Senior Architect / Senior Architectural Technician
Posted 2 weeks ago by Job Board - Reed on Reed
£47,231 Per year
Undetermined
Onsite
Glasgow
Venesky-Brown s client, a public sector organisation in Glasgow, is currently looking to recruit a Senior Architect / Senior Architectural Technician for long term construction and design projects on a salary of 40,585 - 47,231/annum. This role will be hybrid working, currently minimum of 2 days onsite per week.
Client happy to consider candidates with senior architect experience or senior architectural technician with technical knowledge and experience in a supporting role.
Responsibilities:
- Leading or supporting architectural teams at a senior level in the production of architectural and technical designs, and in the production of presentation material; illustrated reports; planning applications; building warrant applications; technical drawings, schedules and specifications. (This role will vary depending on the scale of project and particular skillset and experience of the applicant.)
- Leading or supporting multi-disciplinary design teams in the delivery of major capital projects.
- Managing the flow of information, both within the design team, and also distribution to client and construction teams.
- Liaising with planning officers and building control officers to ensure that submitted applications are processed efficiently.
- Leading / supporting capital projects through design and construction stages in accordance with the RIBA plan of work.
- Administering various forms of construction contract, including carrying out regular site inspections and chairing progress meetings (where the applicant is the lead officer).
- Providing assistance to the Assistant Group Manager and senior architectural officers as required.
- Assisting with the on-the-job training of other members of the team, to develop and improve their knowledge and skills, for the benefit of their professional development and of the projects.
- Potential workload will include projects from the organisation and include new build and upgrade of community facilities, the refurbishment and adaptation of listed buildings and a programme of new waste & recycling facilities.
Essential Skills:
- Educated to degree or other appropriate qualification in building design related subject.
- Good architectural design skills.
- Good technical design skills.
- Ability to lead / support a multi-disciplinary design team depending on project scale.
- Good written communication skills using Microsoft Office software.
- Good verbal communication skills.
- Competent in the use of Microstation.
- Good drawing and visual presentation skills.
- Good written communication skills.
- Good knowledge of architect s and lead designer s duties at all stages of the design and construction process.
- Good knowledge of planning process and Building Standards.
- Knowledge of current good practice and legislation in relation to building design.
- Good construction knowledge.
- Good knowledge of legal and contractual issues in relation to construction.
- Good knowledge and experience of Health & Safety legislation applicable to design and construction.
- Commitment to delivery of high quality service.
- You get on well with people, by explaining your ideas clearly, so that they understand you.
- You speak confidently and hold people s attention.
- You share relevant and important information on time, with your team and with your manager.
- You choose the best way of communicating (such as writing or face-to-face) and use the right words for your audience and situation.
- You produce clear, concise and easily understood written communications.
- You make sensible decisions after obtaining all the information you need and thinking about alternative options.
- You involve your team in helping to make decisions or plans, and value people s contributions.
- You know when to ask your manager for help, but you also suggest the action(s) you could take.
- You re focused on what you need to achieve, and not distracted by less important things.
- You re responsible for your own decisions.
- You organise and plan events, activities and resources, to make sure that projects or goals are met within agreed timescales and budgets.
- You produce complete, detailed and realistic project plans.
- You balance any conflicting priorities when you need to.
- You create a good team spirit and motivate other people.
- You don t give up easily when you ve got a job to do, or a difficult problem to solve.
- You keep problems in perspective.
- You deal with both the difficult and boring aspects of your job, and don t put off doing things.
- You try to improve your team s performance, as well as meeting your own personal goals.
- You try to get everyone to work together and help to create a sense of team spirit.
- You recognise when other people need support, and you offer to help them.
Desirable Skills:
- Membership of a relevant professional institute.
- Competent in the following software packages: Revit, NBS Specification Writer, Photoshop, SketchUp, InDesign, Powerpoint, Excel and Microsoft Teams
- Knowledge of current architectural design theory and practice
- You use your own knowledge and experience and assess any risks.
- You give out work, and delegate, to other people, based on their strengths and how much time they have.
- You make time to meet people and develop a shared understanding.
- You build strong relationships with colleagues and clients, beyond just working together on shared tasks.
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.
Client happy to consider candidates with senior architect experience or senior architectural technician with technical knowledge and experience in a supporting role.
Responsibilities:
- Leading or supporting architectural teams at a senior level in the production of architectural and technical designs, and in the production of presentation material; illustrated reports; planning applications; building warrant applications; technical drawings, schedules and specifications. (This role will vary depending on the scale of project and particular skillset and experience of the applicant.)
- Leading or supporting multi-disciplinary design teams in the delivery of major capital projects.
- Managing the flow of information, both within the design team, and also distribution to client and construction teams.
- Liaising with planning officers and building control officers to ensure that submitted applications are processed efficiently.
- Leading / supporting capital projects through design and construction stages in accordance with the RIBA plan of work.
- Administering various forms of construction contract, including carrying out regular site inspections and chairing progress meetings (where the applicant is the lead officer).
- Providing assistance to the Assistant Group Manager and senior architectural officers as required.
- Assisting with the on-the-job training of other members of the team, to develop and improve their knowledge and skills, for the benefit of their professional development and of the projects.
- Potential workload will include projects from the organisation and include new build and upgrade of community facilities, the refurbishment and adaptation of listed buildings and a programme of new waste & recycling facilities.
Essential Skills:
- Educated to degree or other appropriate qualification in building design related subject.
- Good architectural design skills.
- Good technical design skills.
- Ability to lead / support a multi-disciplinary design team depending on project scale.
- Good written communication skills using Microsoft Office software.
- Good verbal communication skills.
- Competent in the use of Microstation.
- Good drawing and visual presentation skills.
- Good written communication skills.
- Good knowledge of architect s and lead designer s duties at all stages of the design and construction process.
- Good knowledge of planning process and Building Standards.
- Knowledge of current good practice and legislation in relation to building design.
- Good construction knowledge.
- Good knowledge of legal and contractual issues in relation to construction.
- Good knowledge and experience of Health & Safety legislation applicable to design and construction.
- Commitment to delivery of high quality service.
- You get on well with people, by explaining your ideas clearly, so that they understand you.
- You speak confidently and hold people s attention.
- You share relevant and important information on time, with your team and with your manager.
- You choose the best way of communicating (such as writing or face-to-face) and use the right words for your audience and situation.
- You produce clear, concise and easily understood written communications.
- You make sensible decisions after obtaining all the information you need and thinking about alternative options.
- You involve your team in helping to make decisions or plans, and value people s contributions.
- You know when to ask your manager for help, but you also suggest the action(s) you could take.
- You re focused on what you need to achieve, and not distracted by less important things.
- You re responsible for your own decisions.
- You organise and plan events, activities and resources, to make sure that projects or goals are met within agreed timescales and budgets.
- You produce complete, detailed and realistic project plans.
- You balance any conflicting priorities when you need to.
- You create a good team spirit and motivate other people.
- You don t give up easily when you ve got a job to do, or a difficult problem to solve.
- You keep problems in perspective.
- You deal with both the difficult and boring aspects of your job, and don t put off doing things.
- You try to improve your team s performance, as well as meeting your own personal goals.
- You try to get everyone to work together and help to create a sense of team spirit.
- You recognise when other people need support, and you offer to help them.
Desirable Skills:
- Membership of a relevant professional institute.
- Competent in the following software packages: Revit, NBS Specification Writer, Photoshop, SketchUp, InDesign, Powerpoint, Excel and Microsoft Teams
- Knowledge of current architectural design theory and practice
- You use your own knowledge and experience and assess any risks.
- You give out work, and delegate, to other people, based on their strengths and how much time they have.
- You make time to meet people and develop a shared understanding.
- You build strong relationships with colleagues and clients, beyond just working together on shared tasks.
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.