Oxford, UK
Architect/senior architect
at Purcell
Purcell is seeking an architect and senior architect to join its team in Oxford, UK.
About Purcell
Purcell is a World Architecture Top 100 practice renowned for our excellence in architecture and heritage consultancy.
We are a progressive, employee-owned practice; where you will have the ability to identify opportunities and develop staff.
Being employee-owned means that through our employee forum, our employees have a say about how the business is run. It creates increased transparency, strengthened performance and allows everyone to share in the rewards.
Our Oxford studio is made up of a close knit, passionate and creative team, who work regionally and practice wide, celebrating their success with social events in the studio and practice.
Our benefits include agile working (three days in office, two WFH), flexible working with core hours of 10am to 4pm, a bonus scheme and many more benefits, including bike2work scheme. We provide a strong culture of growth with many opportunities for training and development.
The person
We’re after a results driven, tenacious, go getter to take on managing a mixture of bespoke architectural projects whilst also delivering new business. This is an entrepreneurial job, with lots of responsibility and the freedom to deliver results.
Qualifications, accreditations, memberships
Essential: ARB, RIBA / RICS
Desirable: AABC, IHBC, RIBASCA
You will have technical experience in RIBA stages 3 and 4 and site experience in RIBA stage 5, experience of managing a team, experience of delivering projects in Revit and experience of refurbishment projects.
Your skills will include proficiency in Revit, 2D drafting, knowledge of BIM Level 2 and awareness of Passivhaus and current BREEAM standards.
As an Equal Opportunities employer, Purcell are committed to making sure every applicant is given an equal opportunity to succeed regardless of sex, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race (nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, disability, age, pregnancy or maternity or any other personal characteristics. Our Equal Opportunities Policy is available on request.
This job description is a guide to the duties the post holder will be expected to undertake. It is not intended to be exhaustive or exclusive and will be subject to change as working requirements dictate and to meet the organisational requirements of Purcell.