KCAP

Work at KCAP

We're always on the lookout for talented and ambitious architects, urban designers, landscape architects and. We foster a diverse community of international staff that collaborate intensively on high-quality design projects around the world. We build great teams to carry out our mix of projects that include all phases of concept, design, execution and supervision. Interested in one of our positions? Please apply by filling in the digital form for that specific position you're aiming for. Please be aware, applications through e-mail won't be used in the hiring process. Also, applying for multiple positions does not increase your chance of getting hired. Recommendations letters however do speed up your hiring process! KCAP will handle your personal data with the utmost care in compliance with the GDPR. We will use the data provided to us for the sole purpose of processing your application. After the application process is completed, all data will be deleted within six months unless you give us permission to keep it in our archive. KCAP Rotterdam is following the advice of RIVM regarding the COVID virus. Therefore, our employees still largely work from home, and we will hold on to the option of convening the job interviews online if circumstances require this. KCAP Zurich follows the BAG COVID guidelines. The home office requirement has been lifted, so most employees come to the office. If possible, interviews are on site.

  • Internship Urban Design & Architecture

    • Dedication: fulltime
    • Department: Internships
    • Location: Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

    POSITION: Internship Urban Design & Architecture 
    EXPERIENCE: 1-3 years
    LOCATION:     Zurich, Switzerland
    JOB START:     from April / May / September / October 2022


    Do you have an ambition to be part of a dedicated team of professionals with 30+ years of experience within an international architectural office? Here's your chance to start! KCAP is looking for talented and creative interns for our office in Zurich!

    WHAT DO WE OFFER

    • An open and inspiring working environment, freedom to experience, discover and develop
    • Working in teams on various and complex projects, both nationally and internationally
    • A very open and collegial office and a second home where colleagues support each other, both personally and professionally
    • Salary in line with market conditions for the position


  • Copywriter (Dutch speaking)

    • Dedication: fulltime
    • Department: Public Relations
    • Location: Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

    POSITION: Copywriter (only Dutch speaking)
    EXPERIENCE: 3 years minimum
    DEDICATION: Fulltime
    LOCATION: Rotterdam, the Netherlands
    STARTING DATE: As soon as possible
    DEADLINE: January 31, 2022

    To strengthen the Public Relations team in our office in Rotterdam, we are looking for a copywriter (Dutch speaking). Are you a real storyteller? Then we are looking for you!

    YOUR ROLE

    You will work at our office in Rotterdam within the Public Relations team, which consists of four professionals. You also work a lot with colleagues from the Business Development team and the teams in the Zurich and Shanghai locations. Together we continuously work on generating extra visibility for KCAP in the market in the Netherlands and internationally. You write project and corporate texts in Dutch and English, press and news releases and texts for social media, always from the 'KCAP' brand. You proactively retrieve information from the design teams and articulate the jargon in a comprehensible manner in promotional texts. You have experience or affinity with our field and sufficient seniority to help shape our communication plans and to be able to work independently.

    WHAT WE OFFER

    • You will end up in a very open, international and collegial Rotterdam office
    • You will receive an appropriate salary in accordance with the Collective Labor Agreement
    • A training budget so you can specialise your skills and ambitions
    • Atmospheric and healthy joint lunches and fun drinks among colleagues as soon as the weather is possible! A nice canteen where you can play table football and darts, or a cozy courtyard to enjoy the sun
    • The position is for a minimum of 24 hours to 32 hours a week, based on a temporary contract with a view to extension if suitable

  • Graphic Designer (3+ years experience, Dutch speaking)

    • Dedication: fulltime
    • Department: Public Relations
    • Location: Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

    POSITION: Graphic Designer (only Dutch speaking)
    EXPERIENCE: 3 years minimum
    DEDICATION: Fulltime
    LOCATION: Rotterdam, the Netherlands
    STARTING DATE: As soon as possible

    We’re looking for a graphic designer talent who has the ambition to participate in the branding of our office identity. You will create and protect all visual aspects and storytelling of the KCAP Brand for years to come, playing a crucial part in our new quest and strong new appointed PR team.

    YOUR ROLE

    • Develop strategies how to implement and nurture KCAP’s new implemented corporate identity, together with the Director Communications
    • Strongly involved in the development and daily upkeep of our new to be created website
    • Team up with our Social Media Manager to create strategies and content
    • Creating concepts for branded environments, buildings, interior, etc. for our ongoing design projects
    • In lead of photography and video; developing and nurturing a new style, together with the Director Communications and graphic design studio
    • Responsible of future projects photography and video; control planning, creative briefings, coordination of crews and controlling budgets
    • Providing graphic guidance and support on topics like KCAP’s events, lectures, exhibitions, presentations, etc.
    • Working closely with our design teams in order to design their presentations, booklets and curate their imagery where needed


    WHAT WE OFFER

    • The unique chance to work intensively with one of Europe’s most well-respected graphic design studios
    • Being part of a very talented group of team members (PR, BD & VIZ), who are on a mission to become the best in their field of work
    • Play a key role within the branding of a 30 year old international renowned architecture office and being able to develop and implement your thoughts, skills and ambitions
    • Working on a new corporate identity, new website, a new office interior and accelerating KCAP’s Social Media
    • Working on many daily PR outputs, increasing the awareness and customer service of KCAP
    • Being stimulated to improve your knowledge by participating workshops, attend lectures, visiting events, etc.
    • Always work within multidisciplinary international teams (architecture, landscape design & urban design) on a huge variety of projects on different markets and within different cultures
    • Appropriate salary according to Architecture CAO standards (Dutch collective agreement for staff employed by architecture)
    • A profit sharing system
    • A pension scheme
    • Career opportunities to growth and learn
    • Working on high-end projects, from Europe to Asia, from Antwerp and St. Petersburg to Shenzhen
    • A dedicated team of 125+ professionals with over 25 different nationalities and 30+ years of experience

  • Landscape Architect (5 years+ experience)

    • Dedication: fulltime
    • Department: Landscape Design
    • Location: Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

    POSITION: Landscape Architect
    EXPERIENCE: 5+ years
    DEADICATION: Fulltime
    LOCATION: Rotterdam, the Netherlands
    STARTING DATE: As soon as possible (the sooner the better)

    Are you looking for a the chance to co-shape and coach an enthusiastic and fast growing Landscape Department?

    YOUR ROLE

    • You will work on challenging national and international projects
    • You will be part of a multidisciplinary team, specially composed per project
    • You will work in close collaboration with an Associate Partner

    WHAT WE OFFER

    • Always work within multidisciplinary teams
    • Appropriate salary according to Architecture CAO standards (Dutch collective agreement for staff employed by architecture)
    • Profit sharing system
    • Career opportunities to growth and learn
    • Working on high-end projects, from Europe to Asia, from Antwerp and St. Petersburg to Shenzhen
    • Work on projects from beginning to end, in a role as project leader and/or team inspirator
    • A second home where colleagues support each other both professionally as personally

  • Open Application Rotterdam

    • Dedication: fulltime
    • Department: All
    • Location: Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

    POSITION: Open application
    EXPERIENCE: Not specified
    DEDICATION: Part-time - Full-time
    LOCATION: Rotterdam

    KCAP is always looking for talented and inspiring colleagues with unique skills. Is your dream job not listed in the vacancies but you would like to be part of our team? Submit your open application here. Please note that we do not regularly review these applications, if in the meantime a suitable vacancy arises we encourage you to apply for that vacancy.

    WHAT WE OFFER

    • You will end up in a very open, international and collegial Rotterdam office
    • You will receive an appropriate salary according to the Collective Labor Agreement for architectural firms
    • A training budget so you can specialize your skills and ambitions
    • Atmospheric and healthy joint lunches and cozy drinks among colleagues!
    • A nice canteen where you can play table tennis and darts, and a cozy courtyard to enjoy the sun
    • A fixed term temporary contract for 32-40 hours per week with chance of extension after proven fitting for the job

  • Computational Design Intern

    • Dedication: fulltime
    • Department: Computational Design
    • Location: Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

    POSITION: Computational Design Intern
    EXPERIENCE: Master Student or Recent Graduate
    DEDICATION: Fulltime (40 hours)
    LOCATION: Rotterdam, the Netherlands
    DEADLINE: 30 April, 2022

    We are looking for a new Intern for our Computational Design team in Rotterdam. Are you a real self-starter with high coding and digital design skills? Are you willing to continually seek to identify opportunities to implement CD? Are you a good communicator that can present ideas clearly and provide support to teams on how to implement computational logics? Then we are looking for you!

    YOUR ROLE

    Within KCAP and for the outside world, your team is a center point for researching and deploying advanced scripts and topics relating to environmental simulation, data mapping, workflow optimization, and digital tool construction for Architecture, Urban Planning and Landscape design scales.


    • Provide support, troubleshooting and refinement for CD workflows
    • Dig deep into environmental research
    • Ability to work with multiple teams and projects at the same time.
    • Assist project teams with CD-related work
    • Debug and Publish digital tools via our internal CMS
    • Report on and Present the findings of your work to Associate and Partners


    WHAT WE OFFER

    • You will end up in a very open, international and collegial Rotterdam office
    • You will receive an appropriate internship reimbursement
    • Atmospheric and healthy joint lunches and cozy drinks among colleagues!
    • A nice canteen where you can play table football and darts, or a cozy courtyard to enjoy the sun
    • The position is for 40 hours a week, based on a year/half-a-year contract.

  • Open Application Zurich

    • Dedication: fulltime
    • Department: All
    • Location: Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

    POSITION: Open application
    EXPERIENCE: Not specified
    DEDICATION: Part-time - Full-time
    LOCATION: Zurich

    KCAP is always looking for talented and inspiring colleagues with unique skills. Is your dream job not listed in the vacancies but you would like to be part of our team? Submit your open application here. Please note that we do not regularly review these applications, if in the meantime a suitable vacancy arises we encourage you to apply for that vacancy.

    WHAT WE OFFER

    • You will end up in a very open, international and collegial Zurich office
    • A challenging field of activity at a high professional level
    • To be a part of and learn from a team with more than 30 years experience
    • An attractive and central workplace next to the Limmat river

  • Computational Designer

    • Dedication: fulltime
    • Department: Computational Design
    • Location: Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland

    POSITION: Computational Designer 
    EXPERIENCE: 4+ Years
    CONTRACT: 80-100%
    LOCATION: Zurich, Switzerland
    DEADLINE: 30 June, 2022

    We are looking for an experienced Computational Designer to join our growing in-house development team and support project work in our Zurich office. Are you a real self-starter with strong digital design skills? Are you passionate about data-driven design approaches? Do you want to explore the world of BIM and its application in new design fields? Are you a good communicator who can present complexity in a clear way to Architects, Urban Planners, and Landscape Architects? Then we are looking for you!

    YOUR ROLE

    As a key member of the Computational Design Team, you will work on digital tools and digital strategy for the entire office. You will work from our office in Zurich directly with Architecture and Urban Planning design teams on combination of Swiss & International projects. In addition, you will remotely support projects in the Rotterdam office. Your role will be a shared digital center point within the office when it comes to Computational Design, script building and tool implementation for KCAP projects.


    • Build and implement digital tools for an international office with more than 80 designers
    • Work closely with Computational Design counterparts in our other office
    • Plan for and sustain long-term digital projects including environmental analysis, data integration, digital fabrication and project support for VR/AR.
    • Foster a growing digital culture and knowledge sharing initiative in the office
    • Regularly present our tools and techniques to the office
    • Provide Technical support and training directly to teams.
    • Research and exploration into new technologies and innovation within the AEC industry


    WHAT WE OFFER

    • You will end up in a very open, international and collegial Zurich office
    • A challenging field of activity at a high professional level
    • To be a part of and learn from the CD team and with Professional Designers having more than 30 years’ experience
    • An attractive and central workplace next to the Limmat river