Architect - Out of Practice (Design & Build)

Description

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and dropping them into a fast, focused, design-led D&B environment.

Your job is to bridge the point where design intent, technical detail and buildability meet - and make sure they all line up.

• Taking a concept and turning it into coordinated technical information - plans, RCP's, elevations, sections.
• Owning interior packages - walls, ceilings, joinery, doors, receptions, collaboration areas - and making the call on how they go together.
• Spending time on site with the contractor and trades - walking the job, resolving clashes, tweaking details so they can actually be built.
• You’re already running packages, leading meetings and dealing directly with contractors.
• You’re involved from concept handover through to construction information and completion.
• You’ll work alongside PM's, commercial leads and site teams every day - learning the language of risk, programme, cost from the people who live it.

Requirements

the interiors, the drawing packages, the problem-solving with contractors...

You’ve spent months (sometimes years) living inside one project.

• People who perform can move quickly into senior leadership or project / commercial management-leaning positions without having to jump ship.
• You’re an Architect, Interior Architect / Designer with roughly 3-8+ years experience here in the UK.
• You’re comfortable in Revit (highly desired) and AutoCAD on live projects.
• You enjoy RIBA Stage 3-5 - the drawing packages, the detailing, the coordination - and you’re good at it.
• The team is currently transitioning to Revit, which has been brought in more strongly for larger and complex projects, having historically used AutoCAD.
• You're comfortable operating on a live site, dealing directly with clients and contractors.
• Your D&B curiosity is satisfied (properly)
• You’ve worked closely with contractors on D&B contracts.
• You’ve worked on workplace or commercial fit-out - leading interior packages on complex fit-out projects. Transferable fit-out experience (hospitality, retail, etc.) will be considered.
• Juggling 2-3 live projects (depending on scale): maybe a 10,000 sq ft Cat B fit-out in detailed design, a smaller floor on site, and a larger multi-floor scheme in early technical coordination.
• Programmes in the 6–20 week range (not years)

Benefits

Meanwhile, your salary still looks suspiciously like early-career practice pay - despite the fact you’re leading packages, answering RFI's, and quietly keeping the whole thing on track.

You just finally get to see finishes appear within months - not a decade.

You’d join an award-winning multidisciplinary team in central London, reporting directly to the Managing Director, sitting alongside other architects, project managers and commercial leads - working on the same problems in real time.

Full details on the employer, team and progression routes will be shared discreetly with shortlisted candidates only.

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to share a concise, tailored portfolio (we will advise what to highlight).

• Here, that level of ownership is recognised with a clear step up from typical practice pay for similar experience.
• You’ll help the team transition more of the portfolio into Revit over the coming months - your existing Revit experience will actually be used, not just listed on your CV. Don't have Revit? This is the ideal time to join and gain access to live projects.
• Boutique projects from 5,000–25,000 sq ft to multi-floor HQs up to c. 90,000 sq ft
• Central London workplace fit-outs, typically £5m-£200m
• The business has serious growth plans - doubling headcount over the next few years.
• Package: Highly competitive salary + benefits, with a significant uplift vs typical practice bands for your level
• You’ll work in a genuinely collaborative environment, with knowledge sharing directly from multidisciplinary professionals. Want more exposure to Project Management and a pathway to that position? You're in the right spot.

Training + Development

Interview process

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