Architect \job at DynamicPlus Advisory

DynamicPlus Advisory is a professional consultancy that provides strategic and cost effective business solutions to start-ups as well as small and medium-sized businesses.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Architect
Job Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Position Summary

• Responsible for leading a design team together with the development team to ensure the delivery of new designs from the concept stage to the development of prototypes through to finished products ready for manufacture.
• Drive creative thinking, ensure customer needs are considered and collaborate with the operations team to ensure products are designed for efficient manufacture.

Role and Responsibilities

• Contribute to the creation and implementation of best practice engineering vision, strategy, policies, processes, and procedures to aid and improve operational performance
• Ability to capture and specify the design requirements and the development and validation needed to deliver successful systems, products, and components to meet/exceed the customer’s specifications
• Lead the team to create a range of 3D models for a number of proposal/production and development systems, products, and components using CAD.
• Present design, costs, changes, and budgetary information effectively to senior board members and customers and provide regular progress updates
• Liaise closely with all departments to fully understand design requirements
• Respond to Requests for Quotation (RFQs) from the Sales team
• Create initial feasibility studies
• Conceptualize new designs and design revisions.
• Report on the achievement of targets and identify any actions required.
• Take design from concept to prototype to rollout stage for all new products
• Suggest new more efficient methods of production of current products
• Monitor production for adherence to quality standards and reports any deviation
• Manages relationship with external production vendors to ensure adherence to quality, timely delivery and cost-effectiveness

Skills:

• Able to demonstrate experience of working with relevant products
• Comfortable with hands-on engineering and possess strong knowledge of production processes
• Good eye for detail
• Leadership, motivation and man-management skills
• Proven project management skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Integrity and strong commercial capability
• Ability to build strong relationships
• Strong knowledge of materials and their properties
• Working knowledge of factory machines and their capabilities
• Expert knowledge of Revit and Sketch-up
• Ability to generate cut lists

Qualifications

• BSc. or MSc Degre., In Architecture, Engineering or related field
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a furniture or industrial production environment.
• Project management training and certification.

Method of Application 
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV, Portfolio and other relevant details to: cvs@dynamicplusservices.com using the Job Position as the subject of the mail.

Note: Only qualified candidates will be contacted.