Project Architect

Client of Ladwig Consulting; Dubai; On-site; AED 360,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Dubai Real Estate Development Co. in Dubai is seeking a Project Architect to lead architectural design from concept to completion for high-profile real estate developments, including residential and hospitality projects.

The role requires coordinating with internal departments, consultants, and authorities to meet design, sustainability and regulatory standards on time and within budget. You will drive value engineering and ensure compliance across all design packages.

Qualifications

• Positive, enthusiastic team player.
• Self-motivated and target-driven.
• Proactive and able to drive development with minimal support.
• Deep experience in managing design consultants from various disciplines.
• Extensive experience in complete project lifecycle, concept to handover.
• Driven and capable of coordinating stakeholders with conflicting priorities.
• Assertive with the task at hand and capable of solving problems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage architectural design from concept to completion for development projects.
• Coordinate with design consultants, engineers, and internal stakeholders to maintain design intent and budget.
• Manage design consultants through project phases ensuring compliance with programme.
• Review operator brand standards and ensure consultants comply.
• Review drawings, including facade, lighting, layouts, ID, landscaping, BOQs and documentation.
• Approve design packages, specifications, shop drawings and material submittals aligned to budget.
• Validate designs for adherence to criteria and required standards.
• Verify shop drawings against specifications and local authority standards.
• Review design programme and ensure alignment with timelines and approvals.
• Provide input to achieve cost-effective design meeting client standards and budgets.
• Ensure compliance with local authority regulations and building codes.
• Participate in feasibility studies, site evaluations, master planning.
• Support planning submissions, building permits and regulatory approvals to meet timelines.
• Provide design input during value engineering to meet budget.

Skills

Team player

Self-motivated

Proactive

Stakeholder management

Job description

Job Description

We are seeking a talented and experienced Project Architect to join dynamic team for real estate development company in Dubai. The ideal candidate will play a key role in leading the architectural design and delivery process for high-profile real estate developments, including residential and hospitality projects. You will work closely with internal departments, consultants, contractors and authorities to ensure that projects meet design, functional, sustainability and regulatory standards on time and within budget.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage architectural design from concept to completion for assigned development projects, providing expertise input to ensure designs are efficient, well-coordinated and meet industry standards.


• Coordinate with design consultants, engineers, and internal stakeholders to ensure design intent is maintained throughout all project stages whilst maintaining project budget.


• Manage the design consultants through the various phases of the project lifecycle, ensuring compliance with the project programme.


• Review and understand all Operator Brand Standards technical and ensure the consultants are compliant within their design.


• Review architectural drawings, inclusive of facade, lighting, all layouts, ID, landscaping, specifications, BOQs, and technical documentation inclusive of design stages, design review processes and construction documentation.


• Review and approve design packages, specifications, shop drawings, and material submittals, ensuring compliance with project requirements aligned to budget.


• Validate and verify designs produced by the design teams with respect to adherence to the design criteria and required standards.


• Verify accuracy of shop drawings and compliance to the specifications, consultant design and existing local authority standard.


• Review the design programme and ensure correct logic has been considered as well as alignment with project timelines, authority, procurement, construction phasing, etc.


• Provide input and recommendations to the design to achieve the project budget, ensuring the most cost-effective design while meeting client design standards and consultant specifications.


• Ensure compliance with local authority regulations and building codes.


• Participate in project feasibility studies, providing architectural advice, site evaluations, massing perspectives, building locations, overall theme and master planning activities.


• Support the team with planning submissions, building permits and other regulatory approvals, driving the process to ensure project timelines are achieved.


• Provide design input during value engineering, expected to provide suitable value engineering proposals through the design stages and if required during construction to achieve project budget.


• Provide design guidance during procurement, procurement strategy scope for contractors, review of procurement documentation and construction phases.


• Manage and/or review tender documentation packages comprising of drawings, details, scope, directions to bidders, contract form, general terms and conditions, bid forms, etc.


• Provide necessary technical support and design review services to the Employer to validate accuracy, quality, efficiency, compliance and commercial implications of the submitted design.


• Provide technical expertise on the establishment of technical design standards and philosophy in line with best‑fitted global design practice.


• Identify, assess and manage project risks and develop proactive mitigation strategies to minimize disruptions and ensure project success.


• Lead meetings with various design consultants and contractors or other stakeholders to receive project updates and workshop problems to find solutions.


• Provide minutes of meetings for records and issue to stakeholders.

Requirements

• Positive, enthusiastic and a team player.


• Self‑motivated, target‑driven and with ambition to succeed.


• Proactive and able to drive development with minimal support.


• Deep experience and knowledge in managing design consultants from various technical disciplines.


• Extensive experience in complete project lifecycle, concept to handover.


• Driven and passionate, capable of driving various stakeholders with conflicting priorities.


• Assertive with the task at hand and capable of overcoming problems and finding solutions.