LSI has long been recognised as one of the best employers in the construction industry.

We’ve been one of Best Companies 100 Best Small Companies To Work For since 2015, are gold accredited by Investors In People, and have been a finalist for the AJ100 Employer of the Year Award in 3 of the last 4 years.

We want our people to be happy, healthy, highly trained and highly motivated to deliver the quality design and committed service our clients expect from us. Increasing these four things in equal measure, for every one of our team, allows us to become stronger, achieve our ambitions and generate design opportunities that challenge, and allow us to explore our potential.

And so, we really look after our people, not just because of our legal obligations, but because we believe that they are our greatest investment.

TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

Your training and development at LSI will start with induction and continue throughout your career with us. In fact more than 50% of our leadership team is made up of people who have come through the ranks at the Practice. To support you in your career development, you’ll have regular 1 to 1’s with an assigned mentor who’ll have the skills and experience relevant to your career path and a Wellbeing Action Plan, reviewed twice annually.

You’ll also be given an annual training budget, in terms of both cost and study leave, as well as the opportunity to attend regularly held CPD events, and our monthly Forum sessions covering topics such as Design, Technical, Digital and Sustainability.

We also place great emphasis as a business on the mental health and wellbeing of our teams, working alongside mental health charity Mind to provide our team with strategies and mechanisms to keep us well and resilient.

Regular team events include our Pitch&Putt tournament and our annual study trip, which in the last four years has taken us across to Stuttgart, Amsterdam, Glasgow and Budapest.

WHY DO WE DO IT?

The benefits to us are clear, our clients tell us that they value our professional, collaborative, friendly and creative approach to projects and that our team is great to work with, and around 80% of our work comes from repeat business.

Employee retention and wellbeing statistics suggest we’re doing things right.  In the last 12 months, LSI’s employee turnover stood at less than 10%, significantly below the industry average. In the 2018 Workplace Wellbeing Index, run by mental health charity Mind, 92% of employees said LSI supported their mental health, and we were one of nine organisations nationally to be accredited ‘Gold – Achieving Excellence’.

HOW TO APPLY

We are always looking for talented and enthusiastic people, who share our values, to join our team. Details of any current vacancies we have at the Practice will be shown below, but if we don’t have any we’d still love to hear from you. For all applications and enquiries, please send your CV with a covering letter to HR@LSIarchitects.co.uk

Due to the volume of enquiries we receive about working with LSI, we are unfortunately not able to reply to every one or return hard copy materials.

LSI Architects will look after and process your data fairly and in accordance with current data protection legislation.  You can find out more about how we do this in our Job Applicant Privacy Notice. 

LSI Architects is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Receptionist / Administration Assistant

NORWICH

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a receptionist/ administration assistant at LSI Architects in Norwich. The purpose of the role is to provide an effective and efficient administration service and organisational support for our technical staff.

This is a part time role of 20-25 hours per week with the working pattern to be agreed with the successful candidate.

 

The role involves:

· Reception duties including preparing meetings rooms and providing refreshments

· General administration including typing, answering telephone enquiries, taking and dealing with messages, photocopying, filing, printing, binding

· Document control including data entry, updating spreadsheets, scanning and uploading documents and drawings

· Booking travel, accommodation and lunches

· Opening, date stamping and daily distribution of post and taking post to Post Office

· Ordering stationery and other consumables

· General data entry including inputting and updating spreadsheets

 

You will need to demonstrate the following:

Essential:

· Good general education, including passes at GCSE at Grades A-C in English & Mathematics, or equivalent qualifications

· Experience of working in an administration role

· Knowledge of Microsoft office, specifically Word/Excel

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills

· Good interpersonal skills

· Confidentiality/discretion

· Ability to follow instructions accurately

· High level of attention to detail

· Ability to work independently and as part of a team

· Friendly and approachable manner with willingness to help and support

· Willingness to learn

· Commitment to excellent customer service

 

Desirable:

· Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite

· Experience of working in a Reception role

· Good time management and organisational skills

 

Salary:

Competitive remuneration will be supplemented by a generous benefits package.

 

How to apply:

To apply, please send in a CV and a covering letter to hr@lsiarchitects.co.uk

Project Architect

LONDON

We have a fantastic career opportunity available for a talented and motivated Project Architect London Office.

An experienced project runner, you will be delivering projects from inception to completion. Experience in dealing with projects on site and development of information packages to a working drawing level of detail is essential. The successful candidate will be expected to keep track of workload, fee forecasting and resourcing for their projects and assist Part I and Part II staff in developing their abilities, while working collaboratively within the Practice to develop and share their own skills. Dealing face to face with clients, contractors and consultants will also form a significant part of the role where a very high level of communication and professionalism will be expected.

 

About you:

You will need to demonstrate the following:

  • RIBA Part III qualified with minimum 5 years PQE
  • Demonstrable experience of leading projects from feasibility through planning and to delivery
  • Strong design, technical, graphic and 3D modelling skills
  • Commercial awareness
  • Excellent understanding of current UK Planning and Building Regulations
  • Experience of running design and technical reviews
  • Ability to plan and strong organisational skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills

 

What you can expect from the role:

  • Breadth of projects, scale and sector
  • Taking projects from conception to post completion
  • A commitment to pursuing a sustainable agenda as far as possible
  • Opportunity to be involved in mentoring and training others
  • Excellent technical support
  • Opportunity to influence and be involved in running of the Practice and how projects are delivered
  • Excellent client relationships

 

Salary:

Competitive remuneration will be supplemented by a generous benefits package.

 

How to apply:

To apply, please send in a CV alongside your portfolio and a covering letter to hr@lsiarchitects.co.uk