Senior Architectural Technician
Job Type : Permanent, Full Time
Salary : £45000 – £53000/annum Car Allowance, Healthcare
Outstanding opportunity for a Senior Architectural Technician to join one of the UK's leading housebuilders, to be based within their regional office in Hinckley, Leicestershire, East Midlands.
Preparing and processing planning applications is a vital early stage of the housebuilding process within this national housebuilder. Their busy technical department ensures that their construction teams have something to build, and their sales teams have something to sell. As a family owned company, the company build more than quality homes. The company prides themselves on building sustainable communities for future generations to enjoy.
Due to continued growth and a solid pipeline of work, our client are now recruiting for a Senior Architectural Technician, to be based in their East Midlands Regional office in Hinckley, Leicestershire. As an experienced Architectural Technician your role will involve engaging with land bids and strategic land processes at an early stage, to provide design, technical and planning input.
MAIN DUTIES
* Engaging with land bid and strategic land processes at an early stage, to provide design, technical and planning input. Produce constraints information to inform designs, produce layout and detail design as may be required to enable land valuation and inform bid processes.
* Producing and amending site layouts, house type planning drawings, and other design drawings and documentation.
* Liaising with planning authorities and other project stakeholders on planning related matters, in connection with past, current and future planning applications.
* The preparation, submission and management of planning applications, either those produced in house, or by external consultants. This includes, outline, full and reserved matters applications, as well as the production and submission of information to enable discharge of planning conditions.
* Co-ordinating production of construction information, and the subsequent submission and management of building regulations applications.
* Co-ordinating and issuing construction information to site.
* Managing projects on site, handling queries as they arise, attending site meetings and other liaison as required.
* Production of contract, legal and conveyancing drawings, and co-ordination of site legal set up.
* Handling post-completions issues, such as management company liaison, technical input to customer care issues, and engagement with covenant and legal matters on completed sites.
* Engagement with the supervision, management, development and mentoring of junior team members.
* Co-ordinating other associated disciplines as deemed necessary, i.e. Ecological, Archaeological, noise surveys etc.
* On occasion required to attend out of hours activities associated with job function i.e. Parish Council meetings, public exhibitions for planning applications etc.
* Attending meetings that may be necessary in the performance of your duties.
* Complying with and upholding company values, policies and procedures.
* Undertaking any additional tasks as may reasonably be required from time to time.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS / ATTRIBUTES
Previous experience in a housebuilder's design and technical department
Relevant degree or equivalent qualification
Ability to use AtuoCAD in a professional environment
Enthusiastic, dynamic and determined to deliver quality projects
COMPANY BENEFITS
£45,000-£53,000
Company Car or Car Allowance
Bupa Health Care Cover
Scottish Widows Pension Scheme
33 days holiday entitlement (including bank holidays)
Competitive discount on new homes (dependent upon the property and location)
If you would like to apply to this position as a Senior Architectural Technician, please forward your up to date CV to Ashley Johnson at Conrad Consulting. Alternatively, contact Ashley on (phone number removed) for further details
More Information
- Address Hinckley, Leicestershire
