Project Architect - Belfast Belfast, Northern Ireland
Job description
At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.
We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.
Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.
Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.
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 programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization 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 programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.
When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts – planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers – leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.
Due to expanding workload, AECOM are offering a great opportunity to join our rapidly growing architecture team in our multi-disciplinary offices. We have Vacancies in our London, Manchester, Warrington, Glasgow and Belfast offices. AECOM are active in the following sectors: Residential, Housing, Sports, Education, Health, Rail, Defence, Nuclear, MoJ, Logistics and Data Centres.
We are offering a competitive salary plus generous benefits, and the opportunity to work on a variety of exciting projects in a wide range of sectors. There is also training and assistance with personal development.
AECOM is listed as the 3rd largest employer of architects worldwide in the World Architecture WA100 2020 survey, with 1637 architects. We currently have more than 170 architectural staff in the UK. We are No.15 on the AJ100. AECOM employs around 7500 multi-disciplinary staff in the UK and over 50,000 worldwide.
AECOM is the world’s premier infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from planning, design and engineering to programme and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivalled technical expertise and innovation, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. We are operational net zero. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $13.2 billion in fiscal year 2020. See how we deliver what others can only imagine at aecom.com and @AECOM.
You’ll be working closely with the multi-disciplinary design teams, clients, and contractors. Excellent communication skills and a friendly outlook are essential.
About Our Team:
AECOM’s design team in Belfast is a dynamic multi-disciplinary collaborative team working on schools, healthcare, workplace, interiors, masterplanning, landscape and export work for major international clients. We work closely with our engineers and specialists in-house. Export work for Middle East clients is a growing part of the Belfast office revenue and provides large scale complex schemes which will be of interest for architects who thrive in a challenging and dynamic environment.
Project/Design Responsibilities
- Contribute, from the onset of a project to the design of innovative and progressive design solutions that reconcile client’s goals and priorities while fostering opportunities for design excellence.
- To perform material and building system research and participate in the co-ordination and preparation of project specifications.
- Ensuring CDM Safety in Design and Sustainability principles are applied throughout all design stages of a project.
Managerial Responsibilities
- Organises own and technical staff to achieve set deadlines.
- Ensures that projects are completed on time and meet all requirements of the Design Brief and Client requirement documents.
- Responsible for the correctness, accuracy and complete multi-disciplinary coordination of the design documentation prepared by the assigned team.
- Ensures the quality of technical work produced by team meets AECOM’s Technical Excellence standards.
- Routinely interacts with managers, seniors and clients, contractors, local authority representatives and others expertise and negotiation skills to resolve critical issues.
- Responsible for key design input at early design phases and for general design execution during the course of the project.
- Promotes teamwork within a multi-disciplinary team, maintaining positive moral and instilling a creative culture within the practice.
- Make appropriate value judgements with respect to corrective work that supports the design concept and performance goals of the project.
- Manage interface between Design Team / Site Team ensuring proper design support is provided in a timely manner.
- Support Principals and/or Directors with operational responsibilities which includes development and implementing Technical Excellence initiatives, management of resources (HR), training initiatives (CPD).
- Ensures the latest software and digital techniques are utilised to increase productivity and training opportunities for staff are made available.
Commercial Responsibilities
- Understands and implements design leadership principles and able to work within project budgets which includes fees and designing to budget.
- Assist in initial assessment of potential new projects and competitions.
- Support Principal and/or Directors in the preparation of bids.
- Support senior staff with existing and prospective clients.
- Support marketing and business development initiatives.
Minimum Requirements:
- Fully Qualified and Registered Architect (ARB Registered)
- Ideally you will live locally to the Belfast office or be willing to relocate/commute.
Additional Information
With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM! 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.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
Join us and let’s get started.
