Qualified Technical Architect (Manchester)

Qualified Technical Architect (Manchester)

• STUDIO LOCATION Manchester

We are seeking a Chartered Architectural Technologist or Qualified Architect with 3+ years experience to join our Manchester team.

At ADP, you’ll have the opportunity to develop your skills in a chosen sector or as an all-rounder, working with our cross-practice specialists in sectors including residential, commercial, healthcare and education design. You’ll also be able to work on projects that truly benefit their communities, from large laboratory buildings to mixed-use developments, sensitive refurbishments to envelope-pushing new builds, £100m high-profile schemes to local grassroots projects. Recent highlights include the transformation of an Art Deco Debenhams store into the University of Gloucestershire’s city campus and delivering our award-winning GP Surgery in Hackney, The Portico.

With seven studios across the UK, Cyprus and India and 60 years history, we work collaboratively to deliver buildings that make a real difference. We design around the principles of sustainability, belonging and engagement, rethinking the built environment to create a better future. Our recent awards include Architect of the Year at the OxProp Awards, Best Student/Pupil Experience Project at the Learning Places Scotland Awards and the AJ Architecture Award for Best Health and Wellbeing Project.

ADP is an employee-owned practice meaning that all staff have a say in how the business is run, and everyone benefits from its success. We know that a healthy work-life balance is key and in addition to other benefits all staff work a 9-day working fortnight.

We’re an equal opportunities employer and a gold-standard investor in people, reflecting our belief that it takes a people-centred practice to create people-centred architecture.

Diversity is at the heart of our success, and we welcome applications from under-represented groups.

The Role

• Assisting with the technical design elements of projects.
• Producing strong effective designs with appropriate competent technical solutions that align with our vision.
• Taking responsibility for the production, coordination and integrity of project-specific information.
• Taking responsibility for all project-specific quality management tasks.
• Ensuring that all work is prepared in accordance with the practice’s BIM standards and protocols and maintaining a detailed knowledge of BIM processes and software associated with design.
• Ensuring that the service is delivered in accordance with the quality management system.
• Regularly reviewing the design against the project brief and participating in design reviews.
• Maintaining detailed knowledge of current legislation, regulations and standards.
• Maintaining detailed knowledge of modern methods of construction.
• Maintaining suitable knowledge of sector specific regulations and legislation.
• Maintaining a clear understanding of the RIBA Plan of Work.
• Contribute to the continual improvement of practices procedures/methods.
• Consider CDM and health and safety in all our design work, and work to design out and minimise risk.

About you

• Have good technical understanding, with experience producing RIBA stage 3 and 4 packages.
• Competent in Revit and Enscape.
• Experience or interest in Healthcare and/or Science architecture would be an advantage.

Start Date: ASAP

How to Apply

If you’re interested in joining our team, please submit your CV, portfolio and a cover letter to with ‘Technical role Manchester’ in the subject line. Attachments should be in PDF format and no larger than 5MB in size.

• Have good technical understanding, with experience producing RIBA stage 3 and 4 packages.
• Competent in Revit and Enscape.
• Experience or interest in Healthcare and/or Science architecture would be an advantage.

We are seeking a Chartered Architectural Technologist or Qualified Architect with 3+ years experience to join our Manchester team.

At ADP, you’ll have the opportunity to develop your skills in a chosen sector or as an all-rounder, working with our cross-practice specialists in sectors including residential, commercial, healthcare and education design. You’ll also be able to work on projects that truly benefit their communities, from large laboratory buildings to mixed-use developments, sensitive refurbishments to envelope-pushing new builds, £100m high-profile schemes to local grassroots projects. Recent highlights include the transformation of an Art Deco Debenhams store into the University of Gloucestershire’s city campus and delivering our award-winning GP Surgery in Hackney, The Portico.

With seven studios across the UK, Cyprus and India and 60 years history, we work collaboratively to deliver buildings that make a real difference. We design around the principles of sustainability, belonging and engagement, rethinking the built environment to create a better future. Our recent awards include Architect of the Year at the OxProp Awards, Best Student/Pupil Experience Project at the Learning Places Scotland Awards and the AJ Architecture Award for Best Health and Wellbeing Project.

ADP is an employee-owned practice meaning that all staff have a say in how the business is run, and everyone benefits from its success. We know that a healthy work-life balance is key and in addition to other benefits all staff work a 9-day working fortnight.

We’re an equal opportunities employer and a gold-standard investor in people, reflecting our belief that it takes a people-centred practice to create people-centred architecture.

Diversity is at the heart of our success, and we welcome applications from under-represented groups.