Senior Technical Detailer - Interior and Architectural joinery

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

We are seeking a technically strong interior design professional with proven experience in technical detailing, bespoke joinery package development, and construction-stage coordination. The successful candidate will be responsible for translating concept and design intent into coordinated, high-quality technical documentation that supports tender, fabrication, and site delivery across a range of complex interior projects.

Our Team are proud to continue expanding their portfolio of recent project successes, securing some of the UK’s most high-profile, complex, and stimulating projects. These commissions complement an already diverse body of work across the workplace, retail, F&B, banking, automotive, residential, hospitality, and industrial sectors.

Reporting to the Design Manager, you will provide technical design leadership and support across a variety of projects within the built environment. Operating across such a diverse marketplace, you will gain exposure to a wide range of sectors, project typologies, and delivery stages, further developing your technical capability and strengthening your career within a growing and successful global Interior Design Consultancy.

This role will have a particular focus on the technical development and delivery of interior architecture packages, including the production and coordination of detailed drawing information, bespoke joinery packages, and construction-ready documentation. You will play a key role in translating design intent into clear, coordinated, and buildable solutions that support successful project delivery on site

Role accountabilities:

• Take responsibility for the delivery of a defined part of a project, typically with fees in the range of £500k–£1m
• Plan assigned projects and allocate work effectively to ensure timely delivery and efficient utilisation of resources
• Monitor the commercial performance of the project and take remedial action where necessary
• Work with key stakeholders to clarify project scope, technical requirements, and specific client criteria
• Lead the development of technical design information through relevant project stages, ensuring outputs are coordinated, accurate, and suitable for tender, construction, and fabrication
• Produce and oversee the delivery of technical drawing packages, including detailed interior architectural information and bespoke joinery documentation
• Prepare and coordinate joinery packages covering items such as fitted furniture, cabinetry, wall panelling, reception desks, tea points, storage units, feature elements, and other bespoke millwork items
• Ensure all packages clearly communicate dimensions, materials, finishes, tolerances, interfaces, ironmongery, and installation intent
• Coordinate technical information with internal teams and external consultants, contractors, suppliers, and specialist subcontractors
• Review and comment on shop drawings, fabrication details, and technical submittals to ensure compliance with design intent and project requirements
• Support construction-stage delivery by responding to technical queries, reviewing site issues, and assisting with resolution of coordination challenges
• Monitor the performance of team members, identify issues, and support their resolution
• Coach, guide, and provide technical advice to junior team members, supporting both project delivery and professional development
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of drawing standards, technical quality, and project delivery processes
• Identify new business opportunities and support the development and preparation of winning sales proposals

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Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design, Interior Architecture, Architecture, or a related discipline
• Membership of a relevant professional body appropriate to the role
• Demonstrable ability to lead and deliver projects within one or more relevant sectors
• Strong technical design capability, with proven experience in the development of detailed interior architecture and joinery packages
• Experience producing and coordinating construction documentation for interior projects across multiple project stages
• Strong understanding of materials, finishes, construction methods, fabrication constraints, and detailing principles
• Experience working on multi-disciplinary design projects within the interior design environment
• Competent in Revit and Common Data Environment (CDE) platforms, with working knowledge of other recognised industry design software
• Strong understanding and practical experience of delivering projects in a BIM environment
• Thorough understanding of the delivery and management of all RIBA Work Stages
• Experience reviewing and coordinating supplier, subcontractor, and shop drawing information
• Good understanding of statutory, technical, and coordination requirements relevant to interior project delivery
• Effective technical, project management, client relationship management, and commercial skills
• Creative and innovative thinker, with the ability to balance design intent with technical delivery and buildability

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.