Design & Planning Executive

Description

• Support planning applications, co-ordinate with the Planning & technical teams to deliver accurate designs and approvals from inception to completion, including all supporting document.
• Attend concept, pre tender, pre start, specification and any other relevant meeting as required under the Company’s Framework procedure.
• Liaise and negotiate where necessary with Statutory Authorities, Local Planning Authorities, Highways, Consultants etc. to ensure projects achieve the set objectives and programmes.
• Alongside the Planning team, clear all planning conditions prior to approval.
• Alongside the Planning team, manage community consultations, enquiries and reactions of the surrounding population to planning applications.
• Management of external consultants to ensure information is received, checked, co-ordinated and distributed on time and within budget.
• Assist in the evaluation and appraisal of development opportunities to purchase new sites.
• Alongside the Planning team, manage and drive Section 106 agreements, identifying the commercial impact and negotiating commercially viable contributions with authorities.
• Liaise and co-ordinate design information with the Engineering team to insure adoptable and approval standards are met.
• Responsible for all planning and development functions on a determined number of sites. Input into house type design forum.
• Implement the departments Quality Management Process to ensure Design information meets the high quality expectations of the business.
• Produce & co-ordinate high quality designs, utilizing TW standard products and details wherever possible
• Provide knowledge/expertise to react to changes in legislation as dictated by industry standards of Building Control, NHBC and planning law.
• Arrange, co-ordinate and manage all design meetings with other departments in a timely and efficient manner, ensuring all relevant action points are noted and recorded.
• Ensure the designed scheme is viable, liaising with internal colleagues to ensure the scheme meets BU requirements
• Liaison with sales department in procurement of accurate sales presentation drawings.

Requirements

• Degree level qualification in a relevant field
• Capable of preparing and managing a number of planning applications
• Previous experience in the housebuilding sector
• Computer literate with knowledge of Autocad

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance