Senior Architectural Technician

Bloor Homes; Newbury; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Architectural Technician to join their dynamic team in Newbury. This role is pivotal in the housebuilding process, where you will engage with land bids and provide essential design and planning input. You will be responsible for producing site layouts and liaising with planning authorities, ensuring all planning applications are well-prepared and managed. The company values innovation and teamwork, offering a supportive environment where your contributions will be recognized. If you're passionate about architecture and eager to make a difference in sustainable community building, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Company Car

33 days holiday entitlement

Group Staff Discount at Triumph Motorcycles Ltd.

Competitive discount on homes

Qualifications

• Experience in a housebuilder’s design and technical department is essential.
• GCSEs in maths and English are required.

Responsibilities

• Engage with land bids and provide design and planning input.
• Manage planning applications and liaise with authorities.

Skills

AutoCAD

Computer / IT literacy

Communication Skills

Education

5 GCSE grade 4 or above including maths and English

Tools

Excel

Word

Database packages

Job description

Preparing and processing planning applications is a vital early stage of the housebuilding process at Bloor Homes. Our busy technical department ensures that our construction teams have something to build, and our sales teams have something to sell. As a family-owned company, we build more than quality homes. We build sustainable communities for future generations to enjoy.

We are recruiting for a Senior Architectural Technician, to be based in our Southern Region, based in Berkshire. 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. At Bloor Homes, you’ll be part of a business that will value you, your contribution, and your ideas. Join us and make every day a rewarding one.

MAIN DUTIES

1. 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.
2. Producing and amending site layouts, house type planning drawings, and other design drawings and documentation.
3. Liaising with planning authorities and other project stakeholders on planning-related matters, in connection with past, current, and future planning applications.
4. 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.
5. Coordinating production of construction information, and the subsequent submission and management of building regulations applications.
6. Coordinating and issuing construction information to site.
7. Managing projects on site, handling queries as they arise, attending site meetings and other liaison as required.
8. Production of contract, legal, and conveyancing drawings, and coordination of site legal setup.
9. Handling post-completion issues, such as management company liaison, technical input to customer care issues, and engagement with covenant and legal matters on completed sites.
10. Engagement with the supervision, management, development, and mentoring of junior team members.
11. Coordinating other associated disciplines as deemed necessary, i.e. Ecological, Archaeological, noise surveys, etc.
12. On occasion required to attend out-of-hours activities associated with job function i.e. Parish Council meetings, public exhibitions for planning applications, etc.
13. Attending meetings that may be necessary in the performance of your duties.
14. Complying with and upholding company values, policies, and procedures.
15. Undertaking any additional tasks as may reasonably be required from time to time.
16. Maintaining all health and safety aspects associated with Covid-19.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS / ATTRIBUTES

1. Previous experience in a housebuilder’s design and technical department.
2. 5 GCSE grade 4 or above including maths and English.
3. Computer / IT literate with capability to use Excel, Word, and database packages.
4. Ability to use AutoCAD.

COMPANY BENEFITS

1. Company Car.
2. 33 days holiday entitlement (including bank holidays).
3. Group Staff Discount at Triumph Motorcycles Ltd.
4. Competitive discount on our homes (dependent upon the property and location).

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