Associate Architect, United Kingdom, LE1 1HA

Our Opportunity

Are you an experienced Associate Architect, seeking an opportunity to join a flourishing design team? Do you have a passion for sustainable design? Are you wanting to join a practice who continue to create lasting legacies as we drive positive change in the built environment? We are looking to appoint an Associate Architect to deliver custodial projects for the Future Prisons program of works.

You will be responsible for leading the whole design team on project delivery, through all stages of a project. You will look to ensure a high-quality service, to make sure the best design and technical solution is achieved for the client.

Your typical responsibilities will include:

• Contribute to the discipline’s Management Team, working with other senior colleagues to manage and direct the discipline.
• Leading the design, detailing, specification and coordination of projects from inception to completion.
• Communicating with the client and all members of the project team at all times.
• Working in a multi-discipline environment and managing the project team.
• Overseeing and coordinating activities to ensure that workload is properly managed across teams.

Joining a supportive network as part of a national team, you can expect to have a rewarding career with genuine scope for career progression.

About You

You will be committed to enhancing our positive working culture, by having a compassionate attitude and always treating others with respect. This role will suit an experienced Principal, looking to make their next career move. Alternatively, an Associate, looking for a new opportunity.

In order to be considered for this role, you must be:

• Experienced in delivering large custodial projects.
• Experienced at developing future business opportunities through business development and bidding.
• Excellent leadership characteristics and people skills – ability to effectively communicate, understand and empathise with everyone you interact with.
• Experienced at all design stages with an excellent understanding of sustainable design solutions.
• Technical detailing knowledge along with specification and materials knowledge.
• Contract administration knowledge.
• Excellent at multitasking and working to deadlines.
• Proficient at expressing your design ideas through hand drawings or rough sketching.

In order to stand out from the crowd, it is desirable for you to have:

• Excellent self-motivation, with a friendly, efficient, and enthusiastic attitude.
• To have developed leadership, critical thinking, and decision-making skills.

About Us

Our nationwide multidisciplinary team of 650+ work collaboratively to deliver outstanding places and spaces that create lasting value for local communities. Through our remarkable history we have established the sound principles of success, and we have the vision and ambition to be even better. We’re committed to creating sustainable communities where everyone feels safe, cared for and valued. We achieve that by encouraging a diverse, welcoming workplace for our people, clients and colleagues. We care about our people and improving our society and that means supporting your ambitions and interests at every level. We will provide you with an inspiring environment in which you will be able to drive real progress and impact in your career.

What we offer

Providing a balanced, enjoyable career is important to us, and we work hard to make sure everyone feels a valued part of our organisation. You will receive an attractive salary, and amongst other benefits you can also expect:

• Agile working
• 26 days’ annual leave + Bank Holidays + option to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave
• Private healthcare, life assurance and healthcare cash plan
• Car allowance
• Professional subscriptions
• Wellbeing support and Employee Assistance Programme
• Stakeholder pension

As an equal opportunities’ employer, Pick Everard is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us on our journey.

We are committed to building and nurturing great relationships with our agency partners. However, this role is being recruited for directly and therefore we are not seeking support at this time. Any unsolicited CV Introductions will not be accepted.