Senior Designer/Architect – City-Scale, Sustainable Design

Ramboll; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Henning Larsen in Sydney seeks a Senior Designer/Architect to join the growing team. The role encompasses a wide range of projects from theatres and universities to masterplans and HQs, with opportunities to contribute from concept to detailing.

You will report to the Regional Director and collaborate across the Australian and international network to deliver ambitious, high-quality design outcomes. You will shape design narratives, lead early-stage explorations, and engage in bids and business

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ postgraduate professional experience in architecture.
• Demonstrated experience in design competitions, feasibility studies and early-stage project development.
• Strong conceptual and spatial design capability, supported by a technical understanding and the ability to develop, test and refine design options from the earliest stages of a project.
• Strong visual and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate ideas clearly through drawing, diagrams, 3D modelling and presentations.
• Advanced proficiency in Rhino, Revit, Enscape or D5, and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Experience integrating environmental analysis and sustainability strategies into early-stage design.
• Ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary and international design teams.
• Confidence presenting design work internally, to clients, project stakeholders and in formal design reviews.
• Understanding of Australian planning frameworks, statutory processes and relevant design standards will be highly regarded.
• Experience with Scandinavian and broader European design approaches and methodologies will be highly regarded.

Skills

Postgraduate architecture

Design competitions

Conceptual design

Visual communication

Rhino

Revit

Enscape

D5

Adobe Creative Suite

Environmental analysis

Collaborative teamwork

Design reviews

Australian planning frameworks

European design approaches

Tools

Rhino

Revit

Enscape

D5

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Henning Larsen in Sydney seeks a Senior Designer/Architect to join the growing team. The role encompasses a wide range of projects from theatres and universities to masterplans and HQs, with opportunities to contribute from concept to detailing.

You will report to the Regional Director and collaborate across the Australian and international network to deliver ambitious, high-quality design outcomes. You will shape design narratives, lead early-stage explorations, and engage in bids and business