Morris & Spottiswood Ltd is a leading provider of fitout, housing, maintenance and M&E services to the retail, banking, commercial, education, housing and healthcare sectors across Scotland and North West / West of England. Our offices are based in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Warrington and Leeds.
We are currently recruiting an Architectural Technician/Technologist within our McLennan Architects business in Warrington. At McLennan Architects we have a growing team of creative designers who have developed a reputation for our energetic approach to providing clients with a tailored design service to meet their individual project needs, providing a value-for-money service, while delivering high-quality design and functionality to deliver successful buildings and spaces. We look to enhance the working and living environments of our clients through our innovative and collaborative approach to each design project.
The successful candidate will be engaged in all design stages within the company’s scope of service, working closely with the Architectural Director and other design team staff. They will design, detail, specify and deliver new and renovated spaces within a variety of sectors, including retail banking, commercial, residential, industrial and leisure. They will be expected to provide design team technical support in all project phases, from initial concept design and through the detailed development stage, while assisting the delivery teams during the site delivery phase. They will also be expected to have knowledge of design excellence in the fields of sustainability and health and safety, ensuring that design risks are mitigated in the design process.
In return we will offer an excellent opportunity to work in a creative, dynamic environment, gaining first-hand experience in design.
Experience and Background
Candidates considered for this role will already have been working as an Architectural Technician/Technologist position with practical project and site experience required in a UK-based Architectural practice.
The individual is also expected to have at least 1+ years relevant experience.
Personal Attributes
The successful individual will be a dedicated and results-driven Architectural Technician / Technologist with a minimum of 12 months of practical project experience in a variety of sectors. We are looking for a team player, and someone with a decisive problem-solving ability and excellent time management skills are imperative to this role.
You should have excellent graphic, written and verbal communication skills as you will be required to express your design and specifications graphically, in writing and verbally within the internal design team and to the wider project team and consultants. In addition, you should be able to demonstrate a good track record of working with clients to meet their expectations as well as to deliver for the business.
Key Skills
Other information
Our standard business hours are 8-5 Monday-Thursday and 8-4 on a Friday (1hr lunch break each day). We have adopted a hybrid working model so you will have flexibility to work in the office (based in Warrington) or from home, or a mixture of both. The role will involve working / visiting live site environments to review design delivery and to ensure the site delivery meets the proposed specifications, so a driving license and own car are preferable.
What you’ll need
Remuneration
Valuing People at McLennan Architects
McLennan Architects is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
One of our core values is to ‘Value People’. We are passionate about investing in people and genuinely take care about what we do and how we do it. This ensures that the working environment, staff, suppliers, and the communities we serve always remain at the front-of-mind.
Put simply, a diverse and inclusive workforce opens our business up to a much wider talent pool and greater innovation and creativity through teams with different experiences, backgrounds, and education.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a successful team.