London, UK
Deputy project manager
at Heatherwick Studio
Heatherwick Studio is looking for a deputy project manager to join its London team.
Location: London, King’s Cross
Heatherwick Studio is currently looking for a couple of deputy project managers to work on different projects including the New Changi Airport Terminal project. This is a fantastic opportunity for young and ambitious architects who are looking to further develop their career on the design managerial aspect while supporting great design ideas.
You role
As deputy project manager, you will be working under the guidance of project manager and very closely with the project team to ensure the quality delivery of architectural projects on a daily basis.
Considering the scale and complexity of projects, this role will be largely supporting project manager with some independent responsibilities. You will be participating the programming and delivery from concept through to construction and potentially post occupation. You will play an important role in supporting the project team in overall resource and budget management of the project whilst providing an excellent level of professional service to the client and partner organisations.
Your responsibilities:
- support the project manager to ensure a smooth running of project programming
- as a key point of contact coordinating between different internal parties including group leader, project leader, project team and other resourcing teams; report back to project manager
- to help prepare design programmes appropriate to the work stage
- to help with the design management plan
- to help with the internal project budgeting management
- support the delivery of the project in line with brief, contractual framework and resource plan
- coordinating between internal and external parties; represent the studio in front of external stakeholders and build positive working relationships with partner organisations
- ad hoc duties
Your experience, skills and attributes:
- four-six years architectural professional experience
- design-led background; comfortable working in partnership with designers
- demonstrable understanding of the creative design process through all work stages
- demonstrable understanding of project planning and project monitoring
- has already delivered at least 1 project from concept to completion
- experience using Revit and Rhino
- collaborative, good team player
- organised, resilient, determined
- good listening and clear communication; good verbal presentation skills
- engaged, inquisitive and interested in innovative design projects
- strategic and critical thinking; problem solving
To be considered, please apply here with a CV and examples of your work in A4 (ideally in one PDF document, maximum size 10 MB) and a covering letter stating your salary expectations and reasons why you would like to join us.