Senior Architect

Ingleton Wood; Billericay; Hybrid; GBP 300,000 - 1,000,000

Job description

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About us...

Ingleton Wood is a value-led, people focussed practice providing clients with inspirational and practical design solutions; we exist to improve the communities in which we all live and work.

Originally established in 1935, we are a dynamic multi-disciplinary property and construction consultancy, providing a wide range of services across many industry sectors, including commercial, education, defence, residential and more.

We develop long term relationships with clients, adding value at every stage of development. We are one of a few medium-sized consultancies offering integrated design and technical expertise.

We have a nationwide presence with offices located across the UK. We plan to open further sites in the future to develop our national service.

Life At Ingleton Wood...

is busy but great fun, we work hard, and we play hard. There is a huge emphasis on teams and working collaboratively both professionally and socially.

We bring people together to improve the quality and sustainability of the built environment through our expert knowledge in delivering local solutions for global issues. A sentiment underpinned by our shared vision of solving global challenges one building at a time, and supported through our values;

• We are progressive
• We collaborate
• We support
• We take ownership

You can expect...

• Opportunities for flexible and remote working - we understand a work life balance helps us all.
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days plus bank holidays with long service recognition and festive shutdown.
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth in a supportive environment including in-house coaching and mentoring.
• Competitive salaries with regular review and benchmarking to ensure fair pay. We are a real living wage employer.
• Competitive Company Pension Scheme.
• Health cash plan scheme.
• Professional membership support
• Family policies
• Great office team building events and fully expensed seasonal social events.
• Cycle to work Scheme.
• On-site parking facilities (excluding London office)
• Season Ticket Loan (if applicable)
• Death in service benefit.
• Early Finish incentives when the Practice targets are hit.
• Additional leave allocated for volunteering (up to 2 days).
• Health & Mental Wellness Programs.
• Employee Referral Scheme.
• Employee working groups

The role...

We are currently recruiting an Architect to join our Billericay office.

The role will involve providing architectural design services and project management across a broad spectrum of services provided by the Practice.

Please Note: This role may be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service, Baseline Personnel Security Standard, Counter Terrorist Check, Security Check, or Developed Vetting clearance.

The selected candidate will...

• Accept instructions from clients to understand their requirements and develop their briefs.
• Run projects from inception to completion ranging in value from £300k to £10m.
• Act as Lead Consultant on a wide range of projects.
• Advise on the requirement for other consultants as required.
• Chair regular design team meetings and prepare and issue minutes.
• Produce site appraisals and feasibility reports for clients.
• Prepare any necessary building regulation, planning applications, Listed Building applications and monitor and deal with as necessary by liaising with authorities.
• Prepare detail designs for competitive tender including production of working drawings and plans.
• Undertake tendering process and post tender analysis, including production of tender report to client and potential value engineering exercise and make recommendations to client.
• Act as Project Manager/ Contract Administrator on projects by attending site for Pre-Start and Project Meetings. To understand and clearly define clients' expectations to provide advice, keep them informed of progress on projects and make them aware of technical and financial implications.
• Assist the Director Architect team leader to continually improve team profitability by managing time and resources allocated to projects and by ensuring that time spent on projects is recorded and that fee invoicing is carried out at appropriate stages.
• Liaise and work with other disciplines as part of a multi-disciplinary team ensuring all works are completed in a collaborative manner and communicate well with all technical and non-technical staff.
• Work with the other technical staff on the team for production of Planning through to Building Regulations drawings AutoCAD/Revit, make applications, answer, and resolve queries with building control departments or consultancies.
• Liaise with sub-contractors, specialist suppliers and other contractors as appropriate, including checking of drawings.
• Where instructed, take responsibility for day-to-day job running of specific projects under the supervision of the team leader.
• Provide direction and feedback on team and individual objectives.

Essential skills, experience, and attributes...

• Part III RIBA qualified
• Experience of working on Education, Public Sector, Residential, Social Housing and, Healthcare experience desirable but not essential
• Advanced use of REVIT software
• Desirable BIM experience
• Thorough understanding of the Building Regulations.
• Ability to produce specifications using the NBS Software.

We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.

To discover more about life at Ingleton Wood, please visit our website https://www.ingletonwood.co.uk/