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.
  
   

What we offer you

At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together. Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do. We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling members to share in the results of our collective efforts.

We also provide Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accident insurance and Income protection cover. In addition, you’ll have access to flexible benefits to help you look after all aspects of your wellbeing and give you the freedom and flexibility to find the best solutions for you, your family, and your individual needs.

Different people, shared values.

Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, neurotype or mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas – this drives our excellence.

Guided by our values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we create and contribute to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all. Our internal employee networks support our inclusive culture: from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender equity and LGBTQ+ and disability inclusion – we aim to create a space for you to express yourself and make a positive difference. Discover more about life at Arup at www.arup.com/careers/your-life-at-arup .

We are committed to making our recruitment process and workplaces accessible to all candidates. We will do everything we can to support you.

Our Application Process

To understand what to expect next, please visit https://www.arup.com/careers/recruitment-process/

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Closing Date

We may close the role earlier than the advertised date should we receive a large number of applications, so please ensure you apply early.