Ramboll

Sydney

Senior Designer/Architect at Ramboll

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Posted 2 days ago
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Company snapshot

Ramboll

Ramboll specializes in providing engineering, architecture, and consultancy services aimed at fostering sustainable development and addressing challenges within the built environment through innovative solutions and a focus on decarbonization.

Enterprise Design Civil Engineering B2B
HQ
København, Denmark
Team size
10K-50K
Founded
1945

Quick Summary

Role Overview

This Senior Designer or Architect role in Sydney involves working on diverse city-shaping projects from concept through to detailed design. You will collaborate with international teams to deliver high-quality architectural outcomes across sectors including education, culture, and masterplanning.

Key Responsibilities

  • Contribute to city-shaping projects from early concept through to detailed design
  • Develop sophisticated and innovative design responses for diverse project types
  • Shape clear design narratives and maintain architectural intent throughout all stages
  • Participate actively in bids and business development initiatives for the region
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary and international design teams across the network
  • Present design work to clients and stakeholders in formal design reviews

Requirements Snapshot

  • Minimum five years of postgraduate professional experience in architecture
  • Proven track record in design competitions and early-stage project development
  • Advanced proficiency in Rhino, Revit, Enscape, and Adobe Creative Suite
  • Strong ability to integrate environmental analysis and sustainability into designs
  • Excellent visual and verbal communication skills for articulating complex ideas

Expected Impact

You will play a pivotal role in delivering ambitious architectural projects that shape the urban landscape of Australia and the wider region. By bridging local delivery with international expertise, you will help establish the practice's design voice and contribute to tangible solutions for global community challenges.

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Job Description

Job Description

What we are offering

As an integral member of our Sydney team, you will work across a diverse range of projects, from theatres and universities to masterplans and headquarters. You will join a collaborative design culture defined by curiosity, experimentation and iterative design, contributing to ambitious projects from early concept development through to detailed design.

Reporting to the Regional Director and Design Director, you will contribute to city-shaping projects across Australia and the wider region, while also playing an active role in bids and business development initiatives. You will work closely with our local team to develop and deliver ambitious, high-quality design outcomes, drawing on the expertise of Henning Larsen’s international network.

Qualifications

About you

This position is suited to a motivated Senior Designer / Architect with strong conceptual capability and a proven track record in design-led architectural practice. You will be comfortable developing sophisticated, innovative and rigorous design responses from initial strategy through to delivery.

Working closely with the Design Director, you will shape clear design narratives and ensure architectural intent is carried consistently through each stage of the project.

  • Minimum 5 years’ postgraduate professional experience in architecture.
  • Demonstrated experience in design competitions, feasibility studies and early-stage project development.
  • Strong conceptual and spatial design capability, supported by a technical understanding and the ability to develop, test and refine design options from the earliest stages of a project.
  • Strong visual and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate ideas clearly through drawing, diagrams, 3D modelling and presentations.
  • Advanced proficiency in Rhino, Revit, Enscape or D5, and Adobe Creative Suite.
  • Experience integrating environmental analysis and sustainability strategies into early-stage design.
  • Ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary and international design teams.
  • Confidence presenting design work internally, to clients, project stakeholders and in formal design reviews.
  • Understanding of Australian planning frameworks, statutory processes and relevant design standards will be highly regarded.
  • Experience with Scandinavian and broader European design approaches and methodologies will be highly regarded.

Additional Information

Working at Henning Larsen

Henning Larsen is built around a collaborative and non-hierarchical design culture, with strong Nordic roots and a belief in the value of curiosity, openness and shared knowledge. We currently employ approx. 650 people working in an international environment. Our teams work across disciplines, geographies and scales, drawing on expertise in architecture, landscape, engineering, sustainability, research and strategy. We encourage people to test ideas, challenge conventions and continue developing their own design voice. As part of our Sydney studio, you will have access to a vast network of colleagues and specialists, while playing an active role in shaping our practice in Australia.

Henning Larsen Values

At Henning Larsen, people are at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to all employees and their need to develop through leadership, investment in people and equal opportunities.  We provide the career opportunities, training and tools needed for you to develop and thrive. 

Access to a world of knowledge

We believe that creativity in design thinking is propelled through an active use of data and knowledge in the design process. You will collaborate with experts that provide world leading technical insight, data, and knowledge across engineering and socio-economic disciplines. Together, we create visionary buildings and spaces that offer tangible solutions to some of the most demanding challenges facing cities and communities around the globe.

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