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Project Architect - Consultancy - School - 11 Month Contract

United Arab Emirates  |  Contract

Our Global Project Management Consultancy (PMC) client has a new requirement for a well experienced Consultant Project Architect to join their team in Abu Dhabi to work on a new build school project in the Emirate. Successful candidates will have extensive experience as a project Architect ideally with a recognised consultancy company background.


This role is available for immediate joining and is an initial 11 month contract hire opportunity as an outsourced employee through J10 Consulting.


Key Responsibilities:

Design Development

  • Aiding the Lead Architect with all aspects of design development.
  • Responsibility for the design development of projects from concept to completion.
  • Responsibility for all local authority compliance and code compliance.
  • Responsibility for utilising correct design standards
  • Responsibility for all technical detailing of projects
  • Responsibility for meeting the brief from an operational and functional perspective
  • Shared responsibility for writing and collating the NBS specification
  • Shared responsibility for writing and updating the brief
  • Coordination of all sub consultant packages
  • Review of all drawing packages prior to issue

Documentation

  • Ensure Project Architects A3 folder is up to date.
  • Track the issuance of all drawings, specifications etc. Ensuring correct procedures are in order.
  • Write cover letters for each formal issue.
  • Monitor and ensure smooth progress for all local authority submissions.

Quality Assurance

  • Ensure that Quality System Procedures (QSP) and operational standards are understood, adhered to and maintained by Project Architect.
  • The 5 rules of drafting to be maintained and checked on a regular basis, with a report to be issued following each check and circulated to Senior Management
  • Ensure Project Architects are fully conversant with the relevant standards and approved relevant local authority regulations
  • Ensure Project Architects meet agreed deadlines for documentation issue
  • If slippage is likely to occur notify the relevant lead and agree a recovery programme
  • Ensure that Project Architects correctly prepare the local authority submissions in accordance with the relevant local authority requirements
  • Responsibility for meeting with local authorities and expediently processing submissions Any problems must be alerted to Senior Management
  • Responsibility for resource tracking schedules
  • Responsibility for NOC tracking schedule
  • Coordinate design team meetings with the relevant sub consultants. Meetings must be minuted with actions and pending dates.
  • Ensure construction drawings are fully coordinated with sub-consultants prior to submissions.
  • Ensure all sub consultants review and agree to programme of deliverables.
  • Track drawing issues to Sub Consultants and their issue of information to BSBG
  • Ensure the sub consultant’s scope of work is complete at each stage in order for Lead to certify payment.
  • Responsibility for ensuring Sub consultants have applied for NOC’s.

Management

  • Responsibility for the management of the project deliverables.
  • Responsibility for communicating all aspects of project deliverables to Project Architects and Architects and to Senior Management.
  • Motivation of project team.
  • Assist Lead with overall project management.
  • Ensure soft and hard project files are maintained to BSBG standards.
  • End of year appraisals and interviews of Project Architects and Architects.
  • Must provide ideas and project implementations to enable work to become more efficient, better coordinated.


Consultant Project Architect Experience:

  • Education: Bachelor in Architecture.
  • Experience wise must have 5 - 7 years of experience, most recent experience must be in UAE - 4 years minimum, and MUST have worked for well-regarded design consultancies as opposed to Contractors.
  • Software: Autodesk REVIT essential, Rhino, Grasshopper, Dynamo a bonus.
  • Experience of full life cycle delivery of a new build school project is preferred.



Interested candidates are invited to share their up to date CV directly to jobs@j10consulting.ae for further review and shortlisting.


Date Posted: 21 Nov 2021

Status: Filled