Job Description:

Internship Position – Small innovative Design Architecture firm, Westport, CT Office (student or recent graduate)

General job description:

You must be interested in doing multiple tasks. You must show initiative and take responsibility for the work you do while you are assisting in the office. You must be willing to be an enthusiastic hard working member of the small team required to carefully produce documents and tasks from design to construction.

I offer the chance to learn how the entire office operation works and how to develop the work to meet the needs of each client. I am happy to teach all the aspects of this small office so you can run a small office on your own in the future or gain valuable insights.

Responsibilities

• Build physical architectural models or 3-d computer models of projects as needed • draft plans, elevations, sections and details using AutoCAD
• assist in maintenance of office resource library and material sample library
• assist with filing and administrative duties in the office
  
  Project Position: Salary Negotiable
• Flexible hours, requires approximating a regular schedule, preferable weekdays anytime between 8:30am and 6:00 pm
• Stipend to be agreed upon for proposed period of internship
• Training period with review after 1-1.5 months to determine additional compensation beyond stipend amount.

Job Requirements:

Skills and experience preferred:

• Record existing conditions, and code information required for each project
• Draft quickly and accurately existing conditions, designs, construction drawings, develop presentation drawings, send plots to printers by email or to send prints to in house plotter
• Design and technical problem solving
• Accurate drawing and annotation/labeling/dimensioning in drafting of Construction drawings
• Research appropriate materials and products finding their costs, lead-time and availability
• Ordering samples and information
• Excellent model making skills
• High quality communication skills with all parties especially clients, telephone research, working with consultants, careful note taking, letter writing, proposal writing, e-mailing with attachments.
• Graphic skills in developing brochure and updating website or other marketing tools.

Knowledge of AutoCAD LT 2006 or AutoCAD 2002, Adobe Photoshop, Word and Excel

How To Apply:

Please contact Robert Cohen : 203-341-7781

Robert Cohen, AIA NCARB
Robert Cohen Architect LLC
9 Bayberry Ridge, Westport, CT 06880-1713


TEL: 203-341-7781 FAX: 203-454-9588
Email: R@RobertCohenArchitect.com

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