Architect

The Role

Project and Design

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across all project stages.
• Own defined design packages and deliver coordinated work to programme.
• Develop creative proposals from concept and feasibility through detailed design.
• Prepare drawings, models, diagrams, reports, and presentations for client approval.
• Coordinate architectural design with structural, MEP, and specialist consultants.

Clients and Project Delivery

• Contribute to client, consultant, and contractor meetings and communications.
• Support project briefs, change management, statutory submissions, and design coordination.
• Maintain project information and documentation to required standards.
• Contribute to planning, technical submissions, tender information, and construction activities.
• Review contractor information and support site visits, inspections, and snagging where appropriate.
• Identify and escalate risks, issues, and potential scope changes.

People, Systems, and Development

• Support and mentor junior team members and contribute to a collaborative studio culture.
• Apply CAD, BIM, information management, and drawing standards.
• Support project risk management, quality reviews, audit processes, and compliance requirements.
• Maintain accurate timesheets and expense records.
• Participate in mentoring, training, continuing professional development, and personal growth.

Qualifications and Experience

• UK ARB registration with RIBA Part 3 qualification, or an appropriate international equivalent, is required.
• Experience supporting architectural project design and delivery at one or more work stages is required.
• Knowledge of project stages, construction methods, materials, standards, and specifications is required.
• Knowledge of UK construction legislation, practice, and procedures, or equivalent Middle East knowledge, is required.
• Experience on UK or international projects is advantageous; Middle East experience is beneficial.

Software and Communication Skills

• Advanced proficiency in Rhino, Revit, and AutoCAD is essential.
• Intermediate Adobe InDesign, working Adobe Photoshop and Enscape, and basic Word and Excel proficiency are required.
• Grasshopper, Adobe Illustrator, and BIM workflow or model coordination platform experience are desirable.
• Applicants must communicate design ideas through diagrams, sketches, illustrations, and effective presentations.
• Excellent spoken and written English and the ability to produce clear, concise reports are required.

Professional Attributes

• Applicants should demonstrate sound judgement, organization, attention to detail, and the ability to manage competing deadlines.
• A strong design portfolio should show creativity, design thinking, technical awareness, and graphical communication.
• The role requires a collaborative, adaptable, proactive, accountable, and continuously learning team member.
• Architects should work with relative independence while maintaining regular communication with project and senior architects.

Working Arrangements

• Hybrid working applies, with studio attendance governed by current practice policy.
• Flexibility may be required based on project requirements and business needs.
• Occasional travel may be required for meetings, workshops, site visits, and project work.

How to Apply

• Submit a CV of no more than two A4 pages in PDF format and a sample portfolio of up to ten A3 pages in PDF format.
• Applications without a PDF portfolio will not be reviewed.

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