Chief Operating Officer Architecture (Mallorca)

Exclusive Architecture Studio in Mallorca, specialised in high end residential villas, is looking for its new Chief Operating Officer / Head of Production for their studio in Palma de Mallorca.

Education and expertise:

- Architect and/ or Engineer

- Therefore, a mix of technical and architectural education and expertise, i.e.:

• On the one hand know his/ her way around a building site and what the typical pitfalls or crucial elements are that can go wrong from a technical point of view, without having to be an expert in e.g. foundations,
• On the other hand, also especially have a good eye for aesthetic finishes, execution, detailing, alignment, levelling, centring, proportioning, precision, i.e. see things that mark the difference in the degree of perfection that a project is delivered.

- Fluent in English is a must-have and besides that, Spanish and/ or German on a high level.

- IT skills: MS Office

- Experience within the field of BIM, Passivhaus, BREEAM, etc. are of additional benefit

Work experience:

- Industry experience in luxury residential projects in an international context within:

• High end real estate development company
• High end architecture/ design studio
• High end project management company
• Management of teams of approx. 10 people or more.
• 10-12 years of relevant industry experience (age: end 30 to mid 40).

Characteristics/ traits :

Must be:

• Very persistent, i.e. does not accept no for an answer.

• Very meticulous/ high attention to detail.

• Very organised/ methodical in the approach.

• Team player, requiring very good communication and interpersonal skills (fair but clear/”hard”).