Architectural Technologist

Job Description

Are you a technically strong Architectural professional with advanced REVIT expertise? Join AECOM’s Architecture team in Manchester and contribute to the delivery of complex, high-quality design projects across a range of sectors.

The Role

We are looking for an Architectural Technician / Technical Architect with a strong background in technical detailing and digital delivery. REVIT will be your primary daily tool, and a REVIT assessment will form part of the application process.

You will play a key role in producing and coordinating detailed design information, working closely with multidisciplinary teams to ensure accuracy, compliance and excellence in delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Daily production and coordination of models and drawings in REVIT
• Preparing, reviewing and approving technical drawings
• Liaising with design and drafting teams across disciplines
• Delivering design packages of moderate to high complexity (with appropriate supervision)
• Producing detailed drawings in line with project specifications and established standards
• Preparing specifications, reports and supporting data tables
• Undertaking material take-offs, measurements and area calculations directly from REVIT models
• Reviewing and interpreting vendor, subcontractor and 3rd party designers documentation
• Ensuring compliance with relevant codes, permits and discipline-specific standards
• Using CDE platforms for document control and coordination
• Marking up drawings using Adobe PDF and working confidently within Microsoft Office applications

About You

• Experience in technical detailing within architecture
• Advanced REVIT capability (essential)
• AutoCAD knowledge (desirable)
• Strong understanding of construction documentation and design standards
• Confident interpreting technical specifications and instructions
• Experience working within Common Data Environments (CDEs)
• Detail-oriented with strong coordination skills
• British National due to clients security requirements

Qualifications

RIBA, MCIAT or CIAT Accreditation desirable.

You will also be required to obtain BPSS and SC clearance, if not already held previously.

• Architects qualification certification through RIBA & ARB registration board.
• Architectural technologist qualification certification through CIAT registration board.
• Proven related Architecture experience
• Recent experience of having worked on High security, Government and/or Industrial commercial developments (SC clearance required)

Additional Information

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @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.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address [email protected]  if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.