Senior Architect for an Architect firm

Summit Recruitment and Search Africa is a leading Recruitment and Executive Search agency head quartered in Kenya providing outstanding talent to a wide range of companies and NGOs in various business sectors across Africa.

Our client, a locally and internationally acclaimed Architect firm is looking for a d riven, creative and forward thinking Senior Architect for its offices in Nairobi. The successful candidate will have full involvement in multiple large scale mixed use and commercial projects from initiation to finalisation and will be required to uses appropriate methods and interpersonal styles to develop and motivate and guide the project team. International market experience is a MUST.

Job Duties:

Knowledge and experience in delivering large scale mixed use and commercial projects Represent the practice at project briefing meetings Produce sketch illustrations in Revit depicting client brief accurately Assist with graphic design work for presentation purposes Assist with 3D visualisation of project proposals Produce and co-ordinate council submission documentation, both SDP and Building Plans Produce working drawings, co-ordinated with other disciplines Attend site meetings to ensure problems are proactively identified and rectified so the project is not delayed Conduct site inspections and monitor construction independently

Qualifications/Experience:

Bachelors degree in Architecture (B. Arch) Minimum of 5 â 10 yearsâ experience (After Post Registration) Registered with BORAQs Advanced in use of Revit (certification of such preferable) Complete B+P Revit Assessment Sketches to be done in Revit and by hand Intermediate knowledge of the Adobe Master Suite for graphic design purposes Intermediate knowledge of 3D visualisation software for presentation purposes Advanced knowledge and history of council documentation and submission process Advanced knowledge of technical detailing and construction documents Advanced knowledge of site administration and project management Impeccable record keeping processes Excellent communication skills and attention to detail required International market experience