors.

       Handles relations and negotiations.

       Prepares drawings and specifications.

       Furnishes professional advice in connection with architectural
  problems or policies.

  REQUIREMENTS:

       LICENSE:

           Possession of a valid license as an Architect issued by the
  New Jersey State Board of Architects.

       EXPERIENCE:

           Two (2) years of professional experience in the design of
  large and varied types of buildings and the preparation of
  architectural plans, drawings, and specifications therefore.
       KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES:

           Knowledge of the science and art of architecture.

           Knowledge of the principles and procedures to be observed in
  determining the design of buildings of varied types.

           Knowledge of the technological developments in the field of
  architecture relating to efficient and economical types of buildings.

           Knowledge of the means of obtaining needed information from
  superintendents and their assistants in order to determine how
  architectural principles can be applied so as to serve their needs.

           Knowledge of the preparation of detailed drawings for the
  information of draftsman, estimators, inspectors, and contractors.

           Knowledge of architectural equipment, materials, and supplies,
  and their purchase, storage, and use, and of the establishment and
  maintenance of needed records and files.

           Ability to design varied types of buildings from rough
  sketches, verbal information and field observations so as to assure
  compliance with architectural principles and produce types of
  structures that make for safe, economical, and efficient operation.

           Ability to prepare and supervise the preparation of detailed
  plans, drawings, and specifications from the designs.

           Ability to prepare detailed drawings for the information and
  use of estimators, inspectors, and contractors.

           Ability to work harmoniously with associates, superintendents,
  and their assistants, and others concerned with the design and
  construction of buildings.

           Ability to make proper use of architectural equipment,
  materials, and supplies, and to establish and maintain needed records
  and files.

           Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or
  manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or
  related units.

           Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in
  English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position.  American
  Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable 
  forms of communication.
  
           Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as
  long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after
  reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations.  If the
  accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer 
  undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.

This job specification is applicable to the following title code:
Job
Spec
Code
Variant
State,
Local or
Common
Class of
Service
Work
Week
State
Class
Code
Local
Class
Code
Salary
Range
Note
00276@
L
C
  
N/A
25
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This job specification is for local government use only.
Salary range is only applicable to state government.
Local salaries are established by individual local jurisdictions.

 6/06/2005