Pettigrew Recruitment Group Ltd
Senior Architectural Technician
Get notified of more jobs like this · No spam, ever
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Senior Architectural Technician
Location: Sauchen, Aberdeen
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
Salary: Available on request
Are you an experienced Architectural Technician looking for a senior role where you can have real input across the full lifecycle of residential development?
Our client is a well-established housebuilder with a strong pipeline of housing projects across Scotland, and they are looking to appoint a Senior Architectural Technician to join their technical team in Sauchen.
This is a varied, hands-on role where you will be involved from early site layouts and planning work right through to construction, site delivery and handover.
The Role:
Reporting to the Technical Manager, you will play a key part in producing accurate, compliant and buildable design information while working closely with consultants, site teams and internal departments.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Preparing site layouts to support land offers and development appraisals.
- Producing drawings for planning, building warrant and construction issue.
- Liaising with Planning and Building Control throughout the approvals process.
- Developing housetype drawings and detailed construction information.
- Preparing technical information for the Sales team.
- Collating and issuing information required for habitation certificates.
- Supporting housing association projects through design, specification, progress meetings and handover.
- Attending site and working closely with Site Managers to resolve technical queries.
- Coordinating with external consultants throughout planning and construction.
- Working collaboratively with Surveying, Construction, Sales and Customer Care teams.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
What We’re Looking For:
You will ideally have a strong background in residential design, with experience taking projects through planning, warrant and construction stages.
You should be someone who is:
- Technically strong and confident producing detailed residential drawings.
- Comfortable managing your own workload across multiple live projects.
- Confident dealing with planners, Building Control, consultants and site teams.
- Practical and solutions-focused when technical issues arise on site.
- Highly organised with strong attention to detail.
- Comfortable working as part of a busy, collaborative technical team.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
Why Consider It?
This is an opportunity to join an established housebuilder where you can work across a broad mix of residential projects and have genuine involvement from initial design through to delivery on site.
For someone who enjoys being more than just desk-based and wants to work closely with the wider construction team, this offers a really varied senior technical role with plenty of autonomy and responsibility.
If you are an experienced Architectural Technician looking for your next move in the Aberdeen area, get in touch with Sam at Pettigrew Recruitment Group for a confidential discussion.
Pettigrew Recruitment Group Limited is an equal opportunities employer and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment. Pettigrew Recruitment Group is also an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job, you accept the T&C’s, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found on our website. If you would like to discuss this opportunity or any others, why not contact us here? Or keep up to date with other opportunities on our LinkedIn page here.
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London