Architectural Design Technician

Consilium Recruit; England; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job description

Consilium Recruit are proudly supporting Darwin Group with their exciting growth plans. They are seeking a Design and BIM Coordinator to manage the design process and collation of design information for the respective projects, ensuring quality, cost and on-time delivery metrics are achieved.

Commutable from: Telford, Wolverhampton, Kidderminster, Birmingham.

Salary: GBP Negotiable dependent on experience plus an excellent suite of benefits including:

• Career development plan including a wide range of training opportunities.
• Life Assurance x 3 Salary
• Company Bonus Scheme
• Enhanced Sick Pay Scheme
• Early finish every Friday at 15:45 hrs
• 27 days Annual Leave + Bank holidays
• Employer Pension Contribution
• Enhanced Family Leave Package
• Monday to Friday working pattern, 37.5 hours per week
• Hotel and travel support provided for business travel
• Strong commitment to employee wellbeing and support.

The Role

Darwin Group is the UK’s leading modular construction provider for the Healthcare Sector, providing unique design and build projects that are delivered in half the time associated with traditional construction methods. They offer a complete turnkey solution, owning all stages of the design and build process through their in-house team of more than 150 Design, Commercial and Construction specialists.

Darwin Group were recently acquired by Portakabin Group and have been recognised as one of the 1,000 Companies to Inspire Britain in 2015 by the London Stock Exchange Group and placed in the top 1000 of Europe's Fastest-Growing Companies 2022 by the Financial Times.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for the co-ordination of internal and external design teams’ building information models on pre-construction projects.
• Developing and implementing BIM process within the design team and wider company.
• Ensuring pre-construction projects are following company BIM process and standards once implemented.
• Ensuring consultant designers are working in line with BIM procedures and running clash detection workshop sessions.
• Ensuring Darwin’s in-house Architectural, technical, and structural design teams are modelling in line with company standards.
• Managing the common data environment on pre-construction projects.
• Producing BIM documents on projects and ensuring they are implemented, including BIM Execution Plans (BEP).
• Assisting with tenders and sales enquiries as required.
• Promoting new technologies and better working practices to Senior Management and Directors.
• Ultimately working to obtain and maintain BIM L2 status and beyond.
• Managing and maintaining Revit family library.

The Person

The ideal candidate for the Design and BIM Coordinator position will have a good working knowledge of Revit and other similar software packages and ideally will either have proven experience in healthcare or similar experience in an Architectural / Construction office environment to be demonstrated through their CV, employment history and accompanying portfolio. Key factors include:

• Experience working within a common data environment and co-ordinating building information models.
• An advanced Autodesk Revit user.
• Experience in other BIM software packages advantageous (such as Navisworks, Enscape, Tekla or similar).
• Experience within either Architectural, Building Services or Structural design disciplines.

To apply

If you are looking to enjoy exceptional career development and make both a difference and an impact on and to a rapidly growing business, please contact James Colley with a current CV to arrange an initial discussion.