Facade Senior Designer

Joining Arup

Arup is an UK-headquartered independent firm with 92 offices in 34 countries and 18,000+ staff across the globe. Dedicated to sustainable development, Arup is a collective of engineers, designers, consultants, and experts worldwide. Founded to be humane and excellent, we collaborate with our clients and partners using imagination, technology, and rigour to shape a better world.

Working for Arup India, offers the chance to work on exciting projects with a truly collaborative team including top experts in their field who are approachable and always happy to help. It's an exciting time to be a part our growth in India.

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The Opportunity

Arup Façades is an enthusiastic, dedicated and energetic, multi-disciplinary team of façade designers and engineers. We are a leading consultancy in our space both locally and internationally and our team includes engineers, technical specialists, building physicists and architects, all of whom share a passionate interest in cladding design. Our creativity and technical expertise allow us to take on ambitious projects that few companies can deliver.

We have an opportunity for a talented Senior Facade Designer to join our team, the successful candidate will become a permanent member of our creative, friendly team and will work on a variety of exciting projects, both in the India and Internationally. You will have excellent technical, and software skills and enjoy working collaboratively in multi-professional design teams, supporting projects from inception to completion.

You will be:

• Spearheading projects and being responsible for the delivery of our scope of services including managing a project team from within and outside the facade group
• Developing excellent facade solutions and see these through from concept to implementation. It will include scrutinising detailed designs generated by specialist façade contractors. 
• Undertaking design yourself, you will use your knowledge and experience to support other team members.
• Working directly with our clients, architects, contractors and façade industry suppliers 
• Requesting and reviewing building physics calculations (thermal assessments, solar analyses, condensation risk assessments and daylighting analyses etc).
• Undertaking site, factory & testing visits and writing clear concise reports. 
• Undertaking failure investigation studies and provide clear reports. 
• Working with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Working on several projects running in parallel.
• Receiving support from our senior team members and providing support to the junior team members
• Receiving training to develop your knowledge and skills.
• Attending meetings and communicate with clients and design disciplines to establish their needs.
  
   

At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective – in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas.

You will have the opportunity do socially useful work that has meaning – to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve.

Is this role right for you?

We are looking for candidates with:

• A recognised relevant qualifications in Engineering or Architecture Degree or similar area.
• A minimum 8-10 years of relevant industry experience having in building, façade and sustainability design within a consulting business environment.
• An in-depth technical and design skills related to building envelope design and detailing.
• An ability to maintain personal effectiveness particularly during periods of higher-than-normal workload
• An ability to communicate with people at all levels in both technical and non-technical environments.
• An ability to develop and maintain successful client relationships.
• Planning and organizational skills.
• Experience in Life Cycle Assessment and Carbon calculation will be an added advantage.
• Knowledge of Dynamo, Rhino Inside, Grasshopper, Unity and point cloud technology & plugins is beneficial.
  
   

Rewards and Benefits

We offer a competitive salary at all levels, and one of the best benefits packages in our sector. Core benefits include Provident Fund contribution, NPS option, Mediclaim cover (incl. family), Term Life and Accident Insurance, Employee Assistance Prog. scheme for the family to safeguard your physical and mental wellbeing. In addition, all permanent employees are eligible for the Global Profit Share scheme. Subject to scheme rules employees can receive two Profit Share payments per year, which are dependent on the firm’s financial performance.

Different people, shared values.

At Arup, we believe when talented people collaborate, great things are possible. Arup hires people with proven skills and open minds. We are taking deliberate action to create an inclusive culture that is grounded in our purpose to shape a better world.

At Arup, we welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and any other protected characteristic. Our internal employee networks - BAME, Culture, Disability, LGBTQ+ and Women - provide a space for you to express your views and to make a positive difference - discover more about life at Arup here.

At Arup, we are committed to making all stages of our recruitment process accessible to candidates with disabilities. Please speak to our recruitment team and we will work with you to make reasonable adjustments to ensure you can perform at your best throughout your application.

At Arup, we appreciate that everyone’s circumstances are different and having the freedom to flex the way we work is essential to our wellbeing. If flexibility matters to you let us know when you apply, and we will discuss how this could work in your role.
 

What happens next?

If this could be the next step in your journey, please apply online. All applications will be considered, and we will try our very best to respond to you within 72 hours of receiving your application.

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