Design Manager

Design Manager
Lytham, Lancashire

The Company

We are Jones Homes, one of the nation’s leading independent home builders. Part of the successful, family-run Emerson Group, we have been creating beautiful new homes in exceptional residential locations since 1959.

Currently, we are building more than 500 homes a year in the UK and offer an impressive portfolio of apartments, mews and townhouses, as well as spacious semi-detached and detached homes.

We have built an enviable reputation for delivering outstanding services and have an HBF five-star rating for our customer service. We’ve also received a number of prestigious accolades over the years for the properties we build, the design and landscaping of our developments and our talented team.

We are currently looking for a Design Manager to join us in Lytham on a permanent, full-time basis.

The Benefits

- Competitive salary
- Company pension
- 28 days’ holiday (including Bank holidays)
- Car allowance or company car
- Free parking

This is the ideal opportunity for an individual with AutoCAD experience and knowledge of current building regulations to join our team and develop your career.

You’ll discover an innovative environment, ensuring your skillset soars and adding our leading expertise to your portfolio of experience.

So, if you’re ready to take the next step, we can’t wait to hear from you.

The Role

As a Design Manager, you will advise and assist our residential team in the management and planning activities for our first-class properties.

Providing legal and technical advice and actioning a range of queries, you will deal with site construction issues and have input to land viabilities.

You will also undertake the production, review and approval of Site layouts, house type working drawings, construction details, Deed Plans and Master Deeds.

Reviewing technical and legal reports, you will assist in the review of Management Charges, providing advice to others, including Senior Management.

Additionally, you will:

- Liaise with Consultants, Contractors, Local Authority and Planning Officers
- Prepare contract documents
- Produce and issue drawings
- Liaise and co-ordinate with other regional technical departments to deliver improvements and efficiencies in shared design solutions
- Update our senior management team on house type and detail changes
- Assist with the preparation of health and safety documentation
- Prepare and collate details for the discharge of planning conditions

About You

To be considered as a Design Manager, you will need:

- AutoCAD experience
- The ability to review technical reports and identify abnormal constraints
- The ability to identify cost effective solutions and liaise with relevant statutory bodies to achieve approval
- The ability to provide accurate and detailed reports
- Good knowledge of current building regulations and NHBC Standards
- Good organisation and communication skills

Other organisations may call this role Architectural Designer, Construction Design Manager, or Construction Design Project Manager.

Webrecruit and Jones Homes are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

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