Associate - CAD Manager

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Our Opportunity

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We are looking to recruit an Associate to lead our CAD central Building Services team in Leicester. As Associate you will ensure the CAD Central Team are delivering a high quality service to clients, and lead the delivery of BIM initiatives in the Building Services division nationally.
Over the last year our Building Services CAD central team has grown from strength to strength and in turn we are looking for a passionate people orientated leader, who has a drive for innovation and who will embrace ethical, cultural and strategic aims.
The successful Associate will be responsible representing the firm at client meetings, liaising directly with clients and ensure that the quality of service delivery and output maintains at a high standard.
Other duties include:

• Control of day to day programming and planning, CADCentral resources and the monitoring of team utilisation including timesheet approval, absence approval and return to work interviews
• Take an active interest in the Discipline Business Plan and be involved in the delivery of the Business Plan aims and goals. Along with Day to Day control of internal time and fee costs
• The use of Revit MEP/MagiCAD to create complex 3D building systems geometries
• Use Engineers mark-ups and sketches to produce MEP drawings in Revit MEP/MagiCAD
• Creating modelling protocols that allow for export of Revit MEP/MagiCAD content to analysis and visualisation software
• The use of Solibri to co-ordinate BIM model with all design team members from other disciplines and demonstrate which must be resolved
• Create Revit MEP/MagiCAD families from scratch or adapt existing families to project needs
• Involved with bidding, fee tendering and client interviews where required
• Responsible for ensuring that they and their team understand and comply with all Pick Everard Security, Health & Safety requirements, practices and procedure
• Provide technical leadership and support to wider M&E Designers throughout the firm
• Drive the Building Services Division BIM strategy and delivery.

This role will suit a loyal and passionate CAD/ Revit Team Leader who is looking to flourish within a people orientated practice.

About You

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Technical Competencies

• Proven capability of managing major projects/clients
• Experience in the production of coordinated MEP drawings, with a focus on electrical and mechanical engineering
• Experienced using Revit MEP/MagiCAD
• Experience in 3D design and co-ordination of multi disciplines
• Understanding of MEP design processes and the ability to align BIM practices and design processes
• Familiarity with calculation capabilities of Revit MEP/MagiCAD
• Experience of leading a team
• Wide understanding of BIM with emphasis on MEP design and related activities
• Excellent Powerpoint, Word and Excel skills

Behavioural Competencies

• Excellent organisational, communication, writing, and presentation skills
• Excellent team leadership skills
• Autonomous in role – honest and reliable with high levels of integrity
• Demonstrates a proactive approach to services development and continuous improvement
• Good rapport and engagement with other parts of the business.
• Actively involved in promoting all disciplines
• Demonstrates enthusiasm with ability and willingness to learn programs as required
• Excellent written communication – able to annotate drawings/models with details, descriptions and notes, produce guidance notes etc
• Leads by example being proactive in role and learning new skills
• Supportive of wider team in their objectives and engages with other parts of the business

About Us

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At Pick Everard, we work together to make the extraordinary a reality. We’re looking for exceptional new talent to be a part of our journey as we move forward through our ambitious five-year Business Plan.
We are an independent award-winning property and construction consultancy firm, operating within the industry, providing complete integrated service delivery to help our clients deliver better solutions across real estate, infrastructure and the natural environment.
We are at the forefront of the industry and enjoy a culture that is centred around being creative, professional, compassionate, client-oriented and fun.
Our recent successes include:

• Listed as an NCE100 Consultancy and AJ100 Practice
• Named a Top 150 Consultancy by Building Magazine
• Recognised as a leading Financial Times Consultancy
• Winners of the Association of Consulting Engineers (ACE) Awards, Best Business Performance of the Year – Large Consultancy
• Winners at the RICS Awards – Infrastructure category
• An Investors in People and Investors in Excellence accredited business
• Winners at the Enterprising Women Awards

Through our remarkable history we have already established the sound principles of success and we have the vision and ambition to be even better, as we move forward into a very bright future. We’re growing and we need more experts onboard. Join us and we will provide you with an inspiring environment in which you’ll be able to drive real progress and impact in your career.
To learn more about why it’s good to work here please visit our website and follow us on social media. Be part of it.

Remuneration / benefits
We value and promote a positive work-life balance and encourage every member of our team to get involved with charity, sports, community and company events. Providing a balanced, enjoyable career is really important to us, and we work hard to make sure everyone feels a valued part of our organisation. We are also a responsible employer and Investors in People accredited business.
You will receive an attractive salary that will match your skills and experience, as well as the following benefits:

• Stakeholder pension
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Childcare benefits
• Adoption & Shared Parental Leave benefits
• Long service awards
• Annual BeingPickEverard awards
• Life assurance
• Private healthcare
• 26 days’ annual leave + Bank Holidays + option to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave
• Discount Scheme
• Professional subscriptions
• Season ticket loan or car loan
• Cycle to work scheme

Please note we are not accepting speculative CVs or approaches from recruitment agencies for this role.

Job Type: Full-time