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    Assistant Design Manager - Bristol, United Kingdom - Vistry Group

    Vistry Group
    Vistry Group Bristol, United Kingdom

    1 week ago

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    Description

    In a Nutshell...

    We have a new opportunity for a Assistant Design Manager to join our team within Vistry Bristol, at our Clifton office in Bristol. As our Assistant Design Manager you will be responsible for coordinating key information, engineering and working drawing packages to enable any given residential development to be built as intended and to obtain all necessary technical approvals.

    We are pleased to say, this role can accommodate agile working arrangements.

    Let's cut to the chase, what's in it for you...

    • Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
    • Company car, car allowance or travel allowance
    • Agile working possible (dependent on role)
    • Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays
    • Private Healthcare
    • Competitive contributory pension scheme
    • Life assurance - 4 x your annual salary
    • Share incentive schemes
    • Employee rewards portal with many more benefits...

    In return, what we would like from you...

    • Behave in line with our company values - Integrity, Caring and Quality
    • Principal Designer and associated Health and Safety training/ qualifications.
    • Experience working within a technical role at a residential house builder or contractor.
    • Good level of IT literacy with experience of AutoCAD, Outlook, Excel & Word,
    • Proven ability in a Technical Coordinator role of delivering design for projects on time, to budget and quality standards with high customer satisfaction results.
    • Excellent organisation and time management with ability to multi task.
    • Commercially aware.
    • Ability to make decisions within authority.
    • Able to lead and work as a team member.
    • Experienced in analysing problems and delivering solutions.
    • Strong mathematical ability.
    • Be able to design and interpret the designs and technical demands of others.
    • Professional aptitude and appearance at all times.
    • Strives for continuous improvement for the benefit of the company.
    • Driven to achieve customer satisfaction.
    • Able to work under pressure, and accept criticism of work
    • Be able to work effectively in a team
    • Good level of communication skills, with the necessity to liaise with internal staff and external bodies
    • Be practical and methodical with good analytical skills
    • Willing to work extra to meet deadlines as and when the business needs require it

    Desirable -

    • CSCS card qualification.
    • Member of a professional body such as: ICE, CIAT, CIOB
    • Principal Designer and associated Health and Safety training/ qualifications.
    • Use of Viewpoint drawing management system.
    • Proficient use of Auto Cad.
    • Management of technical fees and services cost to complete.

    More about the Assistant Design Manager role...

    • Manage site as agreed with the Technical Manager from design stage to post completion, in line with delivery programme.
    • Undertake key aspects of the Principal Designer role as defined within the Construction Design & Management Regulation 2015.
    • Completion of all necessary Health, Safety & Environmental documents, inline with group policy.
    • Co-ordinate delivery of surveys & reports required for the development and manage associated requirements from design to completion.
    • Manage the process of obtaining consultant fee proposals and formal appointment documents in accordance with group procedures.
    • Co-ordinate consultants to deliver the civil engineering designs including legal plans.
    • Undertaking value engineering assessments and ensure buildability.
    • Co-ordinate submission of designs and securing technical approvals for agreements such as S104, S38 and S278.
    • Following technical approval being granted, managing timely completion of legal agreements.
    • Co-ordinate utility designs and initial mains laying onto site, ensuring legal agreements completed in timely manner.
    • Coordinate street naming with local authority, complete plot list and distribute internally and externally of the business.
    • Where applicable obtaining Management Company quotations, reviewing, comparing and providing the Technical Director with recommendation for appointments.
    • Assist in production of Sales brochure, legal and sales handover meetings.
    • Provide information for Housing Association contracts and attendance of progress meetings,
    • Co-ordinate consultants to deliver the house type working drawing packs and liaise with key suppliers to provide ancillary drawing information for tender, construction and sales packs.
    • Prepare all drawings and documents for engineering and superstructure elements for tender, followed by the construction issue and sales handover.
    • Co-ordinate the accuracy of information supplied by all departments to ensure no discrepancies.
    • Submission of all information to NHBC and obtaining approval of same, obtaining SAP Assessments together with PEA' and EPC's, Secured by Design Approval and Robust Standard Details.
    • Obtaining and collating all ancillary specialist drawings including hot water supply, heating, kitchen, stair, lintels, p.c. ground floors, and precast upper floors.
    • Attending and chairing Pre-Start Meetings and briefing all departments on matters related to the engineering and working drawings.
    • Co-ordinate information and liaise with architects, civil and structural engineers and landscape architects, ensuring consistency between various designs.
    • Assist the Land, Planning & Development teams with advice during the land acquisition stage and assist in the information to discharge of planning conditions.
    • To monitor and report technical & development fees including S106 obligations.
    • Resolve all technical related queries including conducting site visits as required.

    Finally, let's tell you a bit more about us...

    At Vistry Group, we build more than homes. We develop sustainable communities across all sectors of the UK housing market through our leading housing brands Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. Delivered through Vistry Housebuilding, Countryside Partnerships and Vistry Works with the support of Vistry Services, our values of integrity, caring, and quality continue to shape all we do.

    We're proud that our UK Green Building Council membership, 2021 Large Housebuilder of the Year award and status as a UK top-five housebuilder with a five-star House Builders Federation (HBF) customer satisfaction rating allows us to transform land into thriving spaces. We're also proud that our culture sees everyone treated fairly and respectfully, with diversity and inclusion a top priority and reasonable adjustments provided during the application process. From memories and communities to worthwhile careers, we're making Vistry.

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