Senior Architect

Cook Haffner Architecture Platform (CHAP) is a design focused architecture and planning office led by Sir Peter Cook with a focus on international projects in Europe, China and the Middle East. Our journey started in a caravan followed by offices in Oslo, Belgrade and in 2021 new offices in London and Shenzhen. Our Belgrade, London and Oslo offices are seeking Senior Project Architects to join our team.

CHAP is experiencing rapid growth and we have a pipeline of interesting projects that require Senior Architects with a minimum of 10+ years post qualification professional experience within concept, design development, developed design.

Successful candidates will have a portfolio of build works. These leadership positions require the steering of large-scale complex projects and the associated multi-disciplined team of internal architects and external consultants.

Role & Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• As Project Architect, lead the project team (circa 3-15 staff project dependent) on a daily basis without day-to-day involvement of the Partner-in Charge
• Direct responsibility for projects to be completed on time, meeting all requirements of the design brief and client requirements
• Responsible for design management and mentoring of mid and junior team members, organising work to achieve set deadlines
• Steering and drafting comprehensive drawing sets from concept through construction documents
• Controlling all documents released externally
• Working with the assigned Partner in Charge and Project Manager to steer the design process
• Generate 3D models to develop all parts of the changing design process
• Proven ability resolves creative and complex design issues in a creative and pragmatic way by developing multiple design options that meet the project budget, design approach
• Collaborate, manage, and coordinate a highly-experience multi-disciplined executive external design team, clients, LA agencies and implement learning to meet the project objectives
• Strong ability to prepare, develop and edit drawings and models as they relate to the project
• Excellent conceptual and design development skills, with strong aesthetic flair. Directly responsibility for detail, correctness and accuracy across the whole design team
• Deliverables produced in accordance with CHAP standards and based on direction from the Project Manager and the Partner in Charge
• International travel for client facing presentations or internal design coordination tasks required
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Essential skills:

• Excellent communication skills, fluent in English - spoken and written. Fluency in other languages is considered a plus
• Experience working with large project teams on mega-scale projects across Concept and Design Development phases
• Experience working in consortium and JV partnerships
• Excellent team leadership and organizational skills, ability to work under pressure, meet tight deadlines on budget and on time
• Contributions and oversight of coordinated drawing sets
• Excellent ability in AutoCAD, Adobe Suite, REVIT and/ or Rhino, Grasshopper and V-Ray
• Proactive and self-motivated, with the ability to take initiative in response to direction from Partners and Project Managers
• A team player, with a flexible and open attitude towards new ways of working and collaborating 

Experience and qualifications:

• Professional qualification as a Registered Architect or an equivalent overseas qualification
• 10+ years of professional experience in all phases of the design process: conceptual, detail and design development, construction documents, and construction administration with site supervision
• Portfolio of built references

If you wish to be considered for this role your profile must match the requirements. This description reflects the core activities of the role and is not intended to be either prescriptive or exhaustive; it is issued as a framework to outline the main areas of responsibility. There is a requirement for the post holder to recognize this and adopt a flexible approach to work.

Availability: We wish to fill these key design positions asap, we will contact you if your profile matches our requirements, interview will be conducted on a rolling basis, selected candidates will be expected to join within 4 weeks or less from contract agreement.

Qualified and interested candidates should submit a resume and work samples. Include your resume, references and representative samples of your work in PDF format (10mb maximum) electronically. Please use vacancy name “Senior Project Architect” + Office base (Belgrade, London or Oslo) in the email subject title.