Available Positions July 2025
Senior Project Architect-Full Time
In Office
Location: Milwaukee, WI
About Continuum Architects + Planners:
At Continuum Architects + Planners, we design for the future with “intelligent optimism.” Since 1996, we’ve been delivering inspired spaces that enhance communities and elevate our clients. Our work spans higher education, historic renovations, multi-family housing, and urban development—blending innovation with functionality to leave a lasting impact.
Our portfolio includes multifamily & mixed-use housing, higher education, corporate offices, and historic consulting. We are currently looking for a Registered Senior Project Architect with 8-10 years of experience working in this industry to join our team. The ideal candidate will be a self-driven, motivated individual with experience in multifamily/mixed use housing and/or higher education project types.
Role Overview:
- Seek creative and innovative solutions to assigned tasks and develop appropriate technical and code research to support these solutions.
- Be able to present technical knowledge in client meetings.
- Take on planning and execution of projects from inception through completion, developing design and technical solutions throughout all phases of a project.
- Prepare schematic design, design development, and construction documents, develop solutions, and work directly with internal team members and coordinate with external engineering team efforts.
- Collaborate with team to ensure the project deliverables are coordinated, integrated and support the design concept and performance goals of the project.
- Provides technical design input. Responsible for a project’s technical design effort, subsequent detailed design development, project coordination and quality control efforts during all phases of project work, in close collaboration with Lead Designer.
- Maintains awareness of evolving building technology and systems. Expected to be proficient in Revit and follow Continuum Revit standards and best practices.
- Reviews shop drawings, material samples and CD’s for conformance with design.
- Performs construction administration duties (e.g. RFI’s, RFP’s, change orders, etc.)
- Prepare reports and specifications; reviews completed reports, plans, cost estimates and calculations.
- Executes applicable agency review analysis (accessibility, zoning, life-safety, etc.)
- Maintains contact with clients, consultants, and contractors during all project phases, participating in marketing, client and owner presentations as required
Additionally, this candidate should have:
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree from an accredited Architecture program
- Highly proficient in Revit, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Adobe Creative Suite required
In addition to a casual, flexible in-office work environment, we also offer a comprehensive benefits package and paid time off.
Continuum will offer a $5000.00 Signing bonus to qualified candidates.
Interested candidates should send their cover letter, resume and portfolio to Corey Lapworth: corey.lapworth@continuumarchitects.com
Please submit your portfolio or work samples.
Note: Applications submitted without a portfolio will not be considered.