Senior Designer Construction

Job Title: Senior Designer covering Southampton, Portsmouth and Basingstoke

Reporting to: Senior Design Manager

Role Overview:

To:

• Create drawings, using relevant specifications, where design is applicable.
• Go to site and site office (3-4 days per week) and complete surveys, take photos in order to create design drawings.
• Liaise with Design Manager, commercial and project manager to ensure design is within budget.
• Update drawings based on accurate site surveyed information.

Role Responsibilities:

• Creation, monitoring and revision of assigned drawings.
  
  • Liaison with manufacturers and project teams including distribution of relevant documentation.
  • Respond to technical queries and make recommendations to fix problems.
  • Respond to adhoc problems and raise with D&Q manager accordingly.
  • Undertake site inspections to monitor and manage technical quality of works and ensure they are carried out as per specifications and manufacturers’ recommendations.

Key Tasks

• Ensure information is available for site set up in line with requirements, from job start to close.
• As advised by D&Q manager, visit sites on a planned and adhoc basis.
• Attend regular meetings with site teams, as required.
• Create fabrication drawings and issue to buying department for procurement.
  
  • Collate relevant information for relevant standards to pass to client and funder as appropriate.
  • Make recommendations for changes, to D&Q manager.

Skills and Qualifications:

Role-specific:

• Engineering or Architect related studies or equivalent experience
• CSCS card basic level
• Facades experience, EWI, cladding, rainscreen experience is essential

General IT:

• Competent user MS Excel, MS Word, Microsoft Outlook email and calendars.
• Expert AutoCAD user (3D AutoCAD/SketchUp/Revit optional)

Benefits:

• 33 days’ holiday inclusive of bank holidays
• Company Pension
• Private Medical Insurance