Design Architect

Job description / Role

KEY OBJECTIVES
- Establish client brief and project deliverables
- Create design within budget parameters
- Lead or support design team to produce quality construction and tender documentation
- Co-ordinate sub-consultancy disciplines with development of interior design documentation
- Manage production of design documentation in accordance with approved budgets and timelines
- Improve efficiency in production of quality design documentation

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Preparation of drawings and schedules for execution of project
- Preparation of relevant design solutions for execution of project
- Co-ordination and management of appointed sub-consultants.
- Research and awareness of international design trends

RESOURCES CONTROLLED/AUTHORITY HELD
- Responsible for work executed by junior designers and CAD staff within design team
- Responsible for co-ordination and work executed by appointed sub-consultants.

Requirements

- Relevant recognized design qualification. Architectural may be considered.
- 10 years professional experience post qualification.
- Sound knowledge of the construction delivery process
- Have a flair for creating conceptual designs
- Be aware of current trends in interior design, and be enthusiastic and passionate about design.
- Experienced in dealing with relevant authorities to obtain approvals
- Ideally worked with reputed international consultant practices

About the Company

ah asociados is an architecture studio established in 1989 with branches in Pamplona, Bilbao, Madrid, Barcelona and Qatar. Its main purpose was to provide technical services for Planning, Design, Site Control and Project Management, after years of experience in housing, public facilities and urban design.

The ah group, based upon a standard organizational framework, is focused on inter-disciplinary team work to obtain better results, adapted to the identity of each client, with the quality of a personalized office and the efficiency of a large company.

Now ah has specialized teams in the design and execution of collective housing; industrial facilities; public centres for culture, education and health; architectural renewal; urban design, structural design; technical specifications; site control; quantity surveyors and project management.

Its work has been awarded with prizes in many local and international competitions and has been widely published in architectural exhibitions magazines and lectures including University Forums, Schools of Architecture and Professional Institutes.