Due to expanding workload, AECOM are recruiting for Infrastructure, Residential & Commercial architect in the UK. AECOM are offering a great opportunity to join our rapidly growing architecture team in our multi-disciplinary offices in London, Aldgate. AECOM Architecture and Interiors is active in the following UK sectors: Infrastructure, Residential, Sports, Education, Healthcare, Rail, Defence, Government, Logistics, Industrial and Data Centres.
You鈥檒l be working closely with the multi-disciplinary design teams, clients, and contractors. Excellent communication skills and a friendly outlook are essential.
About Our Team:
AECOM鈥檚 design team in London is a dynamic multi-disciplinary collaborative team with divisions working across sports, healthcare, workplace, interiors, masterplanning, landscape and infrastructure work for major government departments. We work closely with our engineers and in-house specialists. Our large-scale complex projects will be of interest for architects who thrive in a challenging and dynamic environment.
Project/Design Responsibilities
- Contribute, from the onset of a project to the design of innovative and progressive design solutions that reconcile the client鈥檚 goals and priorities while fostering opportunities for design excellence.
- To perform and/or direct material and building system research and participate in the coordination and preparation of project specifications.
- Ensuring CDM Safety in Design and Sustainability principles are applied throughout all design stages of a project.
- Be familiar with the Building Safety Act 2022 and the implications to the regulatory design of buildings and higher-risk buildings in England and Wales.
Managerial Responsibilities
- Enthusiastic, positive and energetic project lead architect ready to work within a dynamic, agile and flexible team.
- Organises own and technical staff to achieve set project deadlines.
- Ensures, directly and through subordinates, that projects are completed on time and meet all requirements of the Design Brief, Client requirements and AECOM鈥檚 quality systems.
- Responsible for the correctness, accuracy and complete multi-disciplinary coordination of the design documentation prepared by the assigned team.
- Ensures the quality of technical work produced by team meets AECOM鈥檚 Technical Excellence and quality standards.
- Applies advanced knowledge and experience to manage the day-to-day work of their team.
- Routinely interacts with managers, seniors and clients, contractors, local authority representatives and others expertise and negotiation skills to resolve critical issues.
- Responsible for key design input at early design phases and for general design execution during the course of the project.
- Promotes teamwork within a multi-disciplinary team, maintaining positive moral and instilling a creative culture within the practice.
- Make appropriate value judgements with respect to corrective work that supports the design concept and performance goals of the project.
- Manage interface between Design Team / Site Team ensuring proper design support is provided in a timely manner.
- Able to coordinate, plan, manage and monitor the project team鈥檚 compliance with the relevant regulatory requirements.
- Support Principals and/or Directors with operational responsibilities which includes development and implementing Technical Excellence initiatives, management of resources (HR), training initiatives (CPD).
- Support and develop their own team through guidance, coaching, mentoring and leadership.
- Ensures the latest software, AI and digital techniques are utilised to increase productivity and training opportunities for staff are made available.
Commercial Responsibilities
- Understands and implements design leadership and financial principles and able to work within project budgets which includes fees and designing to budget.
- Assist in initial assessment of potential new projects, proposals and competitions.
- Support Principals and/or Directors in the preparation of bids.
- Support senior staff with existing and prospective clients.
- Support marketing and business development initiatives.