London, UK
Architect
at Burgess Architects
Burgess Architects is hiring an architect to join its award-winning design-led practice in London.
We are looking for an inquisitive and enthusiastic architect with at least two years’ experience post-Part 3 to join our busy practice in Kennington in London.
There are excellent opportunities for career development as part of this small and motivated, supportive team with a focus on sustainability and new work in heritage settings. At the award-winning practice you will have consistent involvement through all stages of one or more of our great innovative projects.
Your responsibilities:
- day-to-day responsibility for two small projects and/or
- production and detail design support to senior project architect on larger project
- pro-actively manage your projects, setting deadlines and coordinating the design towards these
- liaise with consultants and contractors as required and report to the client
- all with ready support from the principal and the rest of the team
- collaborate on design discussions on all office projects
- develop a specialism and become office lead in anything; social media, sustainable services, the perfect toastie…
- interest and commitment to developing the practice outlook and culture as we grow
Your skills and experience:
- two years’ experience in UK post-Part 2 on small scale/domestic projects for RIBA Stage 4-5 minimum
- design-focused with passion for detailing and materiality
- experience of managing jobs on-site, liaising with contractors and the contract administration processes
- software in use: Vectorworks, SketchUp, InDesign, Photoshop, Word, Excel
Your attributes:
- flexible, enthusiastic and determined
- careful, thorough and keen to take responsibility and initiative
- independent worker with exceptional organisational skills and efficient approach to tasks
- excellent communication skills in written and spoken English
- eligible to work in the UK
Salary commensurate with experience, permanent position. Subject to changes to the current Coronavirus guidance, you will be based in the studio full-time initially, moving to 1-2d/w working from home.
To apply please submit a covering letter, CV and portfolio examples saved as a single PDF using the ‘apply’ link below. The document should have your name as the title and be no larger than 10MB. Unfortunately, we can only reply to candidates who meet the above criteria. No agency or third-party applications please.
Burgess Architects is an equal opportunities employer.