Senior Technical Architect
Description
NBBJ is an award-winning design firm recognized as a TIME100 Most Influential Company, a Fast Company Most Innovative Architecture Firm and a two-time 2025 AIA National Honor Award recipient. These recognitions reflect our purpose-driven approach that, fueled by ideas and a culture of collaboration, creates healthy buildings, strong communities and a resilient environment. That’s where you come in. With leading clients, diverse colleagues and offices in creative capitals around the globe, a career at NBBJ will inspire you to be extraordinary. You can learn more about our firm, see what it’s like to work here and explore recent projects and ideas at NBBJ.com. Join us to make an impact today!
The role at a glance:
NBBJ is seeking an experienced Senior Technical Architect to join our London Studio as leading role in the technical delivery of complex, high-performance buildings across a range of Science, Education and Healthcare projects. Working as part of NBBJ’s integrated team, the Senior Technical Architect provides technical leadership from detailed design through construction, ensuring technical design intent is translated into robust, compliant and buildable solutions.
The role requires a UK qualified architect with deep experience delivering large or complex project, confident in working in both client-side (client monitoring role), and novated design and build roles. The ability to lead and coordinate technical design teams while collaborating closely with specialist subcontractors and project leadership is key to applicant success.
The position is available as permanent or as a temporary contract (with potential to convert).
In your new role, you will:
- Lead and contribute to the technical design and delivery of projects across RIBA Stages 3 to 6, with a focus on detailed design development, coordination and construction
- Collaborate with NBBJ’s internal Project Manager to establish design programmes, responsibility matrices and deliverables
- Lead coordination with consultants, contractors and subcontractors to develop integrated, compliant solutions
- Engage directly with clients, project managers, cost consultants, contractors and subcontractors navigating competing priorities and resolving technical challenges
- Solve project related technical issues through sound decision-making, judgment, and research
- Translate architectural design concepts into robust technical drawings, details, schedules and specifications, ensuring clarity, buildability and performance
- Review and process of contractor submittals and shop drawings
- Lead responses to RFI’s, technical clarifications, the design change process
- Flexible and adaptable to work as the responsible Project Architect or Package Lead, pending project size/ type/ stage and your experience
What you will need to succeed:
- 10+ years of professional experience delivering major construction projects (ideally in the Science, Education and/or Healthcare sectors in the UK)
- ARB registered architect (UK qualified)
- Past success working with large, multi-disciplinary teams
- Strong working knowledge of UK Building Regulations, British Standards, CDM and construction best practice
- Demonstratable experience in construction detailing, construction materials and assemblies
- Advanced proficiency in Autodesk Revit for technical design and documentation
- Experience in preparing, coordinating and maintaining NBS Chorus specifications (Uniclass2015)
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Creative suite
- Willing to travel to project sites both inside and outside of the M25, depending on project location
- Experience with the construction of large or complex projects
Why choose NBBJ?
We believe that all NBBJ employees should love their work. This means not only loving what you do but having pride in your workplace. We strive to be that irresistible place to work by enhancing your employee experience with customized programs and comprehensive benefits. In addition to 100% covered employee healthcare costs and 401k contributions, we offer unique professional development opportunities, volunteer opportunities and access to leading technology and resources to further help you love your work and advance your career.
- NBBJ has been named three times by Fast Company as one of the most innovative architecture firms.
- Founded in 1943, our first office opened over 75 years ago in Seattle, Washington. We now have over 10 office locations around the globe.
- We are a transdisciplinary, cross-practice focused firm with a deep portfolio of Civic & Cultural, Commercial, Corporate, Healthcare, Higher Education, Science and Technology, Sports, and Urban Environment projects. We also have several areas of service expertise including: Architecture, Environmental Graphic Design, Interior Design, Lighting Design, Workplace Consulting and more.
- In the past decade, NBBJ has received more than 300 awards from leading global, national and regional award programs across the business, real estate and design communities.
- We work with 5 of the top global high-tech companies, 14 of the U.S. News and World Report Top Hospitals, and 4 of the top 10 highest-ranked learning institutions.
- Our clients include institutional leaders such as Cambridge University, Google, Samsung, Cleveland Clinic, Tencent, and Stanford University.
NBBJ is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F Disabled and Vet EEO/AA Employer.
NBBJ does not accept unsolicited resumes or similar submissions from third party recruiters or employment agencies. Any unsolicited materials received by NBBJ from a source other than an individual candidate will be considered NBBJ property and NBBJ reserves the right to pursue and hire candidates referred to us without any financial obligation to the third party in question. If you are interested in becoming an approved NBBJ external recruiter, please contact a member of the NBBJ Talent Acquisition Team.