Dublin, Ireland
Project architect
at Hawkins\Brown
HawkinsBrown is looking for a project architect to join its team in Dublin.
HawkinsBrown is a London-based multi-disciplinary architectural practice with an award-winning approach to design. We put our hearts and minds into realising a project’s potential. Our expertise covers a range of project types and scope.
General
The project architect will assist in coordinating a number of design teams within a studio, ensuring the implementation of HawkinsBrown’s design philosophy
Design:
- carry out the detail design within the framework of the project objectives including drafting and CAD work for the project
- ensure project design development and implementation are in accordance with practice design standards and including the co-ordination and integration of all internal or external consultant design or relevant information input
Project management:
- assist in co-ordinating and delegating to design teams, understanding resources scheduled and agreed fee arrangement
- understand financial indicators on a project and their role in wider neighbourhood decision making
- understand and assist in coordinating design development of all key packages
- prepare and maintain project drawings in compliance with QA and safety management systems
- ensure the adequate integration of technical information and statutory requirements into design and production drawings
- prepare drawings for planning, tender or construction purposes
- prepare reports and documentation
- administer project related information in line with standards and procedures of the practice
- coordinate and liaise with internal and external parties
- attend key meetings
- keep project associate regularly updated on progress of work and/or anticipated problems
- ensure that the resources schedule and fee draw- down are in line with agreed fee arrangement
- identify resource gaps and solutions to best remedy those gaps
- chair project meetings and ensure that everybody in the team is aware of roles responsibilities and reporting lines and scope of work involved
- ensure dialogue with team members
- ensure that personal training needs are met
- promote team goals and ensure efficiency and effectiveness of team
Key areas of responsibility:
- exhibit excellent design skills and technical expertise across all aspects of a project
- capable of leading project teams in all aspects of design phases, documentation and possibly construction
- exhibit excellent graphic design skills and strong communication skills
- oversee a team to ensure integration of technical information and statutory requirements into project design and drawings
- demonstrate design sensitivity through all phases of project while coordinating the integration of engineers and technical requirements
- administer project related information in line with the standards and procedures of the practice
- contribute to the development of HawkinsBrown and our growing international presence
- promote team goals and ensure efficiency and effectiveness of the team
- ensure clear and robust dialogue with team members and outside collaborators
Skills and experience required:
- excellent design communication skills – written and verbal
- technical ability to specify and select products
- strong communication skills with the team, client and others
- ability to communicate internally with studio leadership and distribute information within project teams
- empathetic leadership of project teams
- decision making and an awareness of competing project demands
- ability to programme a project and deliver on key dates, quality of information and to client’s satisfaction
- show interest in understanding personal strengths and weaknesses and an ability to request assistance from the wider studio when needed
- an understanding of wider studio requirements and pressures understanding of CAD/BIM and implications on project management
Applicants must have the right to work in Ireland.
These are the key tasks as currently defined. They are not listed in order of priority. From time to time the key tasks may vary and the team member will be expected to take on such variations within the constraints of the position and the team member’s experience level.