Senior Design Coordinator - Enderby, United Kingdom - Vistry Group PLC

Vistry Group PLC

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Enderby, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Role Overview:

In a Nutshell

We have a new opportunity for a Senior Design Coordinator to join our team within Vistry North East Midlands, at our Enderby office in Leicester.

The purpose of the role is to meticulously design and adapt site layouts throughout various stages of residential projects, ensuring optimal functionality, efficiency, and compliance with regulatory standards.

The role will require confident collaboration with project managers, planners and other key stakeholders involved early on within the project.

You will support the consultants and other technical coordinators, you will understand the businesses requirements and priorities, to ensure on-time delivery of information by way of regular communication and detailed checking of the information received.

The role will encourage engagement for design feedback and the ability to develop best practice design protocols, alongside developing our regional design standards for sites.

Key responsibilities will include conceptualising, designing and refining site layouts to accommodate a variety of factors such as site constraints, environmental considerations, design ambitions and project requirements.

The individual will have a strong understanding of construction key principles, employing best practice to create and inform layouts that maximise the use of available space, whilst also highlighting and mitigating any risks and constraints.

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
Construction/design related further education.
Member of Professional Body (membership of professional body is preferrable but not essential).
Minimum 35 years working with or for a housebuilder.
Fully conversant with National Design Guide Standards.
Experienced in Auto CAD.
Ability to deliver mixed tenure schemes based on Partnership specifications / requirements.
Ability to make design decisions and a pragmatic approach to problem solving.
Good time management with ability to multi task.
Professional aptitude.
Attention to detail.
Positive attitude toward teamwork and design adaptions early in the process.
Ability to work under pressure.
Highly organised.

Desirable

Previous experience in Housebuilding or working for Housebuilder clients
A passion for and experience in comprehensive site design e.g. consideration of vistas, aesthetic choice and house type hierarchy.
Comfortable researching and locating LPA Design Guides & Codes.
Experience in Revit.

More about the Senior Design Coordinator role

Negotiate effectively with a wide range of organisations, statutory bodies and interest groups to achieve the desired design outcomes.
Communicate effectively with all relevant departments in writing, verbally and in presentation format to provide accurate and timely information.
Establish and maintain strong and respected working relationships with internal departments, local authorities and companies throughout the region.
Review site layout design audits from internal departments and respond to and/or resolve any issues in a timely manner.
On occasion, provide design reports and highlight any unforeseen risks to departments senior management team relevant to the layout design
Control the management of up to date layout drawings and issue sheets.
Achieve agreed deadlines and timescales.
Attend prestart and other departmental meetings as required
Keep abreast of all relevant current and forthcoming legislation, ensuring that specifications are up to date.
To implement best practice
To manage the process of design solutions
To conduct value engineering / review plot efficiencies
Assist with the preparation of layouts for land viability purposes as necessary
Assist the Bid team as and when required on layout design information and planning
Negotiate and engage with a wide range of organisations and stakeholders, local authorities, parish councils and other consultees and statutory bodies and interest groups to achieve the desired outcome.
Liaise with the Land team to secure costeffective layouts and design solutions.
Attend Planning Committees, site visits and public consultation events as necessary.
Assist with the preparation of master transfer plans and individual 'deed' plans
Creation, coordination and cross referencing of Land Transfer Plans
Creation, coordination and cross referencing of Management Company Plans
Cross referencing of tologrpahical information received against architectural s