Bennett & Game Recruitment Limited
Facade Designer
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Position Overview
A well-established specialist in rainscreen facades, roofing, and cladding based in Maidstone seeks to appoint a Designer to join its growing in-house design team. This role is ideal for a designer who wants their drawings to actually get built, working on a varied portfolio of live commercial and industrial projects across London and the South East.
Key Responsibilities
- Produce detailed 2D construction drawings for rainscreen facades, roofing, and cladding packages.
- Prepare elevation, plan, section, fire barrier, and setting out drawings.
- Develop panel and sub-grid layouts from surveys, drawings, and design information.
- Support fabrication-friendly detailing and coordinate with suppliers and installers.
- Carry out material take-offs and coordinate with the estimating team on quantities.
- Attend site to carry out surveys, inspections, and photographic records.
- Liaise with clients, main contractors, architects, engineers, and suppliers.
- Obtain and review technical specifications, U-values, and system information from manufacturers.
- Maintain project documentation including drawing registers, RFIs, and change records.
- Issue technical submissions and updated drawings to clients and project teams.
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Requirements
- Proven design experience in rainscreen facades, cladding, roofing, or building envelope systems.
- Strong AutoCAD 2D capability; Revit or 3D modelling experience is advantageous.
- Good working knowledge of rainscreen systems, insulation, fixings, fire barriers, and membranes.
- Able to produce clear, accurate drawings from surveys, verbal briefs, and sketches.
- Comfortable managing multiple live projects concurrently.
- Strong communication skills and confident engaging with clients, suppliers, and site teams.
- Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel to sites across London and the South East.
- Based within commutable distance of Maidstone.
Salary & Benefits
- Salary: £40,000 to £50,000 (DOE)
- Profit Review Bonus
- Holiday Entitlement Plus Bank Holidays
- Pension Scheme
- Ongoing Training and Development
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- Design output that gets installed by the company's own teams, with direct feedback from site to sharpen your detailing.
- A varied project portfolio spanning rainscreen, industrial and commercial roofing, refurbishment, and cladding.
- A tight-knit team of 12 in the office, giving you close working relationships with estimating, commercial, and senior management.
- Profit review bonus rewards genuine contribution to project success.
- Established contractor with a strong reputation across the South East and consistent pipeline of new work.
About the Company
Bennett & Game Recruitment is acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Based in Chichester, West Sussex, Bennett and Game Recruitment is a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries.
By applying, you are granting Bennett & Game Recruitment consent to process your data, contact you about the services we offer, and submit your CV for the role you have applied for in accordance with GDPR.
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