Project Architect

Our newest opportunity is for a talented Project Architect (Design Manager) to join our team, based in Dubai, UAE.

This position is responsible for overseeing and coordinating design projects, ensuring quality, consistency, and alignment with client and company objectives.

We envisage success in this role to include;

• Provides leadership and subject matter expertise to the project to achieve time, cost, quality and safety objectives.  
• Monitors and reports on the production of information with respect to the discipline-related services submittal progress.  
• Reviews submitted shop drawings and material submittals (and the like) against the drawings and specifications, local codes and statutory requirements and international best practice.  
• Checks and ensures co-ordination between discipline-related services works and all other disciplines.  
• Provides technical input and experience to resolve architectural related engineering issues on the Project.  
• Maintains open communication with the client and contractor’s discipline engineers on project related issues.  
• Coordinates the work to ensure successful project hand-over.  
• Attends technical and progress meetings with the contractor/client’s representative.  
• Identifies issues and risks that need to be brought to the attention of senior project management as necessary.  
• Actively manages the QA/QC project requirement with the related discipline.  
• Prepares correspondence on subject matter expertise to issue to the client/contractor as required to meet project objectives.  
• Reviews as built and O&M manuals for completeness.  
• Primary point of contact for Project Team Leader and senior site personnel on project architectural related issues.  
• Maintains an open dialogue with the relevant authorities.  
• Assist Quantity Surveyor in the assessment of contractor’s claims for variation to contract.  
• Assist the Planner in the assessment of contractor schedules and other planning matters (EDT, procurement, production)  
• Researches, establishes and documents the regulatory and code requirements related to the project.  
• Ensure the orderly completion and timely assessment of project submittals and documentation.  
• Other duties as assigned. 

To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that your career journey to date will include 8+ years of relevant experience, partnered with Bachelor’s degree in Architecture. LEED highly regarded. Member of RIBA and/or AIA 

• Intermediate to advanced skills in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Proficiency in Autodesk AutoCAD Architecture, Revit Architecture, Sketchup and PhotoShop, Illustrator and In-Design.