Penguin Recruitment Ltd
Job Title: Architect
Location: Manchester
Salary: £36-43,000 DOE
About the company:
The practice is a forward-thinking architecture studio with a strong reputation for delivering innovative, context-driven design solutions across urban regeneration, commercial, education, and infrastructure sectors. It operates with a collaborative ethos, combining creative ambition with rigorous technical delivery to create architecture that responds meaningfully to place, people, and environment.
Benefits
- Competitive salary based on experience and skill level
- Hybrid and flexible working model
- Enhanced annual leave entitlement
- Pension scheme with employer contribution
- Structured professional development and mentoring
- Opportunity to work on nationally significant projects
- Supportive, design-focused studio environment
Daily duties
- Developing architectural design concepts through to technical delivery
- Producing drawings, models, and visualisations to a high standard
- Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and external consultants
- Supporting senior team members in project coordination and delivery
- Engaging in client presentations and design workshops
- Assisting with planning submissions and technical documentation
Ideal candidate
- Qualified Architect with ARB registration or equivalent
- Strong design portfolio showing creativity and technical understanding
- Experience working within UK construction and planning frameworks
- Confident user of design and BIM software (Revit preferred)
- Strong organisational and communication skills
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
- Enthusiasm for sustainable, contextual, and people-focused design
To apply, please contact KAZ on OR alternatively, send your updated CV and Portfolio across to
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