Architectural Assistant

We are looking for an Architectural Assistant, based in our Speke office, to join our Kier Design business in providing design and other professional services across a range of sectors, but predominantly the built environment, for public and private sector clients.  Kier Design has recently entered the top 25 of Building Consultancy companies in the UK. This is an opportunity to join an ambitious and growing team engaged across a wide range of sectors. Within this role, you can enjoy competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave, a fantastic, matched pension scheme, a share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans and even more

Location: Speke, Liverpool

Hours: 37.5 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you be responsible for?

As Architectural Assistant you'll be working within our Architecture & Building Consultancy team, producing high quality design work, comprehensive and co-ordinated detailed drawings and specifications which will enable projects to be completed within agreed cost and budget parameters and running projects on site when required.  Assisting senior members of the team as required with project work at all stages of design and construction.

Your day to day will include:

• Evaluating and advising on environmental, legal and regulatory issues, contributing to planning applications and other regulatory issues and applications, assessing what surveys are required before work can start undertaking them and feeding results into the project
• Preparing and presenting concept and detailed drawings using CAD methods, participating in the detailed design process and producing / coordinating of design information
• Liaising with appropriate authorities when producing documentation for statutory approval
• Contributing to design risk assessments, administering contracts and visiting sites as required
• Supporting local and national bids / sales

What are we looking for?

This role of Architectural Assistant is great for you if:

• Hold an Architecture Degree or equivalent with exemption from RIBA Part1 (minimum), or RIBA Part 2, or equivalent relevant industry experience
• Demonstrate sound design capabilities, good technical background, knowledge of all current architectural / building regulations and developments within the design / construction industry
• Bring competent use of REVIT and BIM and relevant IT / CAD software packages including Autocad, Twinmotion, Adobe Design Suite, Microsoft Word and Excel

Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

We look forward to seeing your application to join the #constructionrevolution #joinkier

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