Senior Designer

Walker & Sloan Ltd | Certified B Corp; Reading; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

UK-wide project portfolio

Leadership development pathway

Job summary

Walker & Sloan Ltd in Reading is seeking a Senior Revit Designer to lead technical design across specialist food manufacturing and industrial projects. You will develop coordinated Revit models and ensure M&E, HVAC and interiors interfaces are robust and buildable.

You’ll work with a small, expert design team, attend site weekly, challenge solutions and help mentor junior staff as the department grows toward leadership roles.

Qualifications

• Senior Revit expert with strong technical design background.
• Experience in factory, manufacturing or similarly technical facilities.
• Ability to coordinate mechanical, electrical and HVAC with architectural/interior design.
• Comfort working independently and as part of a wider design team.
• Willingness to attend site weekly.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and coordination of technical design information across multiple disciplines.
• Produce and develop detailed Revit models ensuring robust interfaces across M&E, HVAC, interiors and equipment.
• Coordinate information between architecture, M&E, HVAC and other disciplines.
• Attend site meetings and translate design into buildable solutions.
• Identify clashes and resolve design issues through the project lifecycle.

Skills

Revit

Technical design

Cross-disciplinary coordination

Site coordination

Tools

Revit BIM

Job description

Sector: Specialist Design & Build / Food Manufacturing

The Opportunity

A growing specialist design and build contractor is looking to appoint a Senior Revit Designer to join its established design team in Reading.

This is a genuinely senior, hands-on role working on technically complex projects across the UK, with a particular focus on food manufacturing, factory and production environments. The projects go well beyond standard architectural design, requiring close coordination across M&E, HVAC, interiors, specialist equipment and wider technical disciplines.

You'll be joining a six-person design department split across concept and technical design, with the technical side playing a central role in turning ambitious project concepts into fully coordinated, buildable solutions.

The business is growing quickly, both in headcount and in the size of the projects it delivers. Current schemes are typically in the £1m-£5m range, with a clear ambition over the next three to five years to move towards projects of approximately £15m. For the right person, that creates a genuine opportunity to grow with the department and potentially move into a future team leadership position.

Role Overview

As Senior Revit Designer, you'll take a leading role in developing and coordinating technical design information across a range of specialist commercial and industrial projects.

You'll be responsible for producing and developing detailed Revit models, ensuring that architectural, M&E, HVAC, interior and equipment-related information is properly coordinated and technically robust. You'll work closely with the wider design team, project managers, consultants and site teams to make sure design information is accurate, buildable and issued in line with programme requirements.

You'll be involved from the early technical stages through to construction, resolving design issues, identifying clashes and coordinating interfaces between multiple disciplines. Because these are specialist environments, you'll need to understand how services, production equipment, circulation, hygiene, maintenance access and technical compliance all influence the final design.

You'll also attend site when required, typically around once a week depending on project demands, helping ensure the design translates effectively into the finished build.

This is not a role where you'll simply be producing drawings in isolation. You'll be expected to challenge solutions, contribute ideas and take real ownership of the technical design process.

About You

You are an experienced Revit professional with a strong technical design background and a proven understanding of complex construction environments.

Revit experience is essential, but equally important is your background in factory, manufacturing or similarly technical facilities. You may have worked within food production, industrial facilities, commercial kitchens, pharmaceutical environments, cleanrooms, laboratories, offsite construction or another M&E-heavy sector where multidisciplinary coordination is critical.

You understand how mechanical, electrical and HVAC systems interact with architectural and interior design, and you're comfortable coordinating information across different disciplines.

You are confident working independently, solving technical problems and managing your own workload, while still contributing effectively as part of a wider team.

Because this is a senior appointment, you'll also bring the maturity and communication skills to influence others and potentially develop into a future leadership role as the design department expands. Hands-on Revit capability remains fundamental, so we're looking for someone who still enjoys being close to the technical detail.

Company Profile

This growing family-run specialist contractor delivers design and build projects across the UK, with particular expertise in food manufacturing, factory and technically complex commercial environments.

The business has expanded significantly in recent years, growing from a relatively small team into a business of around 30 employees while maintaining the close-knit culture and agility of an SME.

With an established design department, strong financial performance and ambitious plans to increase both project values and overall turnover, this is an excellent time to join. You'll have the opportunity to influence how the design function develops rather than simply becoming another member of a large corporate department.

What’s in it for you?

• Technically interesting UK-wide project portfolio
• Opportunity to develop towards future team leadership