London, UK
Graduate architectural assistant
at Jacobs
Jacobs is looking for a graduate architectural assistant to join its team in London.
Jacobs is hiring a Part 1 architectural assistant to support an expanding portfolio of UK and international projects. You will part of design teams providing design solutions across multiple design sectors, from commercial, transportation, defence, energy, and technology, to local government. Joining us will allow you to build upon your design skills and gain experience on a wide variety of projects at different stages of development, from appraisal, feasibility, and concept, through to detailed design delivery.
Working within our cities and places business unit, the successful candidate will have a degree in architecture, gaining RIBA Part 1 exemption. As a graduate, you will be enrolled on our in-house Graduate Development Programme (GDP), which focuses on continual learning and development through a structured approach of achieving key competencies. Our GDP competencies include learning about project delivery, personal effectiveness, business acumen, innovation, and HSE, in addition to architecturally related learning. The two-year mentored course will provide you with a breadth of professional knowledge and experience in different subject areas.
You will have a collaborative problem-solving mindset and be able to work within a team-based delivery, including working closely with architects, interior designers, urban designers, engineers and other in-house design professionals. The position will involve engaging with clients, therefore excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential to help build client relationships.
You will be an integral part of the London architectural team, where design thinking, ideas, and solutions are shared openly within an inclusive working environment. You will be given the opportunity to be part of our project execution which focuses on design quality, innovation, and digitally focused delivery.
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- promoting the principles of good design whilst bringing inspiring and innovative design solutions to our increasing diverse project portfolio
- achieving technical quality and technical excellence
- assisting Jacobs deliver our diverse UK and International project portfolio
- being part of our multi-disciplinary design teams
- producing design models, sketches, drawings, and visualisations to suit project delivery
- helping to deliver design solutions to reduce carbon for a more connected and sustainable world
Here’s what you’ll need
The successful candidate will be highly motivated with the ability to work as part of a team. You will be an excellent communicator, capable of presenting your ideas, and be able to collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to achieve optimum design solutions.
Other key skills and desired characteristics required for this position include:
- being inclusive and upholding a culture of caring within the team
- acting with honesty and integrity at all times to Jacobs’ values
- adopting a flexible design-focused mindset to problem-solving
- having a working knowledge of BIM-related processes
- modelling experience using Sketch-up, Rhino, and preferably Autodesk Revit
- experience with rendering software
- good communication and listening skills to communicate effectively with team members, clients, and stakeholders
- embracing digital technology, innovation, and automation to drive efficient design solutions
Our Culture
Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.
We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s.
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