Principal Technician

About the role

You'll lead architectural design and delivery across all project stages - from concept to completion - ensuring creative, technical, and operational excellence. Working closely with clients and internal teams, you'll set design direction, manage resources, and drive innovation in line with AECOM's global standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the architectural design and delivery of medium to large-scale industrial and defence projects.
• Provide high-level architectural guidance, design direction, and technical expertise.
• Manage multidisciplinary design teams and mentor architects, designers, and technicians.
• Ensure projects meet quality, budget, and schedule requirements.
• Champion BIM and digital design integration across all project stages.
• Collaborate with project directors, engineers, and clients to achieve exceptional design and performance outcomes.
• About You
• Extensive experience in industrial architecture, ideally within nuclear or defence sectors and be able to obtain SC Clearance having been in the UK for a minimum of 5 years consecutively
• Expert user of Revit with a strong understanding of BIM workflows.
• Proven ability to lead and deliver projects across all RIBA stages.
• Strong technical, communication, and leadership skills.
• Chartered Architect (ARB/RIBA) preferred.
• Collaborative, strategic, and passionate about design quality and innovation.
• Expert user of Revit with a strong understanding of BIM workflows.
• Proven ability to lead and deliver projects across all RIBA stages.
• Strong technical, communication, and leadership skills.
• Chartered Architect (ARB/RIBA) preferred.
• About AECOM
• Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity
• You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you're working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
• You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
• AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We're the world's trusted global infrastructure firm, and we're in this together - your growth and success are ours too.
• All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Benefits

Additional Information

Join AECOM's leading Architecture Studio and play a pivotal role in shaping world-class industrial, nuclear, and defence projects. As a Principal Architect, you'll provide design leadership, technical excellence, and strategic guidance across complex multidisciplinary projects within one of the UK's top architecture teams.

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