Senior / Principal Architect - Life Science

Morgan Sindall Group Plc; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior / Principal Architect specializing in life sciences. This role involves delivering complex projects, focusing on innovative architectural solutions for laboratories and GMP facilities. You will be part of a dynamic team that values creativity and technical expertise, ensuring projects meet the highest standards of safety and efficiency. Join a forward-thinking company that fosters collaboration and offers a supportive work environment, along with competitive benefits and opportunities for professional growth. If you have a passion for architecture and a desire to make a significant impact in the life sciences sector, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Matched contributory pension plan

Life assurance scheme

25 days annual leave

Discount scheme

Flexible/hybrid working

Family-friendly policies

Employee assistance

Professional development

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering life science projects from concept to detailed design.
• Strong knowledge in technical details and specifications for laboratories.

Responsibilities

• Manage project delivery including time, cost, and quality.
• Oversee preparation of plans, tender reviews, and fee estimates.

Skills

Architectural Design

Project Management

Technical Detailing

Creativity and Imagination

Knowledge of GMP Facilities

Education

Degree in Architecture

Professional Qualification (RIBA or equivalent)

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit

BIM Software

Job description

Senior / Principal Architect - Life Science

Ref: 77644

Vacancy title: Senior / Principal Architect - Life Science

Function(s): Design

Contract type: Full time permanent

Region: London

Location(s): London

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. 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.

About You

As Senior / Principal Architect – Life Sciences, you will have experience in delivering projects from concept to detailed design in the life science sector for both 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 in the production of technical details and specifications.

Key Purpose

At BakerHicks, we’re providing 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.

• Time, cost, quality, resource, and delivery management including communication with the department and management to ensure that resource, project, and customer requirements are clearly understood and met.
• Manage and oversee the preparation of enquiry plans, tender reviews, fee estimate sheets, scopes of work, and change controls.
• Monitoring of project fee spend and delivery of commercial objectives including CVR management.
• Manage Cost of Further Works and resource plans.

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

Many of the positions within our company are subject to security clearance. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by various factors. 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 United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.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.

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

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

• Up to 6% matched contributory pension plan
• Life assurance scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus ability to buy additional leave
• Discount scheme (including gym membership, mobile phones, etc.)
• Flexible/hybrid working
• Family-friendly policies
• Employee assistance
• Professional development

BakerHicks is an equal opportunity employer. We care about creating an inclusive atmosphere and are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion throughout.

BakerHicks is an inclusive organisation welcoming talent from all backgrounds. Applicants are assessed on the basis of personal merit and qualifications.