Principal Architect

Job Description

Title: Principal Architect

Company Name: TM Assets Limited

Vacancy: --

Age: Na

Job Location: Dhaka (GULSHAN 1)

Salary: Negotiable

Experience: --

Published: 2026-10-06

Application Deadline: 2026-11-05

Education:

Requirements: --

Skills Required:

Additional Requirements:

Responsibilities & Context:

1. Architectural Leadership & Strategy

   • Provide strategic architectural leadership across all residential, commercial, mixed-use, and large-scale real estate development projects.

   • Establish architectural vision, design standards, planning principles, and project-specific design strategies aligned with the company’s business objectives.

   • Lead the architectural department and provide professional direction to architects, senior architects, junior architects, interior designers, draftsmen, BIM professionals, and other technical personnel.

   • Ensure that all architectural solutions reflect functionality, aesthetics, sustainability, constructability, commercial viability, and long-term asset value.

   • Act as the senior architectural authority for design-related decisions and provide professional recommendations to senior management and the Board when required.

2. Concept Development & Design Direction

   • Lead the development of architectural concepts from initial feasibility and master planning through detailed design and construction documentation.

   • Develop innovative design concepts that respond to project objectives, site characteristics, market requirements, customer expectations, and applicable regulations.

   • Review and approve conceptual plans, massing studies, site layouts, floor plans, elevations, sections, façade concepts, landscape integration, and overall architectural character.

   • Ensure that design concepts balance aesthetic excellence with functionality, construction feasibility, project budget, and development timelines.

   • Explore contemporary architectural approaches, materials, technologies, and planning solutions appropriate for each project.

3. Master Planning & Site Planning

   • Lead master planning activities for large-scale residential, commercial, mixed-use, and land development projects.

   • Analyze site conditions, access, circulation, zoning, setbacks, utilities, topography, surrounding development, environmental considerations, and future expansion opportunities.

   • Establish appropriate relationships between buildings, roads, open spaces, landscaping, parking, recreational facilities, community amenities, and service areas.

   • Ensure efficient land utilization while maintaining appropriate standards of safety, accessibility, functionality, and environmental quality.

   • Coordinate with planning and engineering teams to develop integrated site development strategies.

4. Architectural Design Management

   • Direct the preparation and development of architectural drawings, specifications, schedules, design reports, presentations, and technical documentation.

   • Review architectural drawings at all stages to ensure accuracy, coordination, design quality, and compliance with approved concepts.

   • Establish drawing standards, documentation procedures, design review protocols, and quality-control processes.

   • Ensure that design information is issued accurately and within agreed project timelines.

   • Identify design conflicts, omissions, inconsistencies, and potential construction issues before project execution.

5. Project Coordination

   • Coordinate architectural activities with structural, civil, MEP, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, landscape, interior design, façade, and other specialist disciplines.

   • Lead multidisciplinary design coordination meetings and resolve technical and architectural conflicts.

   • Work closely with project managers, construction teams, quantity surveyors, procurement teams, consultants, contractors, and suppliers.

   • Ensure that architectural decisions are properly communicated to all relevant stakeholders.

   • Monitor interdisciplinary coordination throughout the design and construction phases.

6. Regulatory Compliance & Approvals

   • Ensure all architectural designs comply with applicable building codes, planning regulations, development guidelines, fire safety requirements, environmental standards, accessibility requirements, and other statutory provisions.

   • Coordinate with relevant government authorities, regulatory bodies, utility agencies, and approval organizations as required.

   • Review submission drawings and documentation prepared for statutory approvals.

   • Provide professional guidance on approval strategies and regulatory requirements.

   • Monitor changes in applicable codes, standards, and regulations and incorporate relevant requirements into project designs.

7. Design Quality Assurance

   • Establish and maintain high architectural quality standards across the company’s projects.

   • Conduct formal design reviews, technical audits, and quality assessments at key project stages.

   • Verify design intent, material quality, detailing, dimensions, specifications, and construction feasibility.

   • Identify design risks and recommend corrective actions.

   • Ensure that architectural quality is maintained from concept development through construction and final handover.

8. Construction & Site Support

   • Provide architectural guidance during construction and assist project teams in resolving design-related site issues.

   • Review architectural shop drawings, material samples, mock-ups, prototypes, and technical submissions.

   • Conduct periodic site visits to monitor compliance with approved architectural drawings and specifications.

   • Review requests for information, site instructions, design changes, and proposed alternatives.

   • Evaluate construction deviations and provide professional recommendations for corrective measures.

   • Ensure that approved design intent is maintained throughout the construction process.

9. Value Engineering

   • Lead architectural value-engineering initiatives to optimize project cost without compromising essential functionality, safety, quality, or design intent.

   • Evaluate alternative materials, construction systems, planning approaches, façade solutions, and building technologies.

   • Work with commercial, procurement, engineering, and construction teams to identify cost-effective design solutions.

   • Assess the long-term operational and maintenance implications of design alternatives.

   • Support management in making commercially sound architectural decisions.

10. Sustainable Design

• Integrate sustainable design principles into architectural planning and project development.

• Promote energy efficiency, natural ventilation, daylight utilization, water conservation, efficient material selection, waste reduction, and environmentally responsible construction.

• Evaluate opportunities for green building technologies and sustainable building systems.

• Encourage climate-responsive and context-sensitive architectural solutions.

• Consider lifecycle performance and long-term environmental impact during design development.

11. Residential & Real Estate Development

• Provide architectural leadership for residential apartment developments, condominiums, gated communities, villas, commercial buildings, office developments, retail spaces, and mixed-use projects.

• Ensure that architectural planning responds to target-market requirements and customer expectations.

• Optimize apartment layouts, circulation, common facilities, parking, amenities, service areas, and usable floor areas.

• Support the development of marketable architectural concepts that enhance project identity and commercial value.

• Collaborate with sales and marketing teams to ensure that architectural features are effectively reflected in project positioning and customer communication.

12. Client & Stakeholder Management

• Represent the architectural function in meetings with clients, investors, consultants, contractors, government authorities, and other stakeholders.

• Understand stakeholder expectations and translate them into practical architectural solutions.

• Present design concepts, project proposals, alternatives, and recommendations to senior management.

• Manage design-related discussions professionally and resolve conflicts through evidence-based technical decisions.

• Maintain strong professional relationships with external consultants and project partners.

13. Consultant Management

• Select, evaluate, brief, and coordinate external architectural and specialist consultants.

• Prepare consultant scopes of work and technical requirements in coordination with management and procurement teams.

• Review consultant deliverables for quality, completeness, accuracy, and compliance with project requirements.

• Monitor consultant performance against agreed timelines and deliverables.

• Provide technical direction and feedback to consultants throughout project development.

14. Team Leadership & Mentoring

• Lead, mentor, and develop the architectural team to achieve high professional and technical standards.

• Allocate responsibilities based on project priorities, individual capabilities, and professional expertise.

• Conduct design reviews and knowledge-sharing sessions for team members.

• Encourage innovation, collaboration, accountability, and continuous professional development.

• Support recruitment, performance evaluation, training, and succession planning within the architectural department.

15. BIM & Digital Design

• Promote effective use of BIM, CAD, 3D visualization, rendering, digital coordination, and other architectural technologies.

• Establish appropriate BIM and digital documentation standards for projects.

• Encourage integrated digital coordination among architecture, structure, MEP, and other disciplines.

• Review BIM models and digital deliverables for coordination and design accuracy.

• Promote technology-driven improvements in design development, documentation, visualization, and project management.

16. Material & Specification Management

• Review and approve architectural material selections, finishes, façade systems, fixtures, fittings, and design elements.

• Develop or review architectural specifications and material schedules.

• Evaluate material samples and technical data submitted by contractors and suppliers.

• Ensure that selected materials satisfy quality, durability, aesthetic, performance, availability, and budget requirements.

• Coordinate with procurement teams regarding approved architectural materials.

17. Façade & Exterior Design

• Lead the development and review of building façade concepts and exterior architectural treatments.

• Ensure façade design reflects project identity while considering climate, durability, maintenance, energy performance, and constructability.

• Review façade materials, systems, details, mock-ups, and specialist proposals.

• Coordinate façade design with structural, MEP, waterproofing, and building-envelope requirements.

• T/A,Tour allowance,Mobile bill
• Lunch Facilities: Full Subsidize
• Salary Review: Yearly
• Festival Bonus: 2