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Location

Ruislip, Greater London | United Kingdom

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Job description

At Bellway we recognise that people are the key to our success, and we are committed to building an inclusive culture that values and respects difference combined with creating a safe and inclusive working environment for all colleagues. This means we are positive about making adjustments as well as providing flexible working and we would be happy to talk to you about how this could work for you.

There is an exciting opportunity to join Bellway, one of the UK’s largest house builders. Our North London Division, is looking to recruit a Senior Technical Coordinator to join the Division’s Technical department.

The Role

The role of Senior Technical Coordinator is to provide technical management and design coordination on our new developments and provide support on our Legacy sites.The Legacy site support is mainly on sites where there are remedial works or investigations required based on the post Grenfell changing landscape around fire regulations. The Senior Technical Coordinator is responsible for the preparation, delivery and co-ordination of production information on allocated projects, to support the land/estimating/surveying/buying/construction and sales functions of the business.

The role of Senior Technical Coordinator reports to the Technical Director.

Principle accountabilities of the role include:

Pre Acquisition

Provide technical support and advice during the acquisition of new sites and development opportunities, including;

• Commission and prepare due diligence/technical reports.
• Research and advise existing site constraints.
• Research and advise abnormal site conditions that may impact design or development costs.

Planning

Provide technical support in the preparation of detailed planning applications, including;

• Carry out technical review of schemes prior to planning applications being submitted to local authority and advise suitability of proposed designs.
• Advise where layouts could best be optimised to improve net to gross development areas or add increased revenue from individual plots.
• Provide architectural advice on design layouts and appearance of proposed new developments
• Pre-selection of external materials
• Commission investigative site surveys and reports

Implementation

Prepare technical support in the preparation of detailed design information to assist the procurement and construction of new developments including;

• Pre-selection, appointment, and management of consultant design team.
• Negotiation of consultant fee proposals and monitoring of fee expenditure against allocated budgets.
• Co-ordination of payments to external consultants
• Attend design team meetings
• Set outline design programmes and monitor consultant performance
• Lead the optimisation process to enable early sign off of floor plans
• Advise and co-ordinate requirements for sustainability, environmental, ecological and eco-homes constraints.
• Clear building control, site engineering and warranty conditions with NHBC
• Liaise with statutory utility providers.
• Clear outstanding planning conditions with local authority.
• Liaison with and co-ordination of specialist sub-contractors.
• Attend site progress and co-ordination meetings.

Provide supporting information to the Sales Department to assist the preparation of sales literature and the conveyancing of individual properties, including;

• Plot conveyancing plans as required by land registry
• Computer Generated Images
• Basic sales plans and area schedules

Legacy Sites

Working in collaboration with Bellway’s central Fire Team,

• Review Bellway archives and provide project information to the Fire Team’s specialists (e.g. Fire Engineer’s, Solicitors, EWS1 surveyors)
• Coordinate investigations of legacy buildings by specialist surveyors
• Attend monthly regional Fire Team meetings
• Coordinate and manage the technical aspects of sites where remedial works are required

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

Experience

• Experience of working as a Technical Coordinator with a high-volume house builder.
• Demonstrates a fundamental understanding of the development business and the necessity to balance the varying needs of different internal departments.
• Up to date knowledge of CDM regulations.

Qualifications and Training

• Current CSCS card or equivalent

Skills and Aptitude

• Strong communication and listening skills
• Highly motivated to deliver quality developments
• Ability to work on own as well as part of a team
• IT literate and the ability to adapt to new systems
• Committed to diversity and inclusion

The Role and Working Conditions

• Willing to be flexible in respect to day to day duties and hours worked.
• Office based role, with travel within the Divisional area.
• Ability to travel to development sites as and when required.

In return we can offer you:

• Optional salary sacrifice car scheme
• Competitive annual bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Access to discounts and benefits portal
• ShareSave Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Life assurance

We reserve the right to close this vacancy if a large volume of applications are received.

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