Senior Architect - Life Science

JR United Kingdom; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Senior Architect - Life Sciences to join its team in Maidstone. The role involves designing complex projects for laboratories and GMP manufacturing facilities, ensuring compliance with relevant guidelines and mentoring junior staff. This is an opportunity to contribute to innovative projects that make a difference in critical sectors.

Benefits

Company car or cash allowance

Up to 6% matched contributory pension plan

25 days annual leave plus the ability to buy additional leave

Discount scheme (including gym membership, mobile phones, etc.)

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering projects from concept to detailed design in the life science sector.
• Proven ability to produce distinctive architectural solutions.
• Good knowledge of technical details and specifications.

Responsibilities

• Design and specify Architecture according to guidelines and standards.
• Contribute to development and mentoring of Early Careers.
• Manage Architectural involvement in multi-disciplinary projects.

Skills

Creativity

Vision

Technical knowledge

Job description

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Senior Architect - Life Science, Maidstone

Client: BakerHicks

Location: Maidstone, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

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Posted:

04.06.2025

Expiry Date:

19.07.2025

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 hurdles of each environment. This creates 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, so the assets meet the changing needs of users.

Our Manchester office is looking to grow their team with a Senior Architect – Life Sciences.

About You

As Senior Architect – Life Sciences, you will have experience in delivering projects from concept to detailed design in the life science sector for laboratories and GMP manufacturing facilities. You will be part of an enthusiastic and committed team of Architects and Technicians who will deliver high-quality output on projects.

To be successful, you will exhibit high levels of creativity, imagination, vision, and enthusiasm to produce distinctive architectural solutions and have a good 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 the most advanced technologies and processes. From large-scale discovery and R&D facilities supporting the science community, health service, pharmaceutical, bioscience, fine chemicals, and other industries, to laboratory refurbishments across the UK and Europe, we’re doing our part to make the world a better place, one project at a time.

• Design and specify all aspects of Architecture in accordance with current guidelines, standards, regulations, and project deliverables.
• Contribute to the development and mentoring of our Early Careers population and the continuous improvement of departmental capabilities.
• Manage Architectural involvement in multi-disciplinary projects, including time, cost, quality, and client relationship management and delivery.
• Champion quality and compliance controls within local teams and projects.

Each project is different. Our multi-disciplinary project delivery approach ensures that our schemes are not only compliant and safe but also fluid and dynamic to allow for reconfiguration and expansion as the market evolves.

Many positions within our company are subject to security clearance. The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain security clearance for this role as required by our clients and sectors.

Further details are available at UK Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK

About BakerHicks

We’ve been innovating in design, engineering, and project delivery since 1957 and operate from 14 locations for a truly European reach. For more about our company story, see: About | BakerHicks.

BakerHicks. A Morgan Sindall Group company.

Whatever your discipline, you’ll be alongside some of the most talented people in the industry. Our network of offices offers appealing, friendly, and comfortable spaces, easily accessible by car or public transport. Our salary and benefits packages are some of the best in the industry.

What you get will be based on what you do, with personal performance-related rewards also on offer, in addition to:

• Company car or cash allowance
• Up to 6% matched contributory pension plan
• 25 days annual leave plus the ability to buy additional leave
• Discount scheme (including gym membership, mobile phones, etc.)