Provides secure logistics, construction, digital, translation and counter‑eavesdropping services for government globally.
Use all your building design skills as you help defend the nation’s interests
When you join us in this significant role you’ll have the exciting opportunity to travel the world as you work on a wide range of new build and refurbishment projects, including offices, homes and light industrial units. With a strong focus on inclusive, sustainable and safe design, you’ll ensure the successful delivery of each project from start to finish, and be responsible for coordinating multi disciplinary teams that focus on meeting your clients’ briefs, regulatory requirements and organisational standards. With the support of senior colleagues, you’ll act as the Lead Designer, facilitating design outputs across disciplines, supporting Project Managers with programme coordination, and helping to prepare fee proposals and scopes of work for upcoming projects.
Providing a world-class service
Designing and building brand-new embassies in bustling cities and remote locations. Collaborating with architects, engineers and surveyors to design and reconfigure a high commission’s office space. Developing a secure site’s new CCTV System. This work is as varied and as vital as it gets. Now you’ve got the opportunity to join them.
Designing and building embassies
Protect the UK’s security interests
It goes with saying that you’ll have good knowledge of current UK Planning, Building Regulations and Health & Safety legislation, and when it comes to IT skills you should be a highly proficient user of Revit, MS Word and Excel, and Adobe InDesign with some understanding of AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, NBS and MS Project. Experience of undertaking CDM and BSA Principal Designer roles would be desirable, as would practical knowledge of heritage buildings and sustainability practices, including BREEAM projects. In addition, you’ll be at an advantage if you possess some foreign language skills and experience of working in the security sector.
Every single colleague must be security cleared before joining us. If you’re successful in your application, we’ll ask you to undergo our vetting process to achieve Security Check (SC) clearance. You can find out more about vetting at fcdoservicescareers.co.uk/how-to-apply/
Key to your success will be your ability to deliver presentations and collaborate with customers and stakeholders to develop briefs that reflect their requirements – some of these will be operating at an extremely senior level, and include Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Overseas Security Advisors. Your designs should be capable of adapting to international contexts and sensitive requirements, and incorporate high-quality technical drawings using Revit, and specifications using NBS and RIBA Stage Reports using InDesign. All your deliverables should be peer reviewed, delivered on time and to the highest professional standards, and when required, we may ask you to undertake the necessary training to act as CDM Principal Designer and Building Safety Act Principal Designer.
As a enthusiastic and highly professional ARB Registered Architect with experience of working on a wide range of new build and refurbishment programmes, you should have well developed knowledge of all RIBA Works Stages (0-7), proven experience of Stages 2-4, and the skills to lead or contribute to projects from their early conception through to technical delivery. Capable of working both independently and collaboratively in fast moving, multi-disciplinary environments, your excellent interpersonal and communication skills will allow you to organise meetings, coordinate a diverse range of stakeholders and adapt to changing requirements and environments.
Length of employment: 12 Months
Salary: £48,801 plus a location allowance and excellent benefits
But we’re always looking to improve – just like you. That’s why when you join us, expect to receive a competitive salary, generous holiday entitlement and a Civil Service Pension. Along with this, you’ll also have access to training and other development opportunities to help grow your career with us. Our offices have an on-site gym, nursery, café, and restaurant, and we offer interest-free loans on season tickets and bikes to help you get there. It's a great set of benefits made to support all you do, and all you need.
The vital work we do takes an incredible community of colleagues, with different skills, backgrounds, cultures and identities. We support every individual, so that you always know you’re welcome and valued. It’s what makes us a Disability Confident employer. And why we’re recognised as a ‘Carer Confident’ workplace. And it’s how you know you’re joining an inspiring, inclusive organisation.
Location: Based in King Charles Street, London SW1 with the flexibility of hybrid working depending on business need