Senior Technical Designer & BIM Lead - project specific

About the Role

Role Overview

We are looking to work with a Senior Technical Designer & BIM Lead to join us on a specific, high profile architectural project within our London studios. The person in this role will bring comprehensive experience in Technical & Systems Architectural Design, manage technical design deliverables within the project and act as the BIM Lead managing that workflow and up skilling of the wider project team.

This role would someone who has been working as a Senior Architectural Designer and wants to focus on the technical and BIM workflows of an interdisciplinary design project, or has been working as a BIM Manager collaborating with other design disciplines in Journey's portfolio such as media production, CGI and/or live performance.

Key Responsibilities:

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following

Technical Leadership & Project Oversight:

• Provide expert technical guidance and design across the project.
• Delivery of detailed integrated technical designs.
• Project leadership as a Technical Designer & BIM Lead, as required
• Drive innovation and apply creative problem-solving to overcome complex technical challenges, achieving outstanding outcomes across all systems.
• Collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders during design phases.
• Demonstrate experience of translating complex conceptual and scheme designs into clear technical project deliverables.

System Design & Documentation:

• Own and standardise comprehensive system design documentation, including:
  CAD/BIM drawings (floor plans, reflected ceiling plans, system riser diagrams, staging plans, rigging plots, detailed schematics etc).
• System wiring diagrams, signal flow diagrams, staging configurations, rigging diagrams, and equipment specifications.
• Ensure high-quality, consistent documentation across all project phases.

Client & Vendor Management:

• Serve as a primary technical interface with clients, communicating technical solutions clearly and ensuring alignment with client goals and design intent
• Contribute to vendor selection and ongoing relationship management, optimising outcomes, skillset augmentation and resource efficiency.

Mentorship & Team Development:

• Mentor and guide project teams, fostering growth, offering technical excellence, and collaborative innovation.
• Encourage knowledge-sharing and cross-disciplinary teamwork within the organisation.

Candidate Qualifications & Skills

Required

• Formal training in Architecture and/or interior design
• Approximately 10+ years experience delivering projects across all design phases
• Demonstrable experience delivering the technical elements of complex interdisciplinary projects
• A clear commitment to collaborating across seniorities and working collaboratively in project teams
• Experience building and maintaining client relationships and having full oversight of the technical workflow being created and communicated for client purposes
• Strong fluency in Revit & BIM workflow, and the ability to act as a lead and teacher for this workflow across a full project team

Desirable

• Experience in exhibition design, experiential design, audience interaction and/or time based cultural experiences

Contract Type: Full time, 12 Month Fixed Term contract, with view to extend with new incoming work

Location: London

We value regular in-person collaboration because we think it leads to the best creative work however hybrid working is available around project commitments.

Application: Please submit a CV demonstrating your experience along with a bespoke cover letter explaining how your experience meets the required and desirable criteria of this role + a portfolio of your Design work, outlining your individual contributions to the projects you reference. Due to the clear Design experience required for this role we are unable to consider applications without Portfolios.

Work Authorisation: Is available for this contract

Interviews: Introductory calls and interviews are anticipated from w/c 26th October. We aim to run two rounds of interview for this role with various members of our project teams, time to visit the studio and opportunity to meet more people in person.

If you have any questions about accessibility in applying for this position please highlight this in your cover letter.

We follow pay transparency, meaning we publish a salary range for each role. The salary range is the full earning potential during someone’s time in a role. Salary offers are made within this range and based on your experience and parity with the strength of our existing team/s.