Hampshire, UK
Experienced architect/architectural technician
at PAD studio
PAD studio is hiring an experienced architect/architectural technician to join its team in Hampshire, UK.
Are you interested in joining an award-winning practice with a team that will value and nurture your personal growth, working collaboratively and differently with an emphasis on balance and opportunity?
PAD studio is seeking an experienced architect, project/technical architect or technician with at least five years’ experience to join its growing team in Hampshire, UK. The successful candidate will have a love of design and detail, great technical ability, motivation, a willing spirit, clear communication skills and an engaging personality. Experience in delivering high-quality, award-winning houses for private clients is preferable. In addition, you may be required to work on planning applications, competitions, small housing developments, arts projects and luxury leisure facilities.
We love what we do, and we have fun doing it. It is important to us that our new team members share our value and our vision that we have collectively defined – “we celebrate the process and build enjoyable relationships, we question to reveal elegant design narratives, we respect nature in the flux of change”.
Applicants should be able to demonstrate experience in:
- producing working drawing packages for contemporary buildings – we would like to see a range of examples from different projects
- understanding client requirements and always delivering a professional approach
- working collaboratively with consultants to create strong teams and deliver quality buildings
- some technical understanding of sustainable design and specification working to standards such as RIBA 2030, LETI and Passivhaus
- a working knowledge of JCT and RIBA contracts and UK Building Regulations
- have experience running projects on site (references will be required)
experience or some knowledge of NBS specifications - producing quality CAD drawings, preferably with Vectorworks but not essential
Our studio is small and growing. Our team is adaptive to the requirements of any project or practice. We work in small teams to ensure people are not isolated on projects and to provide supportive conditions to get the best from each other, the project, consultants and our clients. We have regular studio lunches and events throughout the year to spend time together as a team. We also offer individual mentoring and training for individuals to support personal growth and career progression.
“We create sustainable spaces that offer the chance to be, pause, reflect and grow. Places to retreat to, to be sheltered by. Places that nurture the soul.”
We are based in the beautiful town of Lymington, Hampshire, on the coastal edge of the New Forest. You should live, or be able to relocate to, within one hour’s commute of the office (preferable, but not essential). We are flexible and offer a hybrid working model. Salary levels are competitive and consistent with the upper levels of RIBA benchmarking, and we offer great benefits and well-being initiatives.
PAD studio is committed to encouraging equality, diversity, and respect for all amongst our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. We commit to creating a working environment where no staff member is unlawfully discriminated against because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (including colour, nationality, and ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, sex (gender) and sexual orientation.
Please get in touch to explain why you would like to work with us and why you think PAD studio would be a good fit for you by submitting CVs, cover letters and samples of work, no larger than 10MB, via the apply for job button below.