You care about making a positive impact in the world. You understand greatness requires thinking differently. An inclusive and accepting work environment is important to you.
A job at IKEA is so much more than home furnishings. Together, we work to make a better everyday life for the many. It's the perfect fit if you want to contribute, grow, and share. Join the team and start a better life for yourself."
Location
San Sebastián de los Reyes
Employment type
Full Time Permanent
Department
Real Estate & Leasing
Deadline
2026-02-23
Why we will love you
• Ability to translate business needs into clear, simple and efficient conceptual design proposals.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to identify the best technical and architectural solutions from a cost-efficiency persperctive.
- Capacity to lead the preconstruction design process, ensuring alignment between multiple stakeholders in a complex corporate structure.
- Skilled in reviewing, defining, developing and constantly improving standards, guidelines, and methods related to design and technical solutions.
- Ability to challenge and improve current design approaches to achieve safer, greener and more cost-efficient projects.
- Excellent communication skills, capable of explaining complex design concepts in simple, structured ways to outsiders.
- Strong project orientation, contributing effectively to timelines, budgeting, and early planning to the effective delivery of the team.
Academic degree in engineering or equivalent
Relevant experience in a multi-site, international, large and complex organization, preferably in high-volume retail or commercial real estate
10 years+ of experience leading pre-construction design and MEP systems in large and complex buildings.
Fluent in Spanish and English
What you'll be doing day to day
• Strong understanding of pre-construction design processes.
- Knowledge of construction engineering, technical design principles, and building systems.
- Familiarity with facility and property requirements, ensuring design supports long-term operational excellence in a large-scale retail real estate environment.
- Solid awareness of local regulations, safety standards, and sustainable design practices.
- Ability to integrate and boil down Ingka’s standards, guidelines, and technical frameworks into innovative, adapted design for each project.
Building strong relationships with Construction Project Managers, external partners, and internal stakeholders.
Collaborating and co‑creating to shape design solutions that balance functionality, cost, safety, and sustainability.
Creating customer value by ensuring our buildings are designed for the many people and deliver outstanding experiences.
Inspiring and clarifying, helping others understand proposed design solutions and their benefits.
Unleashing entrepreneurial spirit by proposing innovative, efficient, and future‑proof design ideas.
Our team within IKEA
Without us it would be difficult to meet our customers in person. In our team we find, develop and manage IKEA properties around the whole world. We’re different from one another but we are all passionate about real estate. We challenge and inspire each other to always stay close to IKEA customers and to understand how the changes within retail effects our needs of real estate.