Planning and Preconstruction Co-ordinator

Permanent - Full Time (37.5 hours)

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Planning and Preconstruction Co-ordinator to join our team within Lovell’s Eastern region based at our Leeds office.

Assisting the Planning and Pre-Construction Manager to deliver the timely progression of schemes through bid/concept/planning process, whilst bringing together and moving forward current and new client relationships.

Co-ordinating the work of various disciplines, both internal and external, you’ll be involved with the pre-construction process, promoting an effective information flow between departments to achieve budget and programme.

Main duties will consist of the following:

• Visit prospective sites prior to preparing feasibility layouts and technical review


• Review development’s data room information, regarding the location of the project, site access, utilities available, ground conditions, drainage patterns, topography, and any other relevant site information in order to prepare a technical site appraisal and constraints plan


• Liaise with the internal Lovell teams to produce initial design brief and instruct with an external design team, feasibility layouts, and other required 3rd party designs for the prospective sites as required


• Optimise development’s design to achieve required square footage, design philosophy/ sales mix and subsequent planning approval. Balance Planning Officer’s expectations with cost-effective designs, materials choices etc where possible.


• Review scheme design proposals, produced by the external consultants, to ensure quality of information and compliance with Lovell specification, Employer’s Requirements, Building Regulations alongside LPA planning policy needs


• Obtain fee proposals for the survey works required and issue instructions to support planning application submissions and pre-construction requirements


• Appoint and manage external architects, engineers, planning consultants and other parties, as required, to ensure preparation of robust planning applications and management of pre-construction site appraisals


• Assist the Planning and Pre-Construction Manager in ensuring the database and knowledge of current and future planning policies is kept up to date


• Participate in pre-application negotiations with planning officers prior to the submission of a detailed planning applications


• Attend and chair project /design meetings where appropriate.


• Involvement in site bidding process as required


• Pursuit of value engineering strategies

Candidates should ideally have previous experience within a similar role, in a similar environment, and the ability to communicate confidently and efficiently.

Benefits

• Holidays - 26 days


• Life Assurance


• Pension


• Private medical insurance


• Ability to purchase additional holiday


• Access to discount portal


• Cycle to Work scheme and the Lovell Way to EV


• Digital GP


• Employee assistance programme


• Sharesave scheme

As an Investors in People Gold award employer, Lovell is the UK’s leading provider of mixed tenure affordable homes and has a reputation for innovation and excellence in the delivery of high-quality housing developments and regeneration projects.

We are committed to enhancing the communities in which we work, building quality homes for real people and looking after our own people; developing talent is key to achieving this. We understand that the success of our organisation comes from the strengths, skills and personalities of our people.

Lovell is an equal opportunities employer who encourage and value diversity and inclusion within our teams.

The Lovell culture is one that has been successful for many years. It is based on empowering colleagues to make decisions at a regional and local level, and to challenge the status quo whilst working as one to achieve our goals and make Lovell a great place to work for all.