Location: Hull, HU7 0DG
Hours: 8.00am - 5.00pm
Salary: Competitive
Role Overview
The Assistant Digital Design Coordinator will join an established Design Management Team, focusing on integrating digital practices into construction processes during both pre-construction and construction phases. The role is suitable for someone with a foundational understanding of construction, coupled with a passion for digital design and a strong enthusiasm for supporting a collaborative team. The goal is to ensure that our construction processes remain innovative and forward-thinking.
This role offers an exciting opportunity to blend traditional construction knowledge with cutting-edge digital design practices, contributing to the future of construction innovation.
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Key Responsibilities
- Support Design Management: Assist the Design Manager in overseeing the design team throughout the project lifecycle, from pre-construction to construction phases.
- Pre-Construction Involvement: Aid in interpreting client briefs, preparing tender documents, and producing design-related deliverables such as 3D models, digital fly throughs, and 3D site logistics plans. Collaborate with the pre-construction bid team to enhance the quality of bid documentation.
- Design Documentation Maintenance: Help maintain and update the design-related quality bid library and various tracking documents, such as project directories, planning conditions trackers, and design schedules, using the Sewell Design Master Tracker.
- Client Engagement: Assist in creating digital client engagement packs, conducting workshops, and managing reviewable design sessions to ensure client expectations are met within budget constraints.
- BIM and Information Management: Support BIM deliverables and workshops using the Golden Thread approach. Facilitate the upload of project data to the cloud-based common data environment, Viewpoint 4Projects.
- Digital Design Development: Develop digital designs for specific construction elements, including 3D details and QR code integration for easy access to model information both on-site and in technical documentation.
- LiDAR Scanning: Utilize Trimble Connect AR or similar technologies to scan existing structures and create accurate digital models.
- Programme and Sustainability Monitoring: Assist in managing the design programme and information schedules. Monitor sustainability criteria to ensure compliance with certifications like BREEAM/SKA/etc.
- Meeting Support: Document minutes from design team meetings and workshops, and update the design risk and opportunities register.
- Project Team Collaboration: Provide design-related support to the Project Team, ensuring smooth communication and execution of design related processes/tasks.
- Social Value Initiatives: Collaborate with the Social Value Team to promote careers in digital construction and design, especially among emerging professionals.
Requirements
As well as exhibiting our company behaviours of being Positive, Professional, Customer Focused, a Team Player and Doing the Right Thing, the successful candidates will have the following:
Essential:
- A valid UK driving license for regional travel across construction sites.
- Foundational knowledge and experience in the Construction Industry.
- Familiarity with design regulations, standards, and best practices such as Building Regulations, British Standards, Building Bulletins, Health Technical Memorandums, Robust Details, Retrofit PAS 2038, BIM stages and ISO 19650-2 and certifications including ISO 9001 Quality and ISO 14001 Environmental Management.
- Proficiency in digital tools like AutoCAD, BricsCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, Trimble Sketchup, and video editing software.
- Strong computer literacy, particularly in Microsoft Office Suite.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team, with excellent communication and organizational skills.
- A proactive attitude towards delivering high-standard construction works and a commitment to continuous learning including being comfortable trialling and investigating new digital technologies to continually improve our processes. These could include use of Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Sketchup & Enscape, BIM flythroughs/virtual tours etc.
Desirable:
- Experience working with Local Authorities, public sector, higher education, or commercial clients.
- Progress toward or possession of a professional qualification in Construction, Design, or Architecture.
- Knowledge or willingness to develop expertise in sustainable and carbon reduction design solutions.
Sewell Construction is an equal opportunities employer, recruiting within the guidelines of the Equality Act 2010. We are committed to the promotion of diversity and equal opportunity, as an employer and in the delivery of our products and services.
As a committed safe employer, an enhanced DBS (criminal record) check will be carried out for the successful candidate of this role.
Benefits
- Competitive Salary, Dependent on experience
- Annual Bonus opportunity
- 25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), rising with length of service to 30 days
- Being a Co-Owner of Sewell Estates, learn more here: Employee Ownership - Sewell Group (sewell-group.co.uk)
- Auto Enrolment pension
- Staff discounts
- High Street & Retail discount schemes
- Bike 2 Work Scheme
- Technology Scheme
- Paid Parental Leave and Sickness Absence schemes
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