Senior Architect

About the Position

We are looking for a Senior Architect with strong technical and creative expertise to join our Building team: someone with proven leadership skills, the ability to work independently, and experience in design development and site supervision, who is ready to lead teams and contribute to projects across a range of typologies and scales at every stage.

At Batlleiroig, we work to merge city and nature, designing places that enhance people’s wellbeing, respect the environment and respond to climate challenges. Our purpose is to contribute to the sustainable development of the built and natural environment, by creating places with a positive and lasting impact.

We are a multidisciplinary architecture firm where Building, Landscape and Planning work together to develop projects ranging from buildings and public spaces to large-scale urban strategies, eco-neighbourhoods and new models for cities.

Why Batlleiroig?

Because here you will work on projects unlike those you will find elsewhere. Since our foundation in 1981, we have designed unique projects for every client and context, combining innovation, sustainability and design.

You will join a practice that brings together a wide range of disciplines, scales and professional profiles: architects, landscape architects, urban planners and engineers working together from the earliest design stages. You will contribute to national and international projects across a broad range of typologies and scales.

We believe Batlleiroig’s greatest strength is its people: experienced professionals who share their knowledge, working alongside a new generation bringing energy, fresh ideas and new ways of working.

Cross-disciplinary thinking, collaboration, innovation and a commitment to excellence are among our core values.

A Workplace Designed to Work Better

You will be based at BIR Campus, a group of spaces that embodies our approach to architecture: workplaces connected to nature and designed to support wellbeing and collaboration, with showers and changing facilities for those who cycle to work or go running, and the Collserola hills just a few steps away.

BIR Campus brings together the practice’s professional work and the research promoted by the Batlleiroig–UPC Chair, creating an ecosystem of knowledge exchange and innovation. Located in Esplugues de Llobregat, the campus comprises Casa Moratiel, MF15 and the new MF01 building. Together, they provide more than 2,000 sq m of floor space, connected by outdoor areas that strengthen the relationship between architecture and nature.

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What Will You Do?

• Join the Building team and contribute to the design and development of projects across different typologies and scales throughout every stage.
• Develop concept and detailed designs.
• Play an active role in site supervision.
• Coordinate project teams and external consultants, including MEP and structural engineers.
• Coordination and communication with clients, contractors, consultant teams and public authorities.
• Manage planning and building permit processes and other administrative procedures associated with projects.

About You

We would like to hear from you if you:

• Have a minimum of five years of proven professional experience.
• Have the ability to lead, coordinate and work as part of a team.
• Are independent, organised, proactive and solutions-oriented.
• Combine creativity with technical expertise in project development.
• Communicate clearly and build strong relationships.
• Approach projects with enthusiasm and empathy and are keen to continue learning.

You will also:

• Have experience in concept and detailed design.
• Have experience in site supervision.
• Have a thorough command of the applicable regulations.
• Have a thorough command of planning and building permit processes.
• Be proficient in AutoCAD and have a good working knowledge of Revit.
• Be proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Knowledge of SketchUp or Rhinoceros 3D would be an advantage.
• Have a high level of spoken and written Catalan, Spanish, and English.

What We Offer

• The opportunity to join a leading architecture practice and contribute to complex, high-impact projects.
• The chance to work on pioneering projects across a range of typologies and scales, helping to shape the cities of the future.
• Become part of a thriving talent ecosystem: a multidisciplinary team of more than 200 professionals with an excellent working environment. Click here to meet our team.
• Genuine opportunities for professional growth and internal mobility across teams, disciplines and offices.
• Continuous learning through internal training sessions every Friday and subsidised external programmes.
• A connection with academia and research through the knowledge ecosystem created by the Batlleiroig–UPC Chair, which links professional practice and the university.
• English, Catalan and Arabic language classes.
• Team activities and social life, including yoga, a running club, a padel league, a football tournament and other initiatives.
• 25 working days of annual leave, increasing to 28 days after two years’ service and 30 days after five years’ service.
• Flexible start and finish times.
• Special sustainable mobility rates with Kleta and preferential terms for private health insurance.

If you want to work on complex projects, learn alongside outstanding professionals and join a practice that sees architecture as a tool for transformation, we would love to hear from you!

Batlleiroig is committed to equal opportunities. We ensure that every application is treated fairly, without discrimination on the grounds of gender, sex, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, nationality, age, beliefs or any other status or form of diversity.

Application

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