Responsible for directing, coordinating, and exercising functional authority for planning, organisation, control, integration, and completion of assigned projects.
Key objectives
- Provide appropriate levels of Architectural design to a range of different buildings and elements.
- Work to own initiative and required to supervise team members including Technicians, Graduates and trainees. Supporting professional development accordingly.
- Liaise with other team members in a multi-disciplinary environment to achieve holistic building solutions to client brief in a lead capacity to small and medium sized projects
- You will interact with various internal and external contacts and take responsibility for the delivery of projects within time, quality and budget constraints.
Principal responsibilities and accountabilities
- Plan, schedule, conduct and coordinate the technical and management aspects on assigned projects
- Be fully conversant with the basics of British Standards and Eurocodes with respect to Architectural design, sustainability and specification.
- Review and approve technical design phases of projects. Ensure thorough checking and accuracy of deliverables and record documentation in accordance with company QA procedures
- Create designs and highly detailed drawings and design solutions both by hand and by using specialist computer-aided design (CAD) applications
- Liaise with the customer, project end-users and other construction professionals about the feasibility of a proposed project, including any constraining factors such as planning legislation, environmental impact and project budget
- Write and present reports, proposals, applications and contracts
- Make sure the project is running according to schedule and budget
- Work closely with other members of the design team to deliver safe, efficient and buildable solutions.
- Interact and negotiate with customer project representatives
- Maintain regular contact with all assigned project customers, including the best possible development of personal relationships
- Take responsibility for project and multi-disciplined design team management as lead architect. Excellent team ethic, and ability to work extended hours on occasions when required
- Participate in knowledge sharing across team and locations. Represent MSPS in external project technical meetings if required
- Attend in-house design courses and seminars and feedback to the rest of the department if required.
- Keep up to date with design trends/competitor awareness /design techniques
- Prepare and manage project controls such as; Enquiry plan, TRB review, fee estimate sheets/cost of further work, scope of work and change control preparation.
- Promote and achieve excellent service through Perfect Delivery
Qualifications and training
- Degree in Architecture leading to RIBA chartered membership
- London Underground LUCAS card
- Main line / Network Rail PTS card
- CSCS card
- Eligible to pass criteria for security clearance and airside pass applications
- Full UK Driving Licence
Technical skills and experience
- Proven track record in the delivery of architectural design, in particular on-site experience within the transportation/infrastructure sector
- Fully conversant with the procedures adopted within the rail industry including;
Presentation of designs to asset engineers for appropriate sign off
Design guidelines – red materials for specification purposes
Project processes and gateway review procedures
CAD standards and document issue process
- Excellent design and technical detailing ability and competent drafting skills in the following;
Good freehand sketching ability
AutoCAD / AutoCAD ADT or Revit
3D drawing production
Micro-station V8 preferred
Sketch Up
Photoshop
NBS specification writer
MS Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
- High levels of creativity, imagination, vision and enthusiasm to produce distinctive architectural solutions
- A good knowledge in the production of technical specifications and the ability to use NBS Building and Create.
- Good knowledge and understanding of traditional sustainable building materials.
- A keen eye for the detail of specific tasks, combined with an understanding of how such specifics fit in with the project as a whole
- Knowledge of CDM regulations
- Knowledge of current UK technical standards/publications and legislation requirements
- High level of proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office software i.e. word, excel, etc.
Personal management:
- Ability to work accurately and methodically, sometimes under pressure and strict deadlines, including the ability to juggle multiple tasks
- Good time management skills to ensure cost effective and accurate delivery of tasks under their remit
- Effectively manage own time across multiple tasks and prioritise effectively to meet deadlines.
- Good communication style and interpersonal skills, particularly the ability to negotiate both internally and externally to the team
- Ability to work well within a team of other professionals (Civil Structural engineers, service engineers etc) in delivering designs to satisfy the agreed brief
- Track record of providing a quality CAD service as part of a team
- Supervision and Technical mentoring of trainees and other junior CAD staff.