Junior Architect

The Junior Architect will be a key member of the Project Delivery Team, responsible for design management, technical coordination, and quality oversight across prestigious developments including a 5-star heritage-themed luxury hotel, large master-planned villa communities, and high-rise residential/mixed-use towers.

The role also requires handling in-house architectural and interior design (ID) works for relatively smaller projects, refurbishment of company assets, and adaptive reuse assignments.

This role requires strong technical expertise, design sensitivity, and project execution knowledge to ensure timely delivery of high-quality, cost-efficient, and design-compliant outcomes. The Architect will act as a bridge between design and execution, ensuring projects are aesthetically outstanding, technically sound, cost-efficient, and timely delivered, with due respect to heritage and contemporary design standards.

Key Responsibilities

1. Project Initiation & Feasibility

• Assist in preparing project briefs through site assessments, feasibility studies, and initial concept development.
• Develop RFPs for consultancy services, ensuring scope clarity and alignment with company objectives.
• Support management in conceptual design presentations for new projects, villa prototypes, hotel facilities, and high-rise schemes.

2. Design & Detailing Review

• Review consultant-issued design basis reports, drawings, and specifications for compliance with company standards, constructability, site constraints, and project objectives.
• Identify design discrepancies, coordination gaps, or technical issues across architectural, structural, and MEP disciplines, and initiate corrective actions.
• Provide timely technical clarifications to consultants, contractors, and internal stakeholders.
• Undertake in-house detailing for small-scale projects and refurbishment works where required.

3. Consultant & Stakeholder Coordination

• Act as the focal point for interdisciplinary design coordination across owners, consultants (architectural, interior design, landscape, structural, and MEP) and specialists.
• Ensure design deliverables are integrated, complete, error-free, and aligned with project schedules.
• Liaise with statutory authorities, when required, for design-related approvals and compliance.
• Follow up with consultants for timely delivery of construction drawings, specifications, and design revisions.

4. Quality Audit & Site Inspections

• Review and approve samples, material submittals, and mock-ups (onsite/offsite).
• Conduct regular site visits to monitor construction quality and ensure alignment with approved design intent, detailing, and specifications and industry standards.
• Highlight non-conformities, material deviations, or workmanship issues, and recommend corrective measures in coordination with QA/QC teams.
• Prepare weekly reports capturing design/quality observations, site coordination issues, and consultant performance.
• Maintain a structured record of design reviews, consultant submissions, contractor approvals, and corrective action logs.
• Contribute to the creation of a company-wide design standards manual to ensure consistency across future projects.

5. Process Improvement & Innovation

• Recommend design and execution improvements based on site learnings and recurring technical issues.
• Recommend design innovations, sustainability initiatives, and cost-saving opportunities, performance improvement through value engineering initiatives.
• Integrate sustainable and green building design practices, aligning projects with environmental certifications (IGBC/LEED/GRIHA), as required.
• Leverage BIM and AI-driven design management tools for better accuracy and efficiency.
• Perform any other duties that the company management may entrust, as per project or organizational needs.

Skills & Competencies Required

• Strong architectural design and technical review capabilities, with demonstrated experience in high-end hospitality, residential, or mixed-use real estate projects.
• Proficiency in:
  • AutoCAD
  • Revit (BIM)
  • SketchUp
  • 3D Studio Max
  • Photoshop
  • Presentation Tools
  • MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Familiarity with green building design principles and AI-driven design management tools.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and coordination skills to manage multi-disciplines.
• Sound knowledge of building codes, IS standards, detailing practices, and material technologies.
• Ability to balance design creativity with technical feasibility and commercial pragmatism.