Chartered Architectural Technologist or Technical Architect

##### We are seeking a Chartered Architectural Technologist or Technical Architect to join our London team. At ADP, you’ll have the opportunity to develop your skills in a chosen sector or as an all-rounder, working with our cross-practice specialists in sectors including residential, commercial, healthcare and education design. You’ll also be able to work on projects that truly benefit their communities, from large laboratory buildings to mixed-use developments, sensitive refurbishments to envelope-pushing new builds, £100m high-profile schemes to local grassroots projects. Recent highlights include the transformation of an Art Deco Debenhams store into the University of Gloucestershire’s city campus and delivering our award-winning GP Surgery in Hackney, The Portico. With seven studios across the UK, Cyprus and India and 60 years history, we work collaboratively to deliver buildings that make a real difference. We design around the principles of sustainability, belonging and engagement, rethinking the built environment to create a better future. Our recent awards include Architect of the Year at the OxProp Awards, Best Student/Pupil Experience Project at the Learning Places Scotland Awards and the AJ Architecture Award for Best Health and Wellbeing Project. ADP is an employee-owned practice meaning that all staff have a say in how the business is run, and everyone benefits from its success. We know that a healthy work-life balance is key and in addition to other benefits all staff work a 9-day working fortnight. We’re an equal opportunities employer and a gold-standard investor in people, reflecting our belief that it takes a people-centred practice to create people-centred architecture. Diversity is at the heart of our success, and we welcome applications from underrepresented groups. ##### **The Role** - Assisting with the technical design elements of projects. Producing effective, coordinated, efficient and compliant technical design solutions that are delivered to the standards we aspire to and achieve our shared SBE vision. - Obtaining and maintaining detailed knowledge of current legislation, regulations and standards. - Obtaining and maintaining detailed knowledge of modern methods of construction. - Ensuring that all work is prepared in accordance with the practice’s BIM standards and protocols and maintaining a detailed knowledge of BIM processes and software associated with design. - Ensuring that the service is delivered in accordance with the quality management system. - Ensure our work is purpose driven, through Sustainability Belonging and Engagement to create more joy in our projects and workplace. - Ensuring that design solutions are of the highest possible standard consistent with the client’s brief and the practice’s design philosophy, that sustainability is a given and opportunities are maximized. - Be involved in identifying and implementing continual improvement to develop and improve the practices procedures/methods. - Undertaking suitable Continuing Professional Development and training to maintain an up to date knowledge of design standards and regulations within the industry. - Ensuring that all work is prepared in accordance with the practice’s Quality Management System requirements. - Ensuring that the project briefs and RIBA Plan of Work is fully understood and maintain awareness of the implications of the current legislation and standards we must work to. - Consider CDM and health and safety in all our design work, and work to design out and minimise risk. - Knowledge of the Building Safety Act and Gateway would be an advantage Main softwares used is Revit, NBS Chorus and Enscape ##### Start Date: ASAP ##### How to Apply If you’re interested in joining our team, please submit your CV, portfolio and a cover letter to [email protected] with ‘Technical role London’ in the subject line. Attachments should be in PDF format and no larger than 5MB in size.