DESIGN COORDINATOR

Brown & Wills Recruitment; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Brown & Wills Recruitment are pleased to present an exciting opportunity for an architectural professional to join a long-established building contractor. The role focuses on coordinating the design process from pre-construction to delivery, ensuring designs are fully coordinated, buildable, and compliant with programme and commercial requirements.

You will bridge design and construction teams, translating architectural concepts into practical on-site solutions, with experience reading drawings

Qualifications

• Relevant architectural, architectural technology, construction or design qualification.
• Experience in a Design Coordinator, Architectural Technologist, Architectural Assistant or similar role.
• Experience working for a main contractor, specialist contractor, consultancy or architectural practice.
• Strong understanding of construction detailing and buildability.
• Ability to read and interpret architectural, structural and technical drawings.
• Experience coordinating information between multiple design disciplines.
• Experience with AutoCAD, Revit, BIM or other relevant design software would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the design process from pre-construction through to delivery.
• Ensure designs are fully coordinated, buildable, compliant and aligned with the project programme and commercial requirements.
• Bridge the design and construction teams to translate architectural design into practical on-site outcomes.

Skills

Design coordination

Construction knowledge

Reading drawings

Team collaboration

Main contractor experience

Education

Architectural qualification

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit

BIM

Job description

An exciting opportunity exists for an Architectural professional to join an established building contractor and take the next step in their career.

Our client is a long established, highly successful contractor operating across both the private and public sectors. They offer a wide portfolio of interesting projects in building and civil engineering, excellent opportunities for training and professional development and an attractive workplace culture.

About The Role

This is an excellent opportunity for a design-focused professional, ideally with an architectural background, to take on a key role within a construction contractor.

Working within a friendly and supportive team, you will be responsible for coordinating the design process from pre-construction through to delivery, ensuring that designs are fully coordinated, buildable, compliant and aligned with the project programme and commercial requirements.

The successful candidate will be comfortable working between the design and construction teams and will have a good understanding of how architectural design translates into practical construction on site.

About You

• A relevant architectural, architectural technology, construction or design qualification.
• Experience in a Design Coordinator, Architectural Technologist, Architectural Assistant or similar role.
• Experience working for a main contractor, specialist contractor, consultancy or architectural practice.
• A strong understanding of construction detailing and buildability.
• The ability to read and interpret architectural, structural and technical drawings.
• Experience coordinating information between multiple design disciplines.
• Experience with AutoCAD, Revit, BIM or other relevant design software would be advantageous.

If you are an architectural technologist/ technician or design professional looking to develop your career within a construction contractor, we would love to hear from you.