
Principal Design Lead
Experienced Principal Designer ready to step into leadership at a respected North London studio, running the service day to day and progressing to Head of Service through a staged succession plan.
Award-winning Architecture and Interior practice based in North London is seeking an experienced Principal Designer to lead and grow its service, covering both Building Regulations and CDM Regulations duties. Reporting to the current service-leading Partner, the post-holder will lead commissions, coordinate multidisciplinary design teams, manage compliance and design risk, and challenge design information. They will work with clients, contractors, consultants and building control bodies, and support higher-risk building work where competence allows.
The post-holder will also manage and mentor the team, develop procedures, prepare fee proposals and support bids, spending around 10% of their time getting into details and advising architectural teams. Designed as a succession path, the role offers a staged handover, six-monthly reviews and progression to Head of Service, with salary reviewed as responsibilities grow.
- A professional qualification in architecture, architectural technology, building surveying, building control or a closely related discipline, with appropriate professional registration or membership
- Substantial technical design and construction delivery experience, from design development through construction to handover
- Practical experience delivering or overseeing CDM Principal Designer services, with a clear understanding of how the two regimes differ
- Strong working knowledge of Building Regulations, Approved Documents, the Building Safety Act framework and CDM Regulations
- Ability to review and challenge technical information and manage compliance and design-risk issues
- Strong client-facing skills and the confidence to explain difficult technical matters clearly
- Experience preparing scopes and fees, managing resources and monitoring project performance
- The ambition and capability to progress intoleading the service
This award-winning practice of architects and interior designers cover all sectors, but specialising in hospitality and hotel design. Having practiced for the last 40 years, it has since grown to a team of around 70,widely recognised as one of London’s leading hospitality design studios. Its work reaches across the hospitality spectrum, mainly in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
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