Senior / Principal Architect - Life Science

Blue Octopus; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the life sciences sector is seeking a Senior/Principal Architect to deliver innovative architectural solutions for laboratories and GMP facilities. The role requires creativity, technical expertise, and project management skills to meet evolving user needs and ensure compliance. Join a dedicated team committed to high-quality outputs and enjoy competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Company car or cash allowance

Up to 6% matched contributory pension plan

Life assurance scheme

25 days of annual leave

Discount schemes

Flexible and hybrid working arrangements

Family-friendly policies

Employee assistance programs

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering life science sector projects, including laboratories.
• Solid knowledge of technical details and specifications.

Responsibilities

• Manage time, cost, quality, resources, and delivery for projects.
• Oversee preparation of plans, tender reviews, and fee estimates.
• Monitor project fee spend and ensure delivery of commercial objectives.

Skills

Creativity

Imagination

Technical Knowledge

Job description

Why this role?

Our architects specialise in highly regulated and complex project delivery. They take the time to understand a client’s process flows and unique challenges of each environment, creating highly efficient workflows with user safety and wellbeing at their core.

Thanks to years of technical expertise in delivering science and technology facilities, we understand the changing nature of scientific discovery and design for future flexibility from day one, ensuring assets meet the evolving needs of users.

About You

As a Senior / Principal Architect – Life Sciences, you will have experience in delivering projects from concept to detailed design within the life science sector, including laboratories and GMP manufacturing facilities. You will be part of an enthusiastic and committed team of Architects and Technicians dedicated to delivering high-quality outputs.

To succeed, you should exhibit high levels of creativity, imagination, vision, and enthusiasm to produce distinctive architectural solutions, along with a solid knowledge of technical details and specifications.

Key Purpose

At BakerHicks, we provide the industry’s most creative minds the space to consider, collaborate, innovate, and develop advanced technologies and processes. Our projects range from large-scale discovery and R&D facilities supporting the science community, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, bioscience, and fine chemicals, to laboratory refurbishments across the UK and Europe. We aim to make the world a better place, one project at a time.

• Manage time, cost, quality, resources, and delivery, including clear communication with departments and management to meet project and customer requirements.
• Oversee the preparation of enquiry plans, tender reviews, fee estimates, scopes of work, and change controls.
• Monitor project fee spend and ensure delivery of commercial objectives, including CVR management.
• Manage costs of further works and resource plans.

Each project is unique. Our multidisciplinary approach ensures schemes are compliant, safe, and flexible enough for reconfiguration and expansion as market needs evolve.

Many positions require security clearance. The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain the necessary clearance levels as required by our clients and sectors.

Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting.

About BakerHicks

Since 1957, we’ve been innovating in design, engineering, and project delivery from 14 locations across Europe. For more about our company, see: About | BakerHicks.

BakerHicks is part of the Morgan Sindall Group.

Benefits

Join us and work alongside some of the most talented professionals in the industry. Our offices are welcoming, accessible, and equipped with comfortable spaces. Our salary and benefits packages are among the best in the industry, including:

• Company car or cash allowance
• Up to 6% matched contributory pension plan
• Life assurance scheme
• 25 days of annual leave plus options to buy additional days
• Discount schemes (e.g., gym memberships, mobile phones)
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• Family-friendly policies
• Employee assistance programs
• Professional development opportunities

BakerHicks is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment and promoting diversity and inclusion throughout our organization.