Group Architectural Director

We are looking for a Group Architectural Director to join us at our Head Office in Measham. This post would suit an experienced and diplomatic leader from an Architectural Background, adept at managing teams with the ability to deliver large-scale residential projects to agreed deadlines, whilst ensuring the architectural solutions for the business meet both business and regulatory objectives.

About Bloor Homes: We built our first house in 1969. Every possible detail was taken into consideration back then to create a beautiful home. The same is still true today. We understand that buying a new home is an important decision and that everything, from the location to the build quality, has to stand the test of time for our customers. As a family-run housebuilder, our team of highly skilled craftspeople ensure care and attention goes into every one of our homes. We give sympathetic consideration to the areas we build in to design welcoming settings with a variety of home types and space, making every effort to preserve natural features and the conservation of wildlife. Our strong commitment to create homes that our customers are proud to own - and that we would love ourselves or family and friends to live in - is what has always driven us. It’s why we’re proud to be a five-star housebuilder and it’s why we’re dedicated to creating better life experiences, one home at a time.

What Benefits You Can Expect: We strongly believe in rewarding and recognising the hard work our employees put in every day which is why in return you can expect to receive the following benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Holiday buy & carry over
• Competitive bonus scheme
• Company Car/ Car Allowance
• BUPA Cover/ Option to purchase the BHSF Health Cash Plan
• Enhanced Family Policy
• Generous Pension Scheme
• Microsoft Office Discount
• High Street Retail Discount
• Wellbeing initiatives
• Option to join the salary sacrifice car scheme
• Life Assurance at 6 times your basic salary
• Employee discount on our Homes and some building materials
• Employee discount at Triumph Motorcycles Ltd.

What Will Your Day Look Like? The Group Architectural Director will hold the responsibility of the design, management and maintenance of the Group standard house type portfolio and the production of all working drawings for the regional business units to support the delivery of all the Group housing developments. You will be a figurehead for all Architectural issues in the business by supporting the Group Development and Technical Director and other Team Managers in the day-to-day operation of the Design and Technical Department.

A Brief Overview Of Duties Can Be Found Below:

• To lead the design of the Bloor Group House Type Portfolio and the production of all Working Drawings. This includes their adapted designs to meet Nationally Described Space Standards, M4(2) and M4(3). All Affordable Housing to be maintained in a similar manner.
• To lead, manage and advise the Group House Type team and the Head Office Regional Working Drawing teams in their day-to-day duties.
• Developing and implementing the architectural strategy for business to ensure we are meeting both regulatory and business objectives.
• Collaboration with other Group disciplines e.g. Group Quality Team and Group Commercial Team to ensure we are delivering designs which align with the companies’ objectives.
• Procuring surveys and external consultants as and when required.
• Attending regional offices and site visits as required representing the business.
• Appointment and management of external consultants as required including agreeing fees and tracking spend monthly.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties; please see the job description for more information.

What You'll Need To Succeed: Previous experience and proven track record managing a housebuilder's design and technical department at a senior level (director level experience desirable), relevant Architectural degree or equivalent qualification, high level technical knowledge and fully conversant with Building Regulations and Future Homes Standards, ability to manage multi-disciplined teams whilst managing workload to ensure deadlines are met, understanding of business objectives and ability to develop architectural solutions to support this, experience in managing large residential projects independently, able to respond to deadlines and handle multiple time sensitive responsibilities simultaneously, proven ability to lead, motivate and mentor teams, encourages collaboration and thrives in a busy and diverse office environment, proven ability to communicate effectively at all levels both internally and externally of the organisation.

Our talent is what sets us aside from our competitors. Working at Bloor Homes, you can expect to be part of a community of exceptionally talented, likeminded people who help to support and develop one another.

If our Group Architectural Director role sounds like the perfect role for you, please Click 'Apply now' and get your career started with us today.