Principal Architect

Join AECOM’s leading Architecture Studio and play a pivotal role in shaping world-class industrial, nuclear, and defence projects. As a Principal Architect, you’ll provide design leadership, technical excellence, and strategic guidance across complex multidisciplinary projects within one of the UK’s top architecture teams.

You’ll lead architectural design and delivery across all project stages — from concept to completion — ensuring creative, technical, and operational excellence. Working closely with clients and internal teams, you’ll set design direction, manage resources, and drive innovation in line with AECOM’s global standards.

• Lead and oversee the architectural design and delivery of medium to large-scale industrial and defence projects.
• Provide high-level architectural guidance, design direction, and technical expertise.
• Manage multidisciplinary design teams and mentor architects, designers, and technicians.
• Ensure projects meet quality, budget, and schedule requirements.
• Champion BIM and digital design integration across all project stages.
• Collaborate with project directors, engineers, and clients to achieve exceptional design and performance outcomes.

• Extensive experience in industrial architecture, ideally within nuclear or defence sectors and ability to obtain SC Clearance having been in the UK for a minimum of 5 years consecutively.
• Expert user of Revit with a strong understanding of BIM workflows.
• Proven ability to lead and deliver projects across all RIBA stages.
• Strong technical, communication, and leadership skills.
• Chartered Architect (ARB/RIBA) preferred.
• Collaborative, strategic, and passionate about design quality and innovation.

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 $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. We provide flexible hybrid work options, a supportive workplace culture, and a comprehensive benefits package. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.