Senior Architect

In this Senior Architect role at Arup, you shape the Science, Industry & Technology portfolio in the Netherlands, leading multidisciplinary teams from concept to technical delivery. You establish a clear architectural vision, drive design excellence, and ensure buildable, sustainable outcomes across complex projects such as labs, data centres and tech campuses. You mentor colleagues, strengthen client relationships, and advance BIM-enabled delivery to improve project outcomes. This is a chance to grow Arup’s Netherlands Architecture practice and influence its global network.

• Competitive senior-level salary
• Profit-sharing arrangements
• Hybrid and flexible working
• Netherlands pension arrangement
• Annual leave and public holidays
• Leadership and career-development opportunities

• Lead architectural and multidisciplinary project teams from concept to delivery
• Define and communicate a clear architectural vision for complex projects
• Champion design quality across the project lifecycle
• Lead design reviews, workshops, and key project decisions
• Develop strong client, consultant and stakeholder relationships
• Translate complex operational and technical needs into architectural strategies
• Direct architectural teams and coordinate resources and deliverables
• Oversee planning, design, technical and regulatory coordination
• Provide technical leadership and resolve multidisciplinary interfaces
• Oversee BIM and digital delivery strategies, including Revit coordination
• Review BIM models for quality and coordination
• Promote digital workflows and information-management principles
• Collaborate with BIM and information-management specialists to set standards
• Balance design ambition with sustainability, programme, cost and buildability
• Support proposal development, bids and business development
• Contribute to growth of client relationships and SI&T portfolio
• Mentor architects and develop teams
• Build a strong design culture through reviews and knowledge sharing
• Contribute to strategic development and visibility of Arup’s Architecture practice in NL

• Master in Architecture
• Ten years of relevant professional experience
• Strong portfolio demonstrating leadership of complex projects
• Experience leading projects across multiple design and delivery stages
• Strong design leadership and ability to communicate an architectural vision
• Significant experience with BIM-enabled project delivery
• Strong understanding of Revit and multidisciplinary digital-coordination workflows
• Senior oversight of BIM models, architectural information and digital quality processes
• Experience directing architectural teams and coordinating multidisciplinary interfaces
• Strong client-facing, presentation and stakeholder-management skills
• Commercial awareness and understanding of project scope, programme, resources and risk
• Ability to mentor colleagues and develop successful teams
• Knowledge of Dutch planning, permitting and building-regulation processes
• Professional proficiency in English; working proficiency in Dutch
• Eligibility to work in the Netherlands

• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder-management skills
• Leadership and mentoring ability
• Clear communication and presentation skills
• BIM-enabled project delivery
• Revit and multidisciplinary digital coordination workflows
• Information-management and model-based quality assurance