Senior Architect/ Designer

About Woods Bagot – Architecture for Worlds Ahead

We design places that meet the challenges and opportunities of our rapidly changing world. Our commitment to exploration, impact and community creates enduring, forwardthinking outcomes, unlocking humanity’s highest potential.

With a global design culture devoted to creativity, resilience, and purpose – we ensure every project contributes to our client’s vision, inspiring future generations.

About the Role

Our Melbourne studio is a dynamic, collaborative environment where design excellence and innovation are at the heart of everything we do. We’re looking for a talented Senior Designer/Architect to join our team and contribute to a diverse range of projects, with a strong focus on residential and mixed-use typologies. Experience in flex spaces will also be highly regarded.

You’ll be an experienced project lead with the ability to run a team across multiple phases, guiding both design and documentation with clarity and purpose.

Key Responsibilities

• Assisting the Design Leader in the realisation of client briefs
• Undertaking the production of the project in accordance with that brief
• Provide technical support on drawings and documentation
• Work closely with the design team in the review ideation and the evolution of our projects and assist in resolving complex design issues
• Ability to communicate in sketches, 3D vignettes and technical drawings
• Liaising and ability to coordinate with external consultants, including cross checking of drawings and Revit models
• Happy to be hands on and work across the DA/CD documentation stages when required
• Respond to project correspondence as directed by the Project Leader but also capable of taking initiative where possible.

About You

As the successful candidate you will have experience working with a collaborative, creative and resourceful team. You have specialised experience in the design and construction of architectural projects.

You will be able to Demonstrate

• 10-15 years of relevant experience in the architecture field
• A Master’s Degree in Architecture
• Proven ability to guide and mentor a team across multiple phases of a project
• Very strong Revit skills (Dynamo experience advantageous)
• Strong Rhino skills (Grasshopper highly regarded)
• Solid knowledge of the full Adobe suite (InDesign & Photoshop essential)
• Enscape and additional rendering software programs (e.g. Vray)
• Ability to communicate a clear design narrative
• Ability to guide and curate a comprehensive documentation package
• Demonstrated skills in concept design through to design development
• Strong technical knowledge of project delivery requirements
• Excellent documentation skills
• Knowledge of local BCA standards and regulations
• Experience in residential and mixed-use projects is ideal; flex space experience is a bonus

How to Apply

Applicants are required to submit a resume including a link to your portfolio via our LinkedIn job post. Applications will be treated in the strictest confidence. We do not accept unsolicited resumes or names from agencies. All personal data collected by the Company will be kept confidential and only used for recruitment purposes.

Mandatory requirement: It is an essential requirement that at the time of applying for this position applicants must have the legal right to work in Australia (an Australian citizen or Permanent Resident).

Inspiration. Innovation. Inclusiveness. We are Woods Bagot.

Woods Bagot is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, and Veteran status.

At Woods Bagot, we are committed to creating an environment where difference is celebrated, valued and respected, practices are equitable, and our people feel like they belong. We accept that none of us is smarter than all of us. We believe building a diverse workforce is the foundation to creativity and innovative design – it is only by working together that we can realise the potential of our people, clients and communities around us. Through our inclusive leadership and our truly global studio network of strategists, experience designers and scientists, you will find your voice and have the support and flexibility required to bring your whole self to work and build an exceptional career.