Design Architect

This position supports NAVFAC EURAFCENT facilities, construction, and program requirements. The selected candidate will work as part of a multidisciplinary team supporting U.S. Navy and Department of Defense projects in Europe and will be employed locally through a third-party employer of record.

Position Summary

The Design Architect provides architectural design, technical review, and post-award support for Navy and Marine Corps facilities. The role supports new construction, renovation, modernization, and maintenance projects from programming and concept development through construction completion. This is a full-time, primarily on-site position located in Naples, Italy.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop architectural and interior plans, specifications, programming studies, space plans, concepts, and code compliance analyses
• Support housing, community, medical, educational, maintenance, industrial, hangar, administrative, and command-and-control facilities
• Prepare and review design submittals at conceptual, 35%, 50%, prefinal, and final stages
• Apply DoD and Navy criteria, Unified Facilities Criteria, Unified Facilities Guide Specifications, the International Building Code, NFPA 101, sustainability requirements, accessibility criteria, and host-nation regulations
• Coordinate with civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, fire protection, environmental, security, utility, real estate, and cost disciplines
• Conduct field investigations and participate in design reviews and coordination meetings
• Review shop drawings, submittals, requests for information, design clarifications, changes, claims, and post-award construction issues
• Develop or review scopes of work, cost estimates, technical reports, schedules, presentations, and project records
• Coordinate with host-nation authorities, designers, installation stakeholders, and government teams

Requirements

Key Qualifications

• Legal Work Authorization: Must already have the legal right to work in the country of the assigned duty station; U.S. visa or SOFA-status sponsorship is not available
• Experience supporting DoD, the Navy, another government agency, or a comparably complex public-facilities organization
• Strong knowledge of architectural design, multidisciplinary coordination, building and life-safety codes, specifications, and host-nation requirements
• Proficiency with AutoCAD, Revit, Microsoft Office, and other relevant architectural design software
• Ability to manage design quality, scope, schedule, budget, life-cycle considerations, and stakeholder requirements