Architect

Mott MacDonald; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Health cash plan

Peppy support

Wellbeing programme

Flexible benefits

Pension matching

Life assurance

Income protection

Annual bonus

Job summary

Mott MacDonald seeks an Architect / Senior Architect to join its Buildings Unit in a hybrid UK role, delivering architectural services across RIBA stages on diverse projects. You will coordinate with other disciplines and lead projects autonomously on multiple concurrent schemes.

The ideal candidate has post‑qualification experience, ARB registration, and strong Revit/BIM skills, with a genuine interest in the built environment and knowledge of Building Regulations and British Standards.

Qualifications

• Post Part 3 / ARB registered architect with demonstrable post‑qualification experience.
• Ability to deliver projects from design to technical delivery and manage multiple deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate projects across RIBA stages within the Buildings Unit.
• Work autonomously on a variety of sectors and maintain proactive coordination with engineering teams.

Skills

ARB registration

Revit & BIM

Project delivery

Deadlines

Education

Post Part 3 / ARB registered architect

Tools

Revit

BIM

Job description

Location

Birmingham, Belfast, Sheffield, Bristol, Cambridge; UK

Relocation supported: Not supported, but internal applications are welcome.

Recruiter Contact

Andreaa Gaffney

Hiring Manager Contact

Colin Way

About the Business Unit

The Buildings Unit (BLD) has a major presence in Mott MacDonald’s regional offices throughout the UK and mainland Europe, providing a wide range of diverse and transferable cross‑sector skills across five key sectors – Advisory, Built Environment, Energy, Transportation, and Water. We also provide local services to customers and technical leadership to the rest of the Group in these sectors.

Overview Of Role

We are looking for an Architect / Senior Architect to join our growing architecture team. The architecture team is part of the Buildings and Cities Unit and provides services at all RIBA stages on a wide variety of projects.

We have a diverse portfolio of interesting projects in most building typologies, working with clients across Ireland, UK, Europe and globally and covering all aspects of the project life‑cycle. This is an exciting opportunity for an Architect to join our team, to work on a long‑term project opportunity, while developing your own career. You’ll be part of a growing UK‑wide architectural team, coordinating proactively with other engineering disciplines and running projects autonomously. The workload will include working on projects in a variety of sectors.

Candidate Specification

• Post Part 3 / Qualified Architect with ARB registration
• Defence or Transport buildings experience would be beneficial but not essential
• Demonstrable post‑qualification experience
• Ability to deliver projects from a design and technical background
• Experience of project delivery, working to deadlines
• Experience with Revit and BIM
• Should have a genuine interest in Architecture and the Built Environment and be aware of relevant current technical building legislation and guidance such as Building Regulations and British Standards
• Should be prepared to work on multiple projects simultaneously

Benefits

Health and well‑being

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with everyday health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• Various wellbeing support available through our comprehensive wellbeing programme, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family.

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4× your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6× your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return‑to‑work support due to long‑term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33–35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays, and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high‑street retailers.

Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self‑development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

Please be advised that offers for this role are conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of Security Clearance.

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. is not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is due to the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Agile working

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well‑being, flexibility, and trust.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at [e-mail] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Contract & Work Details

Contract type: Permanent
Work pattern: Full Time
Market: Buildings
Discipline: Architecture
Job Ref: 14201
Recruiter Contact: Andrea Gaffney