Senior Architect

Location: Hybrid / Canterbury, UK
job type: Permanent / Full-time
Sector and subsector: Architecture | Architecture
Annual Salary Range:from £ 41,000.00 to £ 50,000.00

Purcell are expanding our team and are looking for an exceptional Senior Architect to join our Canterbury team. This role offers the opportunity to be involved in projects at all RIBA stages, working collaboratively with clients, colleagues and consultants. We offer a rewarding and supportive environment for personal and professional development. This is an excellent opportunity to join our talented team, and we are keen to talk to architects with excellent technical skills and project running, as well as enthusiasm for high quality work.

Purcell is an award-winning employee-owned architectural and heritage consultancy practice with a commitment to quality, innovation, and diversity. We have staff of approximately 300 talented architects, designers, heritage consultants and surveyors across 14 offices, in the UK, Hong Kong and Australia. Winners of Architect Employer of the Year 2022.

Collaboration is central to our employee-ownership culture, providing opportunities to work on some of the finest buildings; from meticulous heritage and conservation schemes to bold contemporary design. We offer a rewarding and supportive environment for personal and professional development and our employee-owned ethos empowers everyone to use their voice. We believe in creating an equitable and inclusive culture, founded on our values, which celebrates knowledge sharing and our successes, to build an inspiring work environment.

It is our distinctive employee-owned working culture that has contributed to our status as a World Architecture Top 100 Practice, renowned for our excellence in architecture and heritage consultancy.

Our benefits package includes agile, flexible and hybrid working (a minimum of 3 days in office, up to 2 days WFH), annual leave with long service, life assurance, study sponsorship with paid study leave, sabbaticals, employee assistance programme, season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, virtual GP service, subscription fees, company day out, a volunteering scheme and enhanced learning & development opportunities.

The role will involve applying technical design leadership within a project team as well as within the wider studio, working on a range of projects that vary in size and nature. Specific responsibilities will include:

• Programming and planning technical design packages, defining outputs and deliverables.
• Day to day management and leadership of projects (or packages within a larger project) successfully delivering positive design, client satisfaction and financial outcomes.
• Reporting to your team leader and wider studio leadership team.
• Liaison and coordination of design professionals within a multi-disciplinary design team.
• Regular communication with clients and project stakeholders.
• Undertaking technical design reviews/audits of projects and sharing feedback and lessons learned.
• Line management of up to three people.
• Being part of a diverse, inclusive and creative team of architectural professionals.

We are looking for candidates who have the following skills:

• At least 10 years of post-qualification experience working as a Project Architect for a UK-based practice with RIBA/ARB professional qualification.
• Excellent technical and detailing skills.
• Conservation experience, with conservation accreditation desirable.
• Completed work on Listed buildings and sites with heritage significance.
• Strong understanding of UK Building and Planning regulations.
• Proven experience working across all RIBA stages, particularly stages 4-7.
• Experience in using and/or managing others using technical software, including AutoCAD, Revit, and NBS software (essential).
• Project management and contract administration skills.
• Leadership experience in managing a small to medium-sized team.
• Well‑organised, proactive, and enthusiastic approach to work and projects.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience taking responsibility for the financial success of projects.
• Enthusiasm for developing wider team skills and sharing knowledge and experience

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