Urban Designer

The opportunity

Project: Mace Placemaking, part of Mace Consult, is a specialist urban design focussed team and an integral part of the Mace family. We deliver projects nationally for both public and private sectors including government departments, local authorities and private developers. The Team work on a broad variety of projects including town centre frameworks, site development strategies and bringing forward new communities. We are passionate about addressing both the climate and ecological crises in our work whilst ensuring robust, deliverable outcomes.

The Mace Placemaking Team is recruiting an Urban Designer to join their growing business. The ideal candidate should have a strong interest in Urban Design and community engagement.

We envisage the preferred tool would be REVIT to integrate early-stage feasibility work with delivery. The candidate should therefore highlight experience/knowledge REVIT as well as excellent graphic communication skills using the Adobe Suite.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Working under Senior Urban Designers and the Head of Urban Design and working on RIBA stages 0-3 of projects.

• Providing design support in a variety of project types.

• Assisting in the work winning process by providing technical support to the Mace bid team and where requested fulfil the role of bid lead.

• Managing individual projects with support from the team leadership.

• Assisting the Head of Urban Design and the Design Director in the implementation of continuous improvement programmes.

• Seeking out innovative ways of working and identifying research to expand the body of knowledge in the industry.

• Develop early concept models using Autodesk REVIT.

• Interfacing with design teams/designers both within and outside of a specific projects structure.

• Leading continual team knowledge development by managing a programme of CPD/site visits.

About you

You have a degree in a design field in the built environment and ideally MA/MSc in Urban Design (although not a pre-requisite). You are digitally savvy, can build lasting client relationships and lead strong, motivated teams. You will have a construction or project management background and be hungry to grow your career and enjoy the opportunities Mace has to offer.

We would also consider assisting the candidate through part time university depending on the individual’s circumstances and showing a high level of creativity and other skills.