Project Director - Education
Would you like to be part of an employee-owned, multi award- winning architecture practice whose desire is to make spaces and places that improve lives?
We are looking for a Project Director to complement our friendly dynamic team in Dublin and deliver projects in the Education Sector across Ireland.
We are a UK & Ireland practice with strong connections across all of our studios in Dublin, Belfast, Glasgow, Sheffield, Cardiff and London. We work collaboratively as one team structured by sector, sharing resources, knowledge and skills. Ranked as one of the top 20 largest practices in the UK this year, other recent accolades include:
- Best Companies Top 50 Best Mid Sized Companies to work for 2023
- Winner, Offsite Awards – Architect of the Year and Winners Winner 2023
- Winner, Structural Timber Awards – Architect of the Year & Education Project of the Year 2023
- Winner, BCIA – Digital Initiative of the Year Award 2023
- Best Companies Top 100 Best Large Sized Companies to work for 2022
- Winner Building Awards: Architectural Practice of the Year 2022
- Winner Building Awards: Every Person Counts, the people strategy award 2022
- Winner RSUA Design Awards – Altnagelvin Hospital
- Winner Irish Design & Excellence Awards 2022– Healthcare Project of the Year – NCH Satellite Centre at Tallaght University Hospital
- Winner AJ100 Sustainability Champion of the Year 2022
- Construction Excellence – BIM Excellence Awards – BAM / Lot 2 Schools
- Winner AJ100 Awards Employer of the Year Award 2021
A fully qualified architect with a minimum of 10 years full professional membership with RIAI/RIBA or equivalent and a minimum of 12 years experience at Senior Management / Project Director level.
You will exhibit the following skills / experience:
- A passion for design and the environment within the Education sector including primary, post primary and higher education, with a proven experience of designing and delivering inspirational teaching and learning spaces that meet the Department of Education standards and specifications.
- A proven project delivery in the Irish construction sector with an understanding of the statutory permissions (Planning/FSC/DAC), full knowledge of Irish Building Regulations, including BC(A)R process and acting as Design Certifier and administering professional services and construction contracts including Public Works Contract Administration (PW-CF1 or/and PW-CF2, NEC4) and D&B contract.
- The ability to manage client relationships / client satisfaction, including large scale projects / programmes, and leading / managing project teams in the preparation of presentations, statutory permissions, tender and construction documentation / specifications, through project delivery and post-evaluation stages.
- A sound understanding of and commitment to sustainable building design and delivery.
- The experience of leading teams delivering to Building Information Management (BIM) ISO 16950 standards with Revit capability, InDesign experience and MS suite capability is essential.
This is an opportunity to join our team and develop your career in Ireland. You will bring energy and determination to help grow our Dublin presence, exploiting your skills and expertise and ensuring that we deliver exceptional service to our clients.
We offer a generous remuneration package, which includes a blended work model with a flexible approach to studio and remote working, along with a friendly studio environment, and a commitment to your personal development through the HLM Academy. We are also an Employee Owned Trust, which means our employees have a sense of ownership, a say in our direction and are rewarded for the part they play in our future success.
Diversity, inclusion and belonging (DIB) is at the core of our business. We advocate equal opportunities, creating an inclusive working environment for all. If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different mode please contact our HR team for assistance.
If you think this role could be for you, please send your CV and examples of your project work.
Those shortlisted will be contacted.
HLM Architects is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
- Department
- Architect
- Locations
- Dublin
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
Dublin
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Lifestyle Package
We provide a comprehensive Lifestyle Package to everyone which includes , paid subscriptions, bike to work scheme, Season ticket travel loans, additional maternity and parental leave, rewards and discount shopping vouchers and an annual training allowance. -
Health Cash Plan
We also provide a health cash plan with over £1,000 to spend on optical and dental treatments, wellbeing and complementary therapies, chiropody, health screening, 24 hour confidential advice line and 6 face to face counselling sessions each year. -
SMARTBlend
Recognising lifestyles are complex and we all have competing responsibilities, we offer a blended work model with a flexible approach to studio and remote working. This flexible approach supports job sharing, part time, term time and staggered hours, home working, back to work schemes for parents, keeping in touch days, career breaks, sabbaticals and condensed hours. We recognise no one size fits all. Providing a great studio environment is only part of the equation and flexible ways of working gives us more richness, diversity and choice for how we can work most effectively. -
Communicating, sharing & socialising
We're a sociable bunch and have a full social calendar providing a chance to further connect and involve families too. Our enthusiastic social committee organise a range of events to suit everyone from Angling to Zorbing. -
HLM Academy
The HLM Academy supports everyone along their career journey, capturing passions, driving innovation and equipping individuals with skills to navigate an ever-evolving world. It’s underpinned by a skills and behaviour framework and centred around our core values. Everyone is enrolled on day one, stepping into a bespoke learning pathway with insight from a profiling tool called PROPHET; recognising that all individuals are unique.
Workplace & culture
We would not be able to achieve what we do without the passion, commitment and enthusiasm of our team. Over 200 talented individuals fill our studios, connected at both regional and national level, bringing diversity of thought to every aspect of our business.
We work as one team across our studios, collaborating and sharing new ideas and best practice through open and honest communication, creating strong relationships and great friendships along the way.
Our nurturing culture encourages thoughtfulness and creativity, and we surround everyone with the right mix of resources and a working environment to energise and inspire; supporting everyone to grow and flourish.
About HLM Architects
We’re architecture, landscape and interior specialists with deep sector insight.
We listen and respond to the ambitions of our clients and understand the needs of the people who use the places and spaces we create.
Places of education that inspire, healthcare environments that nurture, homes that are part of thriving communities, and infrastructure that is sustainable in every sense. It is this sense of social purpose that drives us on and is at the heart of everything we do.
Project Director - Education
Would you like to be part of an employee-owned, multi award- winning architecture practice whose desire is to make spaces and places that improve lives?
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