Architect - Out of Practice (Design & Build)

Description

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

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

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

Requirements

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

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

• You’re comfortable in Revit (highly desired) and AutoCAD on live projects.
• People who perform can move quickly into senior leadership or project / commercial management-leaning positions without having to jump ship.
• 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.
• 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.
• You’ve worked closely with contractors on D&B contracts.
• 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 an Architect, Interior Architect / Designer with roughly 3-8+ years experience here in the UK.
• You're comfortable operating on a live site, dealing directly with clients and contractors.
• Programmes in the 6–20 week range (not years)
• You enjoy RIBA Stage 3-5 - the drawing packages, the detailing, the coordination - and you’re good at it.
• Your D&B curiosity is satisfied (properly)

Benefits

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

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

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.

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

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.

• Boutique projects from 5,000–25,000 sq ft to multi-floor HQs up to c. 90,000 sq ft
• 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.
• 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.
• Central London workplace fit-outs, typically £5m-£200m
• Here, that level of ownership is recognised with a clear step up from typical practice pay for similar experience.
• 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

Training + Development

Interview process

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