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Senior Architect
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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a long-established and highly respected architectural practice based near Preston. With a heritage spanning almost 100 years, this award-winning practice has built an outstanding reputation for delivering innovative, technically complex and sustainable projects across the UK. The business operates within specialist sectors including education, healthcare, science & research, and industrial & advanced manufacturing, working with a range of prestigious public and private sector clients.
Due to continued growth and a strong pipeline of secured work, they are seeking an Architect or Senior Architect to join their established team.
Your new role
You will play a key role in the delivery of a diverse portfolio of projects from concept design through to completion. Working within a collaborative office environment, you will contribute to technically challenging schemes whilst supporting the development of sustainable and innovative design solutions.
The successful candidate will:
- Lead and contribute to projects across education, healthcare, science & research, and industrial sectors.
- Produce high-quality technical and design documentation.
- Liaise with clients, consultants and project stakeholders.
- Support project delivery through all RIBA stages.
- Develop designs using REVIT and BIM workflows.
- Assist with project coordination and contract administration where required.
- Mentor and support junior team members (Senior Architect level).
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What you'll need to succeed
- ARB registered Architect with relevant post-qualification experience.
- Proven experience delivering projects within one or more of the following sectors:
- Education
- Healthcare
- Science & Research
- Industrial & Advanced Manufacturing
- Strong technical and design abilities.
- REVIT proficiency is highly desirable. Training and further development can be provided for candidates with some existing REVIT exposure.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Due to the secure nature of several projects, applicants must be UK nationals.
- Experience within residential housebuilding, volume housing developments or predominantly domestic residential projects is unlikely to be the right fit for this position.
What you'll get in return
- Salary up to £60,000 depending on experience.
- Private healthcare (available from year 3).
- Group Life Scheme.
- Paid RIBA membership fees.
- Performance-related bonus scheme.
- Two Social Value Days per year.
- Strong commitment to professional development and training.
- Secure pipeline of prestigious and technically challenging projects.
- Collaborative and supportive working environment.
- Full-time office-based role.
- Working hours: 8:30am - 5:00pm Monday to Friday.
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If you're interested in this Architect / Senior Architect opportunity, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or contact Barry Fellowes at Hays Construction & Property for a confidential discussion.
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