Priority Candidates will be considered in the first instance
Wigan Town Hall
Library Street
Wigan
WN1 1YN
Salary: Grade 11, £47,754 - £51,802 per annum.
37 hours per week
Your role:
You will take the project lead role in the design of all the teams’ construction projects programme from inception to post contract review. You will work closely with the Capital Projects team and associated clients to ensure the council is achieving the best value for money across all aspects of design activities.
As the council’s Senior Architect, you will provide all the initial designs to support the Capital Project Team, maintaining commercial information and ensuring compliance with contractual and brief requirements.
You will manage the design coordination functions on all projects developed and managed by the section. You will take the lead in the preparation all design works covering all RIBA stages and option appraisals. You will develop design coordination strategies for major projects including the recommendation of relevant contract documents for each project, the preferred design coordination software, identify, analyse and develop responses to commercial design risks and prepare and analyse design solution details on tender returns.
About you:
You will be confidant and assertive professional with a passion for achieving positive outcomes for our customers and the organisation.
You will be a team player and have the self-assurance to work on your own initiative and make the right decisions. You will be a great communicator and will be used to liaising with a range of people both internal and external to the organisation. You will be eager to explore new opportunities, maximising them to improve the service and will be keen to take on new challenges.
About us:
Wigan Council has been voted ‘Overall Council of the Year’ at the APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) Awards. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.
The Progress with Unity plan is a place movement for change for the next decade, bringing a new era for Wigan Borough. It draws on the strengths of our individual organisations, recognising that together we can achieve much more for our communities by delivering on our 2 place missions; create fair opportunities for all children, families, residents and businesses and make our towns and neighbourhoods flourish for those who live and work in them.
We are a proactive and enthusiastic team of construction professionals delivering capital and maintenance projects mostly within the educational premises, corporate or historical buildings. We deliver works for a variety of Council clients through RIBA stages 0 to 7, ensuring we make the right decision at the right time, allowing for on time and on budget delivery. We deliver around £10M pa in capital projects and maintenance works, with work ranging from the project management of minor reactive/planned repairs and statutory compliance services to major new build projects up to £25M.
Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do. This may include working from home, the office, or the community. We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits click here to find out more about working for #TeamWigan.
Wigan Council prides itself on equality, inclusion and promoting diversity within the borough and aims to recruit a workforce that reflects our diverse communities. We invest in training and developing our staff, in a positive learning environment, and aim to be a consciously inclusive employer. We welcome applications from everybody in the community and would particularly encourage applicants from our underrepresented groups to apply. At Wigan, it is really important to us that applicants demonstrate our Team Wigan behaviours, and we do all we can to make sure that everyone feels like they belong. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process.
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For further information, please contact David Clegg at David.clegg@wigan.gov.uk
Interview date: Week Commencing Monday 10th March 2025
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