Project Architect, Civic + Public Safety (Own Projects End to End, Hands-On Revit) | 3514372

𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗰𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗱, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲'𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘁.

Pave Talent is running a confidential search for a long-established civic architecture firm in Southern California's Inland Empire. They design police stations, fire stations, libraries, city halls, and community centers for counties and cities they have served for decades, and they need an architect to lead projects, not another layer of production support.

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗠

A small, established civic architecture practice in the Inland Empire with a multi-year backlog of booked public work. The portfolio spans public safety, civic, and community facilities, with construction values from modest tenant improvements to nine-figure flagship civic campuses. Because the team is small, the work carries your name on it, not a committee's.

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲

- Architects who want to own a project end to end, from design development through the ribbon cutting

- Hands-on Revit producers who can open a model today and build a sheet, not just redline one

- People who measure themselves on responsiveness. Fast, thorough turnaround is how this firm wins and keeps clients.

- Small-firm operators who are resourceful, self-managing, and happy to do the mundane work that keeps a project moving

If you want eight layers of management between you and the client, or a large team where your sheet becomes "we" work, this is not your role.

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗛

Prior hires joined as job captains and grew into full project architect ownership within a couple of years, working directly with the principal and a senior architect with more than 20 years in civic work. There is real room to grow, including a path toward principal-level responsibility for the right person. The hiring manager put it plainly about the architects he keeps meeting: many are still titled job captain but are already ready to own projects. If that is you, the title here follows what you demonstrate.

𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗢𝗪𝗡

- One to three active civic or public safety projects at a time, from design development through construction administration

- Hands-on Revit production every day in BIM 360: sheets, details, coordination, and specifications

- Client-facing meetings with county and municipal clients, plus coordination with contractors and long-standing consultant partners

- Request for Information (RFI), submittal, and Architect's Supplemental Instruction (ASI) turnaround measured in hours, not days

- Plan check, field reports, punch lists, and closeout. You see your projects through to the ribbon cutting.

𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗪𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗢𝗥

𝗥𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱:

- Roughly 5 or more years of professional architecture experience, with real ownership of your own work

- Current, fluent Revit production. A short walkthrough of two or three of your own recent sheets is part of our process.

- Real construction phase experience: RFIs, submittals, ASIs, field reports, and punch lists

- A stable tenure history. Seeing multi-year project lifecycles through matters more here than raw year count.

- Based within commuting distance of Riverside, CA, and available on-site the first year

𝗕𝗼𝗻𝘂𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀:

- California Registered Architect (RA) license, late-stage Architect Registration Examination (ARE) candidate, or strong unlicensed senior staff. All are considered.

- Civic or public safety experience (police, fire, libraries, city halls). Education, institutional, and commercial building experience translates well.

- BIM 360 and Bluebeam proficiency

- Roots in the Inland Empire, or a clear reason to be here for the long term

𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗕𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗙𝗜𝗧𝗦

𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘆: $110,000 to $130,000, depending on experience. Exceptional candidates considered beyond.

𝗕𝗼𝗻𝘂𝘀: Annual performance bonus tied to project responsibility

𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵: Blue Shield PPO Gold medical, plus dental and vision. Employer covers 50% of your premium.

𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 401(k) with 5% employer match, plus profit sharing

𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲: Employer-paid life insurance

𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗢𝗳𝗳: Three weeks paid vacation to start, plus paid and flex holidays and separate sick time

𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲: On-site in Riverside the first year, with hybrid flexibility available thereafter

𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗧𝗢 𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗟𝗬

Interested? Apply via LinkedIn and we will reach out to schedule a conversation. This is a confidential search; your application is fully private, and Pave Talent handles all screening and coordination. Candidates do not apply directly to the client.

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