Specifications Writer

Cuningham is seeking a Specifications Writer with a background in Architecture to join our team. This role is critical to ensuring the successful delivery of comprehensive, high-quality project documentation on small- and medium-scale projects. The Specifications Writer will collaborate closely with project teams, consultants, and disciplines across the firm to develop clear, coordinated, and technically accurate CSI MasterFormat specifications that align with client needs and Cuningham’s regenerative design goals. 

This is an exciting opportunity for an architecturally trained professional who thrives at the intersection of design, technical expertise, and coordination. While candidates located near one of our offices are preferred, we are open to considering remote work arrangements for the right candidate. 

• Prepare specifications using SpecLink Cloud across multiple project types, including multifamily housing, hospitality, education, and other commercial and institutional types. 
• Edit Divisions 00 & 01 documents to address varied owner requirements and multiple delivery methods. 
• Collaborate with internal teams and external consultants through meetings and design reviews to align specification efforts. 
• Serve as a resource on products, materials, systems, and building technologies. 
• Coordinate with Architecture, Interior Design, and project teams to ensure consistency and technical accuracy. 
• Integrate specifications with construction document sets for full coordination. 
• Uphold Cuningham’s standards and regenerative design objectives in all documentation. 
• Translate design decisions into technical and performance specifications for the project team. 
• Maintain awareness of project, client, and region-specific standards, codes, and regulations. 
• Review drawings during each phase to ensure alignment with specifications. 
• Support addenda and documentation during construction administration. 
• Support product substitution reviews and outsourced specifications quality checks. 
• Assist with compliance and quality management processes. 
• Meet with product representatives and share insights with the broader design team. 
• Perform work with minimum degree of oversight. 

• Professional degree in Architecture; architectural license preferred. 
• CSI CCS certification preferred. 
• Minimum of six years of architectural experience and minimum of three years of specifications writing experience. 
• Relevant professional experience in design and documentation. 
• Strong technical knowledge of building systems, materials, and construction processes. 
• Proficiency in SpecLink Cloud, MS Office, Bluebeam; familiarity with Revit/BIM 360 preferred or wiliness to learn. 
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail. 
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across teams and disciplines. 
• Commitment to innovation, sustainability, and regenerative design. 

Why Cuningham?

Together, we create enduring experiences for a healthy world.

Whether we are celebrating at a Spirit hour, nurturing an equitable and just work environment, or delivering regenerative design solutions to restore natural and human systems, each exchange is an opportunity to create a better future and support the health of our talent and communities. Our values are simple and impact every aspect of our practice:

Celebrate curiosity.

Design the future.

Restore the earth.

Take care of each other.

Have fun.

What can we create together?

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Cuningham is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and values the strength diversity brings to the workplace when combined with equity and justice. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, genetic information, national origin, disability, military, or veteran status.