Principal Urban Designer in England

Join to apply for the Principal Urban Designer role at Marrons. We are opening a hub in Manchester and are looking for a Principal Urban Designer to join the team!

Benefits

• A competitive salary with great benefits including private medical, 27 days holiday plus bank holidays and a bonus day off for your birthday.
• A varied workload working on a variety of projects including residential strategic land promotion, urban regeneration and major mixed-use sustainable urban extensions across the UK.
• The opportunity to join a vibrant, forward-thinking team with the support of friendly, approachable partners who encourage and support your career development.
• Hybrid working from either our soon to open Manchester hub (opportunity to work from our other North West hubs in the meantime).

The role

• We have big growth plans and are looking for people with the enthusiasm to come and be part of this and to develop a career with us.
• The Principal Urban Designer will play an active role within the Masterplanning & Urban Design team in the North West region.
• Developing design solutions and strategies for a range of projects encompassing residential strategic land promotion, urban regeneration and major mixed-use sustainable urban extensions across the UK.
• Making significant contributions to major projects or managing a portfolio of smaller projects from feasibility through concept and sketch design including outline planning.
• Preparing high-quality visualisations from sketch through to illustrative and presentation standard.
• Producing high-quality work and creative solutions for clients which are well researched and structured.
• Supporting the team and making an effective contribution to its leadership.
• Contributing towards seeking, winning, and delivering new work.
• Delivering excellent service to clients and providing clear and succinct advice whilst building strong relationships, managing expectations, and adding value to their business.
• Working with the wider team on the delivery of the business strategy and related activities for growth.

What you’ll need

• Previous UK based experience working in a planning or architectural practice on residential/mixed-use projects for national house builders or housing developers.
• Degree in a design related course.
• Good working knowledge of current urban design issues in a UK context.
• A strong design flair with an interest in delivering high-quality projects from a strategic masterplan level to the details of individual built area and urban spaces.
• Competence in the use of the full range of design focused packages including AutoCad, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Sketch Up, as well as Microsoft Office suite.
• Confidence and competence in drawing and sketching by hand.
• The ability to work and manage projects, with a strong attention to detail.

Agile Working And Additional Information

• We embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work.
• We appreciate that people have different needs and preferences and we’re keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it.
• We have the following hubs across the UK: Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, Leicester, Lincoln, London, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Sheffield, Solihull, Stratford upon Avon, Tunbridge Wells and will soon be opening our Manchester hub.

Equal opportunities

Marrons is a committed equal opportunities employer. We seek to attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. We value and respect individuality and encourage a culture within our business where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and experiences. Everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.

About Marrons

Welcome to Marrons, a rapidly growing team of town planning, socio-economic, heritage, master-planning, design and architectural specialists committed to providing expert advice nationwide. We handle planning matters of all types and scales, serving major house builders, developers, manufacturers, investment companies, and more across the UK.

Marrons is part of Ampa Group, a leading house of brands in legal and professional services. Ampa Group brings together complementary firms – including Lime Solicitors, Mayo Wynne Baxter, Shakespeare Martineau and others – connected by shared values and a modern, people-first culture.

As a group, we’re focused on unlocking potential. We believe in the power of: corporate & human, purposeful & profitable, ambitious & inclusive. Ampa Group provides the shared infrastructure, development programmes, culture, values and empowered working framework that enable our brands and our people to thrive.

Marrons remains its own distinctive brand with its own clients and markets. Ampa Group gives our people the strength of the group and the freedom to grow their careers in the way that works for them. We prioritise the professional development of our team members and support membership of the RTPI.