Architectural Assistant (Workplace Design)

Overview: Location: Manchester
As the demand for our expertise continues to grow, we now have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Workplace Design Assistant to join our team. Our ideal candidate would have a background either as an architectural assistant or interior designer working on workplace projects.
You will be based at our Manchester city centre office with over 100 staff working in a multidisciplinary workplace environment. You will be part of our talented, growing architecture and interior design team.
We offer a supportive and collaborative Design Team who will help you to develop of your skills. Role and Responsibilities:

• Assist in developing innovative workplace concept designs.
• Assistance with formulating and communicating a client’s brief.
• Collaborating with other members of the design team.
• Ensuring design proposals conform to the latest building regulations, technical standards and client design guides.
• Providing a practical and methodical approach to solving problems, working to fixed budgets and working within deadlines.
• Assistance with preparation of furniture and finishes schedules and Interior Design Procurement.
• Quality inspections of interior finishes on site

Experience and Skills Required:

• An interest in both workplace interior design and a wide spectrum of creative disciplines.
• Interest in how workplace design can support wellbeing and collaboration.
• Excellent visual and verbal communication skills, conveyed through comprehensive drawing and visualisation, both digitally and freehand.
• The ability to work both independently and collectively on the creative and operational aspects of workplace design projects.
• Experienced in the scheduling and procurement of FFE and interior finishes.
• Work in a contemporary design language that can be applied to fulfil the specific demands of varying clients and their brands.
• Proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Understanding of latest workplace space planning principles, interior design and delivering to design standards.

It would also be helpful to have:

• Experience of design work for clients using brand design standards.
• To have worked as part of a multidisciplinary design business.
• Familiarity with RIBA Plan of Work and Procurement Routes.
• Experience of Enscape

To be successful in this role, you will need to be an excellent communicator who can clearly articulate complicated issues to our clients. You will also need to show ambition and a willingness to learn whilst demonstrating a high-level diligence and organisational skills.
What We Can Offer This role offers you the chance to progress your career at a forward thinking, friendly company. Along with providing you with an opportunity to learn and develop skills and qualifications as part of a dynamic team, we also offer;

• Opportunity to learn and develop skills as part of a dynamic team
• Exposure to a variety of projects, sectors, clients, and discipline experts
• Ability to contribute to the growth and development of the team approach, adding value for our Clients
• 25 days holiday - entitlements increase by 1 day per annum after 3, 5 and 8 years
• Private Healthcare
• Life Assurance
• Standard 6% Ridge Contribution - rising to 7% after 5 years, and 8% after 10 years
• Highly competitive salary
• Salary Sacrifice - Cycle to Work Scheme
• Buying and Selling Annual Leave
• Gym Membership Scheme
• Company car leasing scheme

When you join Ridge and Partners, you will be surrounded by professional people who are experts in their field. You will work with and be surrounded by mentors and a support network to help you to embrace new challenges, grow, develop your skills and experience to progress with your career.
Ridge has climbed to 14th position in the Building Magazine Top 150 Consultants, whilst continuing to rise within the Top 50 Architects, Engineers, Project Managers, and Surveyors lists – with us in the top 10 surveyors in the country. Showcasing our continued success!