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Role overview ID: 2024-5716 Entity: Vistry Region: Vistry Central Home Counties Department: Technical Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time Job Location: Broxbourne, Hertfordshire Date Posted: 30.05.2024 We have a great opportunity for a Technical Coordinator to join our team within Vistry Central Home Counties, at our Broxbourne office in Hertfordshire. As our Technical Coordinator, you will coordinate key information, engineering and working drawing packages to enable any given residential development to be built as intended and to obtain all necessary technical approvals. We are pleased to say, this role can accommodate agile working arrangements. Let's cut to the chase, what's in it for you... Competitive basic salary and annual bonus Company car, car allowance or travel allowance Agile working possible (dependent on role) Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays Private Healthcare Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave Competitive contributory pension scheme Life assurance 4 x your annual salary Share incentive schemes Employee rewards portal with many more benefits... In return, what we would like from you... Behave in line with our company values Integrity, Caring and Quality BTEC HND/HNC in Design, Construction or Civil Engineering Experience working within a technical role at a residential house builder or contractor Good level of IT literacy with experience of AutoCAD, Outlook, Excel & Word Proven ability in a Technical Coordinator role of delivering design for projects on time, to budget and quality standards with high customer satisfaction results Excellent organisation and time management with ability to multitask Commercially aware Ability to make decisions within authority Able to lead and work as a team member Experienced in analysing problems and delivering solutions Strong mathematical ability Be able to design and interpret the designs and technical demands of others Professional aptitude and appearance at all times Strives for continuous improvement for the benefit of the company. Driven to achieve customer satisfaction Able to work under pressure, and accept criticism of work Be able to work effectively in a team Good level of communication skills, with the necessity to liaise with internal staff and external bodies Be practical and methodical with good analytical skills Willing to work extra to meet deadlines as and when the business needs require it Desirable... Member of a professional body such as: ICE, CIAT, CIOB Principal Designer and associated Health and Safety training/ qualifications CSCS card qualification Use of Viewpoint drawing management system Proficient use of Auto Cad Management of technical fees and services cost to complete More about the Technical Coordinator role... Manage site as agreed with the Technical Manager from design stage to post completion, in line with delivery programme. Undertake key aspects of the Principal Designer role as defined within the Construction Design & Management Regulation 2015. Completion of all necessary Health, Safety & Environmental documents, in line with group policy. Co-ordinate delivery of surveys & reports required for the development and manage associated requirements from design to completion. Manage the process of obtaining consultant fee proposals and formal appointment documents in accordance with group procedures. Co-ordinate consultants to deliver the civil engineering designs including legal plans. Undertaking value engineering assessments and ensure buildability. Co-ordinate submission of designs and securing technical approvals for agreements such as S104, S38 and S278. Following technical approval being granted, managing timely completion of legal agreements. Co-ordinate utility designs and initial mains laying onto site, ensuring legal agreements completed in timely manner. Coordinate street naming with local authority, complete plot list and distribute internally and externally of the business. Assist in production of Sales brochure, legal and sales handover meetings. Provide information for Housing Association contracts and attendance of progress meetings, Co-ordinate consultants to deliver the house type working drawing packs and liaise with key suppliers to provide ancillary drawing information for tender, construction, and sales packs. Prepare all drawings and documents for engineering and superstructure elements for tender, followed by the construction issue and sales handover. Co-ordinate the accuracy of information supplied by all departments to ensure no discrepancies. Submission of all information to building control and warranty providers and obtaining approval of same, obtaining SAP/HEM Assessments together with PEA' and EPC's, Secured by Design Approval and Robust Standard Details. Obtaining and collating all ancillary specialist drawings including hot water supply, heating, kitchen, stair, lintels, p.c. ground floors, and precast upper floors. Attending and chairing Pre-Start Meetings and briefing all departments on matters related to the engineering and working drawings. Co-ordinate information and liaise with architects, civil and structural engineers, and landscape architects, ensuring consistency between various designs. Assist the Land, Planning & Development teams with advice during the land acquisition stage and assist in the information to discharge of planning conditions. To monitor and report technical & development fees including S106 obligations. Resolve all technical related queries including conducting site visits as required. Finally, let's tell you a bit more about us... We're Vistry Group, the UK's leading provider of affordable mixed-tenure homes. Our core values of integrity, caring, and quality shape all we do; our partnership-led approach helps us build sustainable communities where they're needed most. You're probably familiar with our unmatched portfolio of brands: Linden Homes, Bovis Homes, and Countryside Homes. We also have Vistry Works, our timber frame manufacturing op
Willmott Dixon is looking for an experienced Infrastructure Engineer, specialising in Networks, to join our busy in-house Infrastructure team. This an exciting time to join the Infrastructure team which has recently been absorbed into our Service Operations team, leading to a more collaborative approach which is proving beneficial to the team and the wider business. Although the IT team are based at our head office in Letchworth Garden City, this role can be done as either a hybrid, or a remote role. However, please note that due to the nature of the role, occasional travel to Letchworth or other Willmott Dixon locations will be required according to business needs (e.g. for installations/project assistance etc). Examples of a couple of upcoming projects that you will play a key role in include an SD-WAN implementation and a proxy replacement (possibly to FortiNet). The IT team are a great team to work with and would describe themselves as: - Flexible Fun Uncomplicated Genuine and friendly Innovative and keen to improve Responsive to customer needs Not only are they a genuinely nice bunch of people, they are also passionate about ensuring that the business has the technical toolset and infrastructure that they need to stay ahead of the competition. This means that the business has invested heavily within IT over the last couple of years and will continue to do so throughout 2024 and beyond! Key Responsibilities / Objectives Provide a high level of technical support for the network at Willmott Dixon including WAN, LAN, Firewall, Proxy and Wireless technologies. Effectively utilise our ITSM ticket management system. All work will be managed and maintained to a high standard, keeping customers updated in a timely and professional manner. Ensure technical compliance with Service, Technical and Security standards across the network service. Support the Microsoft Teams telephony service, ensuring this is running optimally for the business. Recommend appropriate site connectivity solutions and collaborate with sites to assure effective implementation. Plan, schedule and implement Change Requests through our Change Advisory Board. Support Principals in the write up of documentation including high and low-level technical designs. Implement technical installations and testing according to design documentation and project planning. Assist in the implementation of monitoring and observability for the network service and proactively identify and rectify performance/service issues. Identify opportunities to automate configuration and implementation of network technologies. Collaborate closely with the Infrastructure Team and the rest of the IT team to assure seamless implementations. Assist the Infrastructure team in developing and conducting Disaster Recovery plans to ensure business continuity. Maintain and further develop technical knowledge by keeping up to date with the latest network technologies, trends, and best practices. Maintain relationships with external vendors and utilise these relationships to assure the optimal running of the network service. Essential and Desirable Criteria Technical Proven experience of: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to confidently deal with stakeholders at all levels. CCNP level, LAN, WAN and routers protocols. Configuration of Network Layer 2/3 devices. Cisco ASA Firewall, FortiGate Firewall, configuring and Administering VPN setups. Working knowledge of QOS. A good understanding of proxy technologies (preferably Zscaler and FortiNet FortiSASE). Qualifications and Membership Essential Degree qualified in Computing or related discipline or equivalent professional experience CCNP Driving Licence Desirable ITIL Foundation Willmott Dixon embraces diversity in the workplace and will consider flexible and agile working. We are a disability confident employer. Benefits: In return we reward our people generously with a competitive package that gives you flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities. This includes but is not limited to, an enhanced pension scheme, full / heavily discounted private medical, life assurance, incentive bonus and a car scheme which will make us a market leader in sustainable company travel. Applicable roles will benefit from a motoring expenditure allowance (MEA) and everyone can access a new generation of low carbon and electric cars via the Willmott Dixon run car leasing scheme.