Lead Architect/Designer

Zaha Hadid Architects; London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading architectural firm in London is seeking a Lead Architect/Designer to manage multiple projects, uphold design intent, and coordinate with various teams. Applicants should have strong Rhino proficiency, be a qualified Part 3 Architect, and have experience in large scale projects. This full-time role offers an opportunity to influence innovative architectural solutions within a dynamic team environment.

Qualifications

• Must have demonstrable and relevant experience of working in practice.
• Experience working on large scale, complex projects is beneficial.
• Experience delivering packages at RIBA stages 3 or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Interpret design intent and consult when needed.
• Manage project-based teams and ensure standards.
• Steer projects through all work stages.
• Coordinate with consultants and suppliers.
• Produce construction details and drawings.
• Resolve design and technical issues independently.
• Research products and specifications.
• Mentor project team members.

Skills

Rhino proficiency

Revit knowledge

Strong technical knowledge in coordination and detailing

Education

Qualified Part 3 Architect or equivalent

Job description

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Overview At Zaha Hadid Architects, we are seeking to hire an experienced Lead Architect/Designer on a fixed-term, full time contract to join our growing team in London. The ideal candidate should have strong detailing and delivery skills, with substantial coordination and construction stage experience. Main responsibilities

• To work on projects, taking responsibility for delivering more than one project at a time.
• To be able to interpret the design intent for a project and know when to consult, so that the design upholds the reputation of ZHA in the marketplace.
• To manage project-based teams, ensuring that a number of projects are designed, detailed and delivered to meet the standards set down by the senior team.
• To take responsibility for steering projects through all work stages.
• Coordinate with consultants, contractors and suppliers
• Produce details and construction drawings.
• Work independently to resolve design and technical issues
• Research products and specifications.
• To mentor project team members. Your profile
• Effective communicator when describing complex ideas for drawings or models.
• Collaborative and influential team leader and team player.
• Highly organised, effectively managing your time and that of others.
• Confident in exercising judgement, making, and implementing reasoned decisions.
• Professional always and leading by example.
• Enquiring and adaptable.
• Self-motivated and self-critical.
• Willing to develop, learn and go the extra mile. Skills Required
• Must demonstrate Rhino proficiency.
• Revit knowledge would be preferred.
• Strong technical knowledge in coordination and detailing. Required experience
• Qualified Part 3 Architect (or equivalent international qualification) with demonstrable and relevant experience of working in practice.
• Previous experience of working on large scale, complex projects is beneficial.
• Experience delivering packages at RIBA stages 3+ or equivalent.
  
  

How to apply Along with your CV and Portfolio, please also include detailed examples of projects using Revit in your application. About us Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) redefined architecture for the 21st century with a repertoire of projects that have captured imaginations across the globe. Creating buildings uniquely tailored to the communities they serve, ZHA has been awarded the highest honours from professional and academic institutions worldwide. Founded by Zaha Hadid in 1979, ZHA is one of the world’s most consistently inventive architectural studios—and has been for four decades. These decades of pioneering research are inscribed within our architecture to become more spatially inventive, more structurally efficient, more technologically advanced, and more environmentally considerate with every new design. Combining innovative architectural solutions with ecologically sound materials and sustainable construction practices, we do not look at the disparate parts, but work to understand them as a whole to meet the aspirations of each new generation. As an employee-owned business, we reinvest all profits back into our people and our company; continually enhancing our multidisciplinary research to address the challenges impacting communities around the world.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

• Industries

  Architecture and Planning

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