Senior Technical Architectural Designer – Hong Kong

Buro Ole Scheeren Services Limited; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Benefits

Job summary

Büro Ole Scheeren in Hong Kong seeks a Senior Technical Architectural Designer to lead technical governance across projects, reporting to Partners. The role combines design leadership with rigorous quality control, from early design through construction, and requires strong site presence and stakeholder engagement.

You will apply deep expertise in exterior envelope and façade systems, manage teams, ensure governance processes, and hold team leaders accountable while coordinating with clients,

Qualifications

• Master in Architecture or equivalent.
• 10+ years post-qualification experience in design-led, mixed-use projects.
• Experience in internationally or nationally acclaimed architectural firms.
• Ability to pair architectural design sensitivity with technical and managerial knowledge.
• Deep expertise in external envelope and façade systems; interior finishes knowledge is a plus.
• Experience across small- to large-scale projects.
• Strong site and construction-stage knowledge.
• Current knowledge of innovative practices, materials, and systems; supplier knowledge.
• Fluency in English and Mandarin.

Responsibilities

• Safeguard technical quality firm-wide and maintain high competency.
• Establish and enforce a regular peer review system across projects and teams.
• Attend site inspections with project teams and Partners, documenting issues.
• Contribute to design and technical solutions, pushing innovative practices.
• Apply deep knowledge of façade systems across varied projects.
• Provide strong site oversight and drive resolution of on-site defects.
• Hold team leaders accountable and ensure governance processes and documentation.

Skills

Architectural design

Technical knowledge

Managerial knowledge

Site supervision

Governance

Stakeholder management

English fluency

Mandarin fluency

Education

Master in Architecture

Job description

Senior Technical Architectural Designer - Hong Kong

Büro Ole Scheeren

Büro Ole Scheeren is an international architecture firm with a staff of architects and designers that practices architecture, urbanism, interior design, and research. As part of Büro Ole Scheeren's expanding portfolio of work throughout Asia, Europe and North America, including high-rise buildings, mixed-use developments, and cultural projects, we are keen to receive expressions of interest to join our offices. We seek talented architects who share enthusiasm and commitment to critical thinking, innovative design, and a creative investigative approach. We are a global office looking for motivated and forward-thinking individuals to join our team, and are actively engaged in to work on ground-breaking projects worldwide of varying typologies and scales.

For our growing Hong Kong team, we are looking for a Senior Technical Architectural Designer as an integral part of the company’s senior technical authority and guardianship of design and built quality across the practice. Reporting directly to the Partners, you will ensure that all projects are executed to the required standard and in alignment with their original design intentions - from the earliest stages through to completion - and that a rigorous, consistently applied system of technical review operates across every project, every team, and every team leader. The role carries practice-wide oversight rather than sole project-delivery responsibility, and combines that oversight with active site presence, stakeholder engagement, and contribution to design and innovation.

Job duties

This is a senior technical leadership / quality governance role in architecture (likely Technical Director, Head of Technical Quality, or equivalent). Core responsibilities include:

• Safeguard technical quality firm-wide - Maintain a consistently high baseline of competency across all projects and teams.
• Establish and enforce a regular peer review system - Cover every project, team, and team leader; ensure compliance, close loopholes, and leave no aspect unexamined.
• Attend most site inspections - Join the project team and Partners; document site issues, follow them up, and enable clear correspondence with clients, contractors, and consultants.
• Contribute actively to design and technical solutions - Bring knowledge of innovative practices into projects and push markets/suppliers to deliver their best.
• Apply deep expertise in external envelope and façade systems (working knowledge of interior finishes preferable) across small- to large-scale projects.
• Provide strong site and construction-stage oversight - Identify on-site errors and defects; use current knowledge of innovative practices, materials, systems, and suppliers to drive design outcomes.
• Hold team leaders accountable - Enforce systems-thinking, embed governance processes, manage stakeholders, maintain diligent documentation, and ensure strong follow-up discipline.

Qualifications

• Excellent academic background with a Master in Architecture (or equivalent).
• At least 10 years post-qualification in-depth involvement in design-led, complex, medium-to-large-scale mixed-use projects, covering all stages from design through construction.
• Experience working in an internationally or nationally acclaimed architectural firm.
• Ability to pair architectural design sensitivity with strong technical and managerial knowledge.
• Deep expertise in external envelope and façade systems; working knowledge of interior finishes is preferable.
• Experience across small- to large-scale projects.
• Strong site and construction-stage knowledge, including the ability to identify on-site errors and defects.
• Current knowledge of innovative practices, materials, and systems, plus supplier and market knowledge to drive design outcomes.
• Authority and capability to hold team leaders accountable, enforce systems-thinking, embed governance processes, manage stakeholders, maintain diligent documentation, and ensure follow-up discipline.
• Fluency in English and Mandarin is a key requirement.

These qualifications support the senior technical quality, peer-review, site oversight, and design-contribution duties of the role.

• competitive salary and benefits

We embrace diversity in all applicants' backgrounds.

The position is based in Hong Kong.