14 Architecture jobs in Salford, Calderdale

Innovation and Assurance (I&A) determines and sets workspace design standards through authoring of a comprehensive suite of documents comprising the Government Property Agency (GPA) Workplace Design Guide, a range of Technical Annexes and the Employer's Requirements. We utilise these, managing the design process and associated design consultants, across the Hubs and Whitehall Campus Programmes to deliver transformative workplaces for Civil Servants across the UK. I&A plays a wider role across both GPA and across Government in the work that we undertake. We are seen as subject matter experts in the individual streams / disciplines, with an aim of ensuring we have access to the best information and advice, but equally in order that we influence across Government departments and into industry. We operate as 4 distinct but intrinsically linked streams:

• Workplace Design
• Physical Security
• Sustainability
• Technical Assurance
We produce and set the technical standards for our buildings and seek assurance that our requirements are delivered, working closely with our supply chain partners, Capital Projects and Workplace Services colleagues. As subject matter experts we support a number of cross government working groups where we share knowledge with both the public and private sector. The BIM Managers role is part of the Technical Assurance team. This is an assurance role to ensure buildings in design, during construction and at handover comply with the correct technical design and legislative standards set out in GPA's Design Guide and Employer Requirements (ER). This will require regular monitoring and reporting at key project milestones., Reporting to the Head of Technical Assurance, the BIM Manager will be responsible for:
• Support and advice to the Head of Technical Assurance on BIM related issues.
• Developing the GPA Better Building Information Management (B2IM) strategy where there are currently shortfalls in performance requirements, including defining how this interfaces with the other project monitoring activities which are being developed.
• Overseeing each project, at every RIBA stage, and ensuring our performance requirements are met, including ensuring effective BIM/B2IM technical assurance for each project from our external partner consultancies and building contractors.
• Review of project team and assurance support roles for B2IM and responsibilities for each project to ensure scopes are correct.
• Technical assurance of the project inception, to ensure the project team have defined clear working methods in their BIM execution plan.
• Engaging with project teams, reviewing model co-ordination and clash detection working practices are effective.
• Providing oversight, ensuring project teams provide high quality O&Ms and as built information at practical completion to the facilities manager for operations, including a verified federated model with COBIE data.
Leadership
• Lead on BIM and B2IM delivery throughout all RIBA stages of projects.
  
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The Government Property Agency is the largest property holder in government, with more than £2.1 billion in property assets and over 55% of the government's office estate. We are transforming the way the Civil Service works by creating great places to work, leading the largest commercial office programme in the UK, working towards halving carbon emissions from government offices, and achieving greater value for taxpayers. And we are looking for innovative, solutions-focused people to join our team. Representing the best covenant in the UK - His Majesty's Government - we are leading transformational programmes such as the Government Hubs Programme, Whitehall Campus Programme and Net Zero Programme, as well as delivering modern, cost-effective real estate service solutions. Innovation and progress are at the heart of our behaviours. We foster a culture of lifelong learning, where curiosity and self-improvement are encouraged. And we're dedicated to becoming a leading, inclusive employer both in the external market and throughout the Civil Service. Our strong emphasis on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) is not just about driving inclusion across our organisation, it is also about ensuring our services meet the needs of government departments and the civil servants who use our spaces. Join our dynamic and diverse team that leads with purpose, improving sustainability, nurturing social value, driving inclusivity and flexibility, and kickstarting economic growth. We are driven by purpose, and you can be part of it too: where you make a meaningful impact; where you influence; where your voice really matters; where you help to shape our future direction. The GPA is committed to representing the communities we serve by making Diversity, Equality and Inclusion part of everything we do. To ensure that we are always recruiting and retaining a diverse mix of talent, we are particularly inviting applications from candidates who are disabled, ethnically or gender diverse, and people who identify as being part of the LGBTQ+ community.