About the Role
We’re looking for an enthusiastic, technical, and design-motivated Senior Architect to join our growing team in Aberdeen. You will be good at managing people, time, and resources and have an ability to work flexibly in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities:
- Develop robust top-level project plans
- Manage project resources, ensuring optimum profitability while still achieving creative excellence
- Negotiate consultant and contractor appointments where relevant
- Manage issues arising in production and ensure these are communicated early to line managers
- Produce weekly production and budget control status reports
- Deal directly and personally with key clients on higher level problems
About You
You’re highly organised with excellent time and project management skills, able to ensure projects are monitored for effective delivery. You’ll have a sound knowledge of production information processes in-line with alternative procurement processes and be at ease navigating statutory and legal requirements. You’ll possess the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of customers and internal stakeholders and be resilient in managing demanding high-level relationships and client expectations.
Qualifications and Experience:
- RIBA Part 3 essential
- Minimum of 5 years’ previous relevant commercial experience
Skills and Other Requirements:
- Multitasking: Able to manage multiple projects regularly running concurrently or overlapping
- Problem Solving: Able to anticipate problems and respond creatively and proactively
- Awareness: Identify and highlight when projects are not on-schedule
- People Management: Motivate production personnel to encourage high-quality performance and conduct
- Commercial Awareness: Understand the budgeting process, creating accurate budgets and delivering projects in-line with budgetary requirements
- Communication: Possess proactive and persuasive communication skills
- Leadership: Foster and promote a strong team ethic