Assistant Designer KYNX

Make a Home at Taylor Wimpey

At Taylor Wimpey, we don’t just build houses; we build futures. Not just for the people who live in our homes, but for our own people too. When we bring our collective skills together, we make amazing things happen - for ourselves, for each other and for our customers. There are incredible opportunities on your doorstep, and we want you to discover them all.

With 22 regional offices across the UK and operations in Spain, we bring our vision to life locally. Here, you’ll be given the tools to develop your skills and the freedom to explore new avenues. Share your ideas, experience a no-blame culture, and shape your work around your life.

Every single one of us plays a vital role in bringing to life incredible places and spaces, where anyone can thrive. We believe in making a positive difference to our planet, as well as to people.

Home to work that matters, and you can be a part of it.

Job Summary

Support design teams in delivering the highest quality designs and supporting information required for the preparation, submission and approval of planning applications and Building Warrants

Primary Responsibilities

Pre-Development Management   

• Support the production Site Layouts and Design Packages for both Planning and Building Warrant approval processes.  
• Support the production & co-ordination of high quality designs, utilizing TW standard products and details wherever possible  
• Support the preparation of working drawings and ancillary details for site variation and bespoke units  
• Be aware of and implement a high level of CDM, identifying foreseeable risk in designs and taking action to design risk out, in line with company policy.  
• Management of external consultants to ensure information is received, checked, co-ordinated and distributed on time and within budget.  
• Implement the departments Quality Management Process to ensure Design information meets the high quality expectations of the business.  
• Attend all design meetings with other departments in a timely and efficient manner, ensuring all relevant action points are noted and recorded.  
• Liaison with sales department in procurement of accurate sales presentation drawings.  
• Attend concept, pre tender, pre start, specification and any other relevant meeting as required under the Company’s Framework procedure.  

Land and Planning & Community engagement  

• Support planning applications, co-ordinate with the Planning & technical teams to deliver accurate designs and approvals from inception to completion, including all supporting documents.  
• Alongside the Planning team, clear all planning conditions prior to approval.  
• Input into house type design forum.  
• Responsible for all planning and development functions on a determined number of sites.  

Health, Safety & Environment  

• Implement a high level of CDM, identifying foreseeable risk in designs and taking action to design risk out, in line with company policy.  
• An understanding of industry operating practices such as Health, Safety & Environment and how these should be incorporated into designs.  

Experience, Qualifications, Technical Requirements

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

What we offer at Taylor Wimpey

At Taylor Wimpey, we are committed to enabling you to make a home with us. Our work is not just about building homes; it's about doing work that matters, making a positive impact on the lives of our customers and the communities we serve.

We enjoy many benefits as standard, including excellent retail discounts, company funded life insurance and private healthcare, and access to a quality pension scheme with company contributions. We also offer our discounted house purchase scheme, car leasing scheme and share plans, as well as the opportunity to tailor your benefit package to suit your needs with options such as buying extra annual leave or adding dependants to your benefit cover.

Our total reward offer works perfectly with our culture, we are a welcoming community where…