Senior / Principal Architect - Life Science

Our architects specialise in highly regulated and complex project delivery. They take the time to understand a client’s process flows and unique challenges of each environment, creating highly efficient workflows with user safety and wellbeing at their core. Thanks to years of technical expertise in delivering science and technology facilities, we understand the changing nature of scientific discovery and design for future flexibility from day one, ensuring assets meet the evolving needs of users.

As a Senior / Principal Architect – Life Sciences, you will have experience in delivering projects from concept to detailed design within the life science sector, including laboratories and GMP manufacturing facilities. You will be part of an enthusiastic and committed team of Architects and Technicians dedicated to delivering high-quality outputs. To succeed, you should exhibit high levels of creativity, imagination, vision, and enthusiasm to produce distinctive architectural solutions, along with a solid knowledge of technical details and specifications.

At BakerHicks, we provide the industry’s most creative minds the space to consider, collaborate, innovate, and develop advanced technologies and processes. Our projects range from large-scale discovery and R&D facilities supporting the science community, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, bioscience, and fine chemicals, to laboratory refurbishments across the UK and Europe. We aim to make the world a better place, one project at a time.

Manage time, cost, quality, resources, and delivery, including clear communication with departments and management to meet project and customer requirements. Oversee the preparation of enquiry plans, tender reviews, fee estimates, scopes of work, and change controls. Monitor project fee spend and ensure delivery of commercial objectives, including CVR management. Manage costs of further works and resource plans. Each project is unique. Our multidisciplinary approach ensures schemes are compliant, safe, and flexible enough for reconfiguration and expansion as market needs evolve. Many positions require security clearance. The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain the necessary clearance levels as required by our clients and sectors.

Since 1957, we’ve been innovating in design, engineering, and project delivery from 14 locations across Europe. BakerHicks is part of the Morgan Sindall Group.

Join us and work alongside some of the most talented professionals in the industry. Our offices are welcoming, accessible, and equipped with comfortable spaces. Our salary and benefits packages are among the best in the industry, including:

• Company car or cash allowance
• Up to 6% matched contributory pension plan
• Life assurance scheme
• 25 days of annual leave plus options to buy additional days
• Discount schemes (e.g., gym memberships, mobile phones)
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• Family-friendly policies
• Employee assistance programs
• Professional development opportunities

BakerHicks is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment and promoting diversity and inclusion throughout our organization.