Project Architect

KEO International Consultants; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy in Dubai is seeking a Project Architect with over 7 years of experience and a Bachelor's degree in Architecture. The role involves providing leadership, ensuring project quality, and coordinating with clients and contractors. Join a supportive environment that fosters professional growth and offers competitive benefits.

Benefits

Hybrid working arrangements

Study assistance sponsorship

Employee referral rewards

Access to counselling services

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant experience in architecture.
• LEED certification highly regarded.
• Membership in RIBA and/or AIA preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and expertise to achieve project objectives.
• Monitor and report on project progress.
• Review shop drawings and ensure compliance with regulations.

Skills

Leadership

Technical Expertise

Communication

Quality Assurance

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Autodesk AutoCAD Architecture

Revit Architecture

Sketchup

PhotoShop

Illustrator

In-Design

Job description

Overview

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 years we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 51stlargest global architecture firm and the #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2024 WA100 Survey.

We invite you to join us. Why?

When you join KEO, you’ll discover more than just a job – you’ll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counselling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun-runs, in-house sports teams and beach clean ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, employee referral rewards.

Responsibilities

Our newest opportunity is for a talented Project Architect to join our team, based in Dubai, UAE,

We envisage success in this role to include;

• Provides leadership and subject matter expertise to the project to achieve time, cost, quality and safety objectives.
• Monitors and reports on the production of information with respect to the discipline-related services submittal progress.
• Reviews submitted shop drawings and material submittals (and the like) against the drawings and specifications, local codes and statutory requirements and international best practice.
• Checks and ensures co-ordination between discipline-related services works and all other disciplines.
• Provides technical input and experience to resolve architectural related engineering issues on the Project.
• Maintains open communication with the client and contractor's discipline engineers on project related issues.
• Coordinates the work to ensure successful project hand-over.
• Attends technical and progress meetings with the contractor/client's representative.
• Identifies issues and risks that need to be brought to the attention of senior project management as necessary.
• Actively manages the QA/QC project requirement with the related discipline.
• Prepares correspondence on subject matter expertise to issue to the client/contractor as required to meet project objectives.
• Reviews as built and O&M manuals for completeness.
• Primary point of contact for Project Team Leader and senior site personnel on project architectural related issues.
• Maintains an open dialogue with the relevant authorities.
• Assist Quantity Surveyor in the assessment of contractor’s claims for variation to contract.
• Assist the Planner in the assessment of contractor schedules and other planning matters (EDT, procurement, production)
• Researches, establishes and documents the regulatory and code requirements related to the project.
• Ensure the orderly completion and timely assessment of project submittals and documentation.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that your career journey to date will include 7+ years of relevant experience, partnered with Bachelor’s degree in Architecture. LEED highly regarded. Member of RIBA and/or AIA

• Intermediate to advanced skills in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Proficiency in Autodesk AutoCAD Architecture, Revit Architecture, Sketchup and PhotoShop, Illustrator and In-Design.

KEO’s performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety and our people. We embrace diversity and recognise its’ contribution to client success wherever we work.

We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award-winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.