London, UK
Experienced architect
at AECOM
AECOM is seeking an associate – architecture to join its team in London.
At AECOM we put the best minds in the design industry together to push the creative and technical limits of what’s possible.
We’re a global design firm of trusted architects, interior designers, landscape architects, master planners, engineers, consultants, and programme and construction managers delivering some of the world’s most complex and interesting projects.
Our design projects range from major sporting venues, such as the London 2012 Olympic Park and Legacy Framework, to the new plan for the LA2028 Olympics, to World Expos, new cities, cultural districts and eco-resorts, airports and transportation hubs. We are also behind the design of many Fortune 500 companies’ headquarters and workplaces and play a major role in tall building designs and sustainable city and infrastructure development projects.
We’re listening to clients and the communities we serve in order to improve lives and livelihoods, and to create sustainable legacies for generations to come.
Thinking without limits is what keeps us at the vanguard. Ideas have no borders and this ethos is embedded in our culture.
With over 1,500 architects, we are one of the world’s largest architectural practices.
We’re one team driven by a common purpose to deliver design excellence and a better world.
Year founded: 1990 creation of AECOM, went public at NYSE in 2007
Founded by: AECOM (architecture, engineering, construction, operations and management)
Type of firm: architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, master planning, planning, engineering, consultancy, project and programme management
Type of projects: sports venues, cultural venues, hotels and resorts, tall buildings, transportation, city development and infrastructure
Number of offices: 100-plus offices
Locations: 100-plus locations across 49-plus countries
Number of staff (globally): more than 50,000 staff
Number of architects (globally): more than 1,500 staff
AJ100 top 20 – 16th place on fees generated in the UK and in excess of 400 architectural staff in the UK.
Revenue of $13.1 billion in fiscal year 2022
AJ100 survey reveals UK’s top practices employ more architects than ever (architectsjournal.co.uk).
We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programmes and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organisation you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.
We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programmes to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.
We are looking to hire exceptionally talented architects or architectural designers with experience of working on high-end design projects at all scales, with the following credentials:
- three-plus years’ post-qualification experience in practice
- excellent design skills with a passion for technical detailing
- interest in working internationally, in particular on Middle East projects
- interest in working on high profile projects in the cultural, leisure and sports sector
- proficiency in Revit (Dynamo preferred)
- proficiency in Rhino and Grasshopper (preferred)
- a great team player with the ability to adapt within fast-paced environments
- a willingness to innovate and advance
Please submit your CV and samples of work when you apply via the website or by emailing Stephen Bullock.
Associate – architecture:
- bespoke sports arena designs
- club house facility design
- grand stand designs
- exciting sports facility envelope/façade designs
- complex fluid geometries
About you:
- currently an associate/associate director or ready to move up from principal
- considerable experience in architecture at a senior level
- hands-on experienced advanced Revit modeller with excellent 3D and technical detailing skills
- good feel for design and aesthetics
- proven delivery on sports projects or projects of a similar complexity (eg. airports, exhibition halls, etc)
- previously worked with one of the leading design firms
- able to lead parts of the project and undertake all the multi-disciplinary engineering coordination
- good communicator
- parametric modelling skills (dynamo, rhino grasshopper) preferred but not mandatory if other skills are sound
- must have the working rights for the UK&I, visa sponsorship not available for this opportunity
Qualifications:
- design to manufacture/modular experience preferred but not mandatory if other skills are sound
- qualification as an architectural technologist a plus but not mandatory
Freedom to grow in a world of opportunity
You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programmes to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being programme.
We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.
Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential and we’ll help you reach yours.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.