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David Kohn Architects


Senior Architect at David Kohn Architects
David Kohn Architects • London, United Kingdom • via Architecture Jobs And Careers Board For Architects
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Job description
Senior Architect at David Kohn Architects

Part 3 + 3 - 5 Years experience

Ongoing and full-time

David Kohn Architects is looking to appoint a Senior Architect, with at least three to five years experience post RIBA Part 3, to join our growing team to lead a sector within the office, and act as project architect on one of the significant commissions within the sector. Current projects include refurbishments of major London art galleries and museums, a new university campus, a couple of office buildings and several new build houses.
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead projects within the sector
• Act as project architect
• Oversee delivery of construction projects within the sector to budget and programme
• Lead in-house team
• Liaise with clients and design teams
• Fully coordinate RIBA Stage 4 and 5 designs
• Oversee delivery of competitions within the sector within budget

Experience and Knowledge:
• Experience leading large, complex projects in the UK
• Experience leading teams through RIBA Stages 1-7
• Experience of coordination on large, complex projects
• Experience of project financial management and budgeting
• Experience working with listed buildings
• Good knowledge of UK procurement and construction
• Strong technical expertise and knowledge of current construction methods

Technical Skills:
• Design: excellent design skills
• Construction detailing
• Excellent coordination and organisational skills
• Software: Vectorworks (2D/ 3D), SketchUp, Adobe Creative Suite, MS Office, Rhino
• 3D Modelling

David Kohn Architects was established in 2007 and has garnered national and international recognition for the quality of its design and has recently won significant education and arts projects. The practice’s work ranges from collaboration with artists to public spaces, from historic building renovation to urban strategies. Over the next five years DKA aims to grow organically, continuing to take on larger, more complex projects.

To apply please upload a CV and a well-presented portfolio outlining the project and software skills required for this Senior Architect at David Kohn Architects role.

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Systems Architect
Thales • Reading, United Kingdom • via Thales Careers - Thales Group
7 days ago
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Job description
Location: Green Park, United Kingdom

Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.

Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Systems Architect with significant vehicle expertise to deliver the role of Vehicle Systems Architect in support of our Vehicle Optronics and Sensors Group.

The role is based in Reading, but may be required to work at other Thales locations. Depending on the specific projects the role may require periods of time to be spent at Customer sites and/or integration facilities.

Primary Purpose of the Role:
The successful candidate will be a talented Systems Architect with experience of conceptual and detailed design, Integration and delivery, coupled with a proven capability of delivering mission system programmes.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks:
The successful candidate will be responsible for defining and recommending candidate architectures for the corresponding level (solution or solution element) to satisfy stakeholder expectations according to the standards and re-use policies, the technology roadmap and the business strategy. The candidate will be responsible for establishing the solution architecture by making trade-offs between stakeholder expectations, technical and technological solutions and costs, risks and schedule, document the associated artefacts and approve the resulting lower-level specifications (internal or external).

You will be responsible for planning work, using systems thinking to analyse problems, managing, writing and verifying technical requirements, producing technical reports and specifications, performing systems analyses, meeting milestones and working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver successful programmes.

Typical Tasks include:
• Applying a systems thinking approach to architecture design for the lifecycle of the product. Ideally using methods similar to those recommended by INCOSE.
• Deriving and modelling the solution architecture using ARCADIA Architectural Framework, ideally using Model Based System Engineering approaches.
• Identifying methods to test and validate the architecture.
• Detailing the design and documenting design decisions and rationale.
• Developing the system design in accordance with the system architecture and requirements.
• Perform system modelling using system engineering tools.
• Manage technical requirements flow-down and implementation from customer to sub-systems.
• Support development and performing of system verification methods to demonstrate compliance with the customer’s needs.
• Working within the scope of the Company’s Processes and the System Engineering Management Plan.
• Working within the engineering team to accomplish engineering activities to time, budget and quality.
• Contributing to and writing Engineering Plans, Technical Specifications, interface Documents, Test Plans and Technical Reports.
• Ensuring that design certification for contract requirements and appropriate legislation, including product safety, is performed correctly.
• Supporting engineering reviews and prepare associated technical documentation.

Skills
• An understanding of the fundamentals of Systems Engineering methodologies around Design, Verification, Validation, Qualification and Acceptance.
• Experience deriving system capabilities, functionalities and behaviours, ideally using Model Based Systems Engineering & SysML approaches.
• Understanding of the different actors involved in projects with the ability to contextualise and change the perspective (political, economic, social, technical, environmental, legal...).
• Self-motivated and capable of working alone & with teams.
• Proven experience in product design in an engineering or research environment.
• Must have good communication skills.
• Experience producing documentation with clarity and precision.
• Be prepared to challenge other’s views and willing to accept constructive feedback.
• IBM DOORS or an equivalent requirements management tool.
• Enterprise Architect / Capella / Rhapsody or similar MBSE tool.
• MATLAB or an equivalent simulation/modelling tool (Desirable).
• Knowledge of analogue and digital circuit design (Desirable).
• Expertise in Lan Systems and Armoured Fighting Vehicle domains (Desirable).
• Knowledge and experience of open vehicle architectures (Desirable).

Connect with Fiona Tal, Talent Acquisition Partner #LI-FT1 who is eager to explore together with you this exciting opportunity.

This role will require SC Clearance. It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant will undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance. Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance.

To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years’ residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks.

For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the National Security Vetting (NSV) Agency - United Kingdom Security Vetting - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.

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