
Building Envelope Associate
NEW YORK, NYJob$118–150K/yrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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Thornton Tomasetti’s Restoration & Renewal Practice seeks an Associate to lead complex building envelope and renovation projects, manage multidisciplinary teams, mentor staff, and expand client relationships. The role combines architectural and building envelope expertise with strategic leadership across renovation, restoration, adaptive reuse, and historic preservation. The position offers an annual rate of $118,000–$150,000 for a successful New York applicant.
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Thornton Tomasetti applies engineering and scientific principles to solve the world's challenges. An independent organization of creative thinkers and innovative doers collaborating from offices worldwide, our mission is to bring our clients' ideas to life and, in the process, lay the groundwork for a better, more resilient future. We provide support and opportunities to our employees to achieve their full potential and cultivate a rewarding career. Your Role As an Associate in our Restoration & Renewal Practice, you will lead complex projects, manage multidisciplinary teams, mentor staff, and expand client relationships. You will combine advanced building envelope and architectural expertise with strategic leadership to enhance project outcomes, advance firm initiatives, and guide projects involving renovation, restoration, adaptive reuse, and historic preservation. This is your opportunity to make a bigger impact and accelerate your path toward firm leadership. What You'll Do Lead building envelope evaluations, system upgrades, and renovation projects from assessment through delivery. Serve as the trusted technical expert for clients, providing clear and confident guidance on architectural and envelope challenges. Grow and mentor a high-performing team, raising the technical bar and developing future leaders. Expand client relationships and support business development initiatives, including proposal development and strategic planning. Influence practice strategy through technical and leadership contributions. What You'll Bring Bachelor's degree in Architecture; Master's degree preferred. Professional licensure as an Architect. 8+ years of architectural experience in renovation, restoration, adaptive reuse, or historic preservation projects. Demonstrated technical judgment, with the ability to solve complex problems and guide project approach, scope, and priorities. Leadership that inspires others through mentoring, empowerment, and effective communication, while expanding your client-facing presence. Compensation The rate for this position generally is $118,000 - $150,000 annually. This range is a good faith estimate provided pursuant to the New York Pay Transparency Law. It is based on what a successful New York applicant might be paid and assumes that the successful candidate will be in New York or perform the position from New York. Similar positions located outside of New York will not necessarily receive the same compensation. Actual pay rates may vary from the range, as permitted by New York Equal Pay Transparency Law. Compensation offers will be based on various factors, including operational needs, individual education, qualifications and experience, work location and comparison to employee already in the role, as well as other considerations permitted by law. A potential new employee's pay history will not be used in compensation decisions. Benefits Depending on your employment status, benefits may include: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, Disability and other voluntary benefits Flexible Spending Accounts for Medical and Childcare Paid Time Off, Family Leave for New Parents, Volunteer Time Tuition Reimbursement Commuter Transit (where available) 401k retirement savings with Company matching on employee contributions and/or qualified student loan repayments Fitness Reimbursement And other various wellness, diversity/inclusion and employee resource programs and initiatives Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Thornton Tomasetti is proud to be an equal employment workplace. Individuals seeking employment at Thornton Tomasetti are considered without regards to age, ancestry, color, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, protected family are or m
How this job compares
Set against the 4,646 open Architect jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$118–150K/yr
- New York median$123–225K/yr170 salary ranges
- US median$130–248K/yr3,784 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $134K, is 24% below the New York median midpoint ($177K) — in the lowest quarter of Architect salary ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 209 open Architect jobs in New York and 4,646 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Architect postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (4,025 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 3,519 of the 4,646 open Architect jobs (76%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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