London, UK
Associate
at Cowen+Partners
Cowen+Partners is seeking an associate to join its team in London.
Cowen+Partners is looking to recruit an associate to join our award-winning, multi-home and mixed-use, project teams. We specialise in design quality, efficient and viable design, working with multi-disciplinary teams in a highly organised BIM environment. Covering many of the living sectors, successful candidates can expect to work across exciting new built-to-rent, for sale, co-living and adaptive re-use projects.
The successful candidate would need to be able to present ideas, think rationally and engage with clients and contractors. Collaboration is key to our success and so the ability to work productively as part of a team and independently is essential. Candidates should be highly motivated, with excellent communication and organisational skills in addition to excellent design focus, an eye for detail and a desire to develop their role within the practice.
The right candidate will have the following combination of skills and experience:
- experience of working across delivery stages on Higher-Risk Buildings is essential
- experience in leading and coordinating forward-thinking design teams
- experience in confidently and clearly communicating, coordinating and presenting design ideas/solutions to internal and external teams, including clients, design teams and contractors
- ability to problem solve and co-ordinate complex building solutions with external consultants
- experience working on multi-unit residential projects is essential
- excellent knowledge of building standards
- excellent knowledge of construction detailing
- good knowledge and understanding of possible sustainable design solutions
- excellent knowledge and use of Revit is essential
- experience of working across all RIBA work stages is valuable
- experience of resource planning and design fee calibration is valuable, but not essential as guidance would be provided
- be a positive contributor to the team and practice, someone who can motivate and inspire others
We are open to both permanent and fixed-term contract applicants – please indicate your preference in your application.
We are committed to ensuring that all who join our team are nurtured, valued, and supported. To that end we offer excellent benefits including health insurance and life assurance, cycle to work scheme, monthly studio lunch, outreach opportunities, weekly Thursday night drinks and a comprehensive CPD programme.
Candidates must be able to prove their eligibility to work permanently in the UK and have fluent written and spoken English. Cowen+Partners is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds.
Please submit your CV, portfolio and covering letter via the ‘apply for job’ button below – ensure that you reference ‘associate’ in your application.
Unfortunately, due to the large volume of applications, only successful candidates will be contacted, and the interview process will be two stage – first stage will be by Teams, second stage, if successful, will be in person at our studio.