About the Role
Play a critical role in the built environment by uplifting lives, creating regenerative environments and advancing industries. Work in a truly flexible environment with an incredibly supportive team. Environment where collaboration and innovation are encouraged. Create futures worth inheriting with SAA Architects and the SJ Group.
Responsibilities
- Oversee all aspects of the project, including design, technical compliance, contracts, and execution
- Ensure projects align with cost and resource plans, as well as quality and regulatory standards
- Lead, manage, and review pre-design work, feasibility studies, site analyses, and zoning analyses
- Collaborate closely with the Design Director and team to develop conceptual and detailed architectural designs, material specifications, and ensure alignment with client’s briefs, budgets, and timelines
- Drive design development, including architectural layouts, detailing, material specifications, and the preparation of contract documentation for project tenders
- Guide, supervise, and coordinate the project team to ensure timely delivery and alignment with project objectives
- Lead coordination and communication with clients, consultants, contractors, and internal team members. Chair and attend necessary meetings to maintain project alignment and to resolve issues
- Ensure project compliance with relevant codes, standards, and regulatory requirements. Oversee the preparation and submission of required documentation for approvals
- Direct Technical Officers in regulatory compliance matters
- Implement and monitor practice and processes to ensure quality delivery
- Prepare fee proposals and contracts, and manage project payment
- Coordinate technical aspects of the project with consultants and oversee the preparation and review of construction documents and drawings
- Conduct site inspections and ensure documentation aligns with project specifications
- Take on additional management support tasks as necessary, drive collaboration between project teams, and perform other project-related duties to support continuous improvement and project success
Requirements
- At least 8 to 12 years of relevant experience
- Demonstrated experience in rail and metro projects
- Experience with healthcare projects, including hospitals, nursing homes, or other medical facilities, is preferred
- Shows a deep understanding of local building codes, planning parameters and, standards, especially for healthcare projects
- Capable of leading project teams and resolving issues quickly and effectively throughout project development
- Exhibits strong analytical capabilities coupled with effective management skills
- A collaborative and strategic thinker, focused on achieving optimal project outcomes
- Possesses excellent verbal and written communication abilities
- Demonstrates the ability to manage time efficiently to meet challenging deadlines and client requirements
- Creative with a keen sense of aesthetic judgment
Skills
- AutoCAD
- Revit
- 2D drawings
- 3D drawings
- Adobe suite
- Microsoft Office
Location
- Sydney
Work Type
- Flexible working environment
- Flexible working arrangements
Experience Level
- 8 to 12 years of relevant experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Architecture
- Graduate Diploma from an accredited institution
Benefits
- 18 weeks of universal paid parental leave
About the Company
- SAA is a leading full-service architecture practice headquartered in Singapore.
- We are committed to excellence in the design and delivery of people-oriented architecture.
- Guided by our core values of being Urbanistic, Humanistic, and Optimistic, our practice delivers projects that connect and engage seamlessly with the built environment; creating meaningful relationships by placing people and communities at the centre of our design.
- With over 50 years of design and built expertise, we are committed to the pursuit of excellence in the design and delivery of people-oriented architecture that connects communities with their urban environments.
- At SAA, over 200 multinational professionals collaborate with partners and clients in challenging conventional designs within an increasingly complex, technology-driven world; bringing innovative and enduring solutions to all our projects.
- Over the last decade, our focus on surpassing expectations in design and service delivery has allowed us to create and deliver works diverse in scale, typology and complexity.
- Today, our consultancy has grown to include Master and Urban Planning, Interior Design, and Medical Planning; strengthening our vision to positively shape the world around us.
- As a member of the Surbana Jurong (SJ) Group, SAA has access to the increased resources and wider scale of SJ’s global platform and infrastructure, heightening our ability to provide clients and partners greater value in our design and service offerings.
Equal Opportunity
- SAA Architects is committed to building a diverse, inclusive and gender‑equitable workforce and encourages applications from people of all backgrounds across engineering and technical disciplines.
- We provide a supportive and flexible working environment that recognises individual contribution, supports career progression, and enables our people to balance work and life at all stages of their career.
- As a family‑friendly employer, we offer flexible working arrangements and benefits including 18 weeks of universal paid parental leave.
- We are proud to foster an inclusive culture that supports gender equity, LGBTI+ inclusion and First Nations representation, with access to strong professional networks, role models, and mentoring and sponsorship programs
