New York City based architectural firm specializing in High End Retail and Residential projects, seeks architect with minimum 5 yrs experience in the USA, to coordinate and manage small teams to develop Permit Plans, Bid Sets, Construction Documents and handle Construction Administration for retail projects, in New York City and possibly other locations within the United States.

We have over 20 years of experience in this field and we have established a strong reputation for our office. We are looking for a candidate that has good attitude toward tight schedules, ever shifting design changes and attention to details. Five years minimum experience with retail projects in the US is a mandatory requirement. Problem solving skills, coordination of all trades, familiarity with local codes and construction site experience.

AutoCAD experience is required. 3D skills required. US license is a plus. Familiarity with both Metric and Imperial system is a plus.

Send a short cover letter and samples of your work with your portfolio to email.

Space4Architecture, www.space4architecture.com
info@space4architecture.com

Caroe and Partners was founded in 1884 and is a leading conservation architects’ practice, with specialist skills in the conservation, repair and adaption of historic buildings and sites. We have branches in Wells, Llandaff and Ledbury.

Key Objectives of the role

This is a key position in the practice with responsibility for assisting in leadership of the Ledbury office to ensure delivery of highest quality service to our clients and managing growth.

This role is primarily to provide the professional, technical and interpretative skills of a qualified conservation architect and other services which we offer such as one-off residential and regeneration. As such the role will be integral in the smooth running of jobs from conception through to tendering, site operations and post contract administration. The role is highly operational, client facing with account responsibility, and as a senior position within the office, the post holder will be required to manage projects and provide leadership to others.

Dutties and responsibilities

- Take ownership of joint management of the Ledbury office.
- Support the Practice-wide strategy for securing new business and developing existing clients by participating in and leading PQQs (bids) for new commissions.
- Build good working relationships with current and future clients and stakeholders.
- Provide regular reports to Partners meetings as appropriate including possible attendance.
- Mentor other employees on projects where appropriate.

Knowledge and skills

- Full qualification as an Architect from a RIBA recognized university/architectural school.
- Relevant professional memberships, e.g. AABC or RIBA Conservation Register accreditations.
- Proven track record.
- A demonstrable interest in the issues and challenges associated with conservation/historic buildings and new design in the historic environment.
- Proven ability and evidence of working with historic buildings and conservation issues.
- Proven direct responsibility of end-to-end job running,
- Good overall knowledge of traditional construction (e.g. brickwork/lead/slate/timber).
- Sound working knowledge of AutoCAD, with the ability to produce a high volume of consistently high quality and accurate work.
- Ability to ‘hit the ground running’ and to work with little supervision and to plan and deliver consistently high quality work on time and to budget.
- Strong written and oral communication skills; able to convey messages with clarity and conviction.
- Able to provide guidance and support to colleagues.
- Ability to maintain focus on the big picture and achieve results (without losing sight of the details) through timely completion of all associated job activities e.g. site inspections details, paperwork etc.)
- Good budget understanding and control.
- Strong problem solving skills; able to think ahead and spot potential obstacles, work effectively when faced with ambiguity, and devise appropriate solutions and see these through to ensure that projects remain on target both in terms of timescale and fee.
- Engaging, cheerful and inspirational interpersonal skills.
- Proven team player.
- Well developed influencing and negotiation skills.
- Able to quickly gain the confidence and support of a variety of people at all levels, and be able to deal with challenging situations in a confident, tactful and professional manner.

Caroe & Partners LLP, www.caroe.co.uk
tanya.fitzgerald@caroe.co.uk