Company Overview

This growing architecture practice delivers beautifully crafted, site-specific designs across residential, commercial and industrial sectors. Known for their relentless focus on design quality and seamless project delivery, they've built a reputation for bringing considered, design-led thinking to every project they undertake. 

Working from a collaborative studio environment in South London, the team thrives on effective teamwork, fast-paced progress and continuous learning. They invest in their people through staff socials, international studio trips and genuine career development opportunities, creating a workplace where creativity, collaboration and ambition coexist.

Position Overview

You'll join as Project Architect, taking a central role in establishing the practice's presence within the industrial and logistics sector. Working closely with a highly design-focused team, you'll support and lead planning applications for warehouse and logistics schemes, bringing technical expertise and sector knowledge to early-stage projects. 

Your role will be to ensure schemes are viable and well-resolved from both a logistics and operational perspective, whilst helping elevate the quality of industrial architecture through considered, design-led approaches. This is a foundational hire with strong long-term progression, offering the opportunity to grow into a leadership position and build an industrial team within the studio.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support planning applications for industrial and logistics schemes, ensuring technical rigour and design quality

• Apply specialist knowledge of warehouse design, including mezzanine strategies, volumetric planning and operational layouts

• Analyse vehicle movement, turning requirements and site logistics to inform viable scheme development

• Serve as the technical backbone on projects, resolving complex building performance and operational requirements

• Collaborate with the design team to elevate industrial architecture through considered, thoughtful approaches

• Contribute to early-stage client conversations, building credibility and understanding of sector-specific needs

• Support the growth of a new industrial and logistics team within the practice over time

Requirements

• Qualified architect with demonstrable experience at Project Architect level

• Strong, proven experience delivering industrial, logistics or warehouse projects from concept through planning

• Solid understanding of industrial building layouts, mezzanine design and building servicing requirements

• Knowledge of vehicle movement analysis, turning heads and site logistics planning

• Experience leading or supporting planning applications and early project stages

• Strong technical ability with meticulous attention to detail

• Comfortable working within a design-led environment without needing to lead concept design

• Ambitious, adaptable and genuinely interested in developing a new sector within a practice

Desirable Experience

• Experience on large-scale distribution centres or major logistics projects

• Exposure to data centre design and requirements

• Demonstrated interest in progressing into a leadership or mentoring role

Benefits

• Competitive salary with performance-related Christmas bonus

• Flexible working arrangements including remote working on Wednesdays and flexi Fridays

• Generous pension scheme

• Genuine career progression without ceilings, with clear opportunity to develop into a leadership position

• Mentoring and support to build sector expertise and grow the industrial team

Alongside these benefits, you'll be part of a collaborative, design-focused studio where creativity and technical excellence drive every project. You'll work alongside a talented team that values ambition, continuous learning and camaraderie, in an environment where your contributions directly shape the practice's future direction.

How to Apply

To apply for this position, please click the apply button below or send a copy of your CV and portfolio to tom@fatrecruitment.co.uk including the job reference number.

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