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Senior Urban Designer

Recruiter
Hunter Dunning
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
11 Oct 2019
Reference
10491

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Job (Function)
Urban Planning
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

This is an opportunity for an experienced Senior or Associate Urban Designer/Masterplanner to play a key part in developing and delivering design opportunities for a practice based in Birmingham. You will be joining a friendly, inclusive and supportive company, with genuine career opportunities based on merit.

My client is an established practice led by 19 Partners and employing approximately 350 employees in 13 regional offices across the UK. Their portfolio includes residential and commercial schemes, mixed use masterplans and layouts, new settlements, extensions to existing towns, infrastructure-led new communities, regeneration and community-led development proposals.

The Midlands Design team is looking for an Associate Urban Designer/Masterplanner to work alongside the Design Director and newly established Design team. The Birmingham office boasts a friendly and busy atmosphere. Conveniently located within the heart of the town centre it has easy access to public transport, including being a short walk from both New Street and Snow Hill Stations.

Role & Responsibilities

- Developing and delivering design opportunities and assisting with raising the profile of the Design team, whilst working collaboratively alongside the established Town Planning team

- Provide mixed use and residential masterplans for UK projects and produce urban design concepts supported by well-considered design rationales that take account of technical constraints

- Develop design concepts from initial ideas through to sketch layouts

- Present to a variety of audiences, including clients and large external multi-disciplinary consultancy teams and develop and maintain client relationships; acting as the day to day contact

- Set internal deadlines and manage workload, working to defined briefs and tight deadlines

- Assist/facilitate at public exhibitions and community engagement workshops to inform the design process

Required Skills & Experience

- Experience of working on large scale UK residential and mixed use development masterplans, including new settlements and urban extensions in an Urban Design or Masterplanning role

- Either an MA or Postgraduate Diploma in Urban Design and a genuine enthusiasm for creating new high quality and sustainable communities

- Experience within an Urban Design or Masterplanning role in a consultancy environment

- The ability to manage projects and coordinate the production of Design and Access Statements

- Experience and enthusiasm for community engagement (exhibitions and workshops)

- Proficiency in AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite and Sketchup and the ability to produce high quality hand drawings

- An interest in networking opportunities and willingness to develop good business development skills

- The ability to coordinate large amounts of technical information

- Excellent team working skills, with the ability to lead workshops and develop consensus amongst multiple stakeholder groups

- The ability to work independently, managing your own time and workload to meet deadlines

What you get back

- All salaries considered

- Profit share bonus

- Childcare vouchers

- Cycle to work

- Healthcare assistance

- CPD Training and unlimited opportunities for Career Progression

- Social events and Team building

- Charity Events - The company even offers to match funds raised for their selected charities!

Apply

If you meet the criteria above, send us your CV and portfolio. We receive a large number of applications so if you do not hear back within 7 days consider your application unsuccessful this time. We will keep a copy of your details on file for future vacancies.

In accordance with GDPR, by applying for this position you give us your consent to process your data in-line with our Privacy and Data Protection Policies which can be read which can be read on the privacy policy page on our website.

Referral

Did you know we run a referral scheme? We'll give you £300 worth of vouchers if you introduce us to anyone who we then successfully place in a new job role. Just send us their information and we'll do the rest.

Terms: A candidate is deemed to have been successfully placed once they have started a new job as a result of an introduction made by Hunter Dunning and when they've successfully completed the probation period.

Senior Urban Designer job in Birmingham - Your Architectural Recruitment Specialists (Recruiter: Miranda Job Ref: 12345

Company

GENUINE SPECIALISTS IN ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN

Rather than bore you with the stats and facts, we'll let a satisfied candidate do the talking.........

"Hunter Dunning provides Job Seekers a phenomenal service. They helped me secure a position of Design Architect at one of the top Practices in the South England including arrangement of multiple interviews inside two weeks from our initial discussions. What impressed me most of all was their high degree of pro-activeness in targeting companies tailored to my career aspirations. Within two weeks I was in a luxurious position. Their attention to detail and working with me through the whole process to a high standard makes them a true professional recruiter. A unique quality has been their continual contact with me after recruitment, regular feedback in making sure I get off to a great start! I would highly recommend the team at HunterDunning."

Company info
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Telephone
01243779789
Location
City Gates
2-4 Southgate
Chichester
West Sussex
Po19 8DJ
GB

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