Residential Designer

• Join the leading HIA award winning national residential builder

• Great next step opportunity for an experience drafter looking to progress their career
• Honeysuckle, Newcastle office location

The NEX Building Group is a diverse and expanding organisation with over 1,300 passionate employees. Our purpose is to build beautiful homes for Australians. Established in 1987 and continuing to evolve both organically and through acquisition, we are well positioned for growth and committed to achieving our vision of being Australia’s leading home building group. Our iconic brands include McDonald Jones, MOJO Homes, Weeks Homes, Wilson Homes, Arden Homes, Brighton Homes and Supaloc Steel Frames.

From architecturally designed first homes and multi-residential projects to luxurious residences and investment properties, our brands strive to set the benchmark in the new home building industry while ensuring that our people, both customers and staff, are at the centre of everything we do along the way.
Building new homes and better futures for Australians is a true honour and so rewarding. Here are some other rewards and benefits we offer our employees.

Our perks and benefits
We believe that our employee community is a key strength of our organisation, and we aim to attract the best talent to achieve our strategic goal of being Australia’s leading residential builder and employer of choice in our sector. We are committed to taking care of our employees, that’s why we offer a bundle of benefits:

• Discount on building a home with any of our building brands (after qualifying period)
• Income protection insurance– 100% funded by NEX. Covers up to 2 years at 75% of base salary in case of illness or injury
• Purchased leave – opportunity to apply for up to 2 weeks extra leave each year
• Paid Parental leave - 12 weeks for the primary carer and 4 weeks for secondary carer (we’re proud to be industry leading with this benefit!)
• Employee discounts on gym memberships (Fitness Passport), motor vehicles (Mitsubishi), home appliances, energy, health insurance and more
• AIA Vitality health and wellbeing program
• A genuine focus on diversity and inclusion (we’re proud of our Women in Construction Program and annual Building Inclusivity Awards)
• Employee assistance program to support your mental, financial and physical wellbeing
• A huge catalogue of online learning and ongoing professional development programs
• NAWIC and HIA corporate membership
• Attractive remuneration
• And so much more!

About the opportunity

The Residential Designer reports to the Product Development Manager and is part of the NEX group head office Product Development team. The focus of this highly rewarding role is to create functional residential design concepts that align with building codes and reflect current design trends for our building brands. More specifically, you will:

• Develop buildable designs that meet market expectations in consultation with key business stakeholders
• Design and develop functional concepts and residential designs using CAD/BIM software that adhere to building codes, and sustainability standards.
• Create concept floor plans, facades, and option plans using CAD software
• Contribute to continuous improvement of design templates, drafting standards and internal systems.
• Participate in design and/or display meetings, design reviews, and display home walk-throughs

About you

You will share a passion for our purpose and be aligned to our core values. In addition, you will demonstrate:

• Degree or diploma in Architecture, Building Design, Drafting or related field
• Proficiency in design software such as Archicad, Revit
• Strong knowledge of building codes, standards and residential construction processes
• Excellent communication skills, attention to detail, creativity and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team environment
• Effective time management skills and the ability to work under pressure

We are keen to improve female (and other marginalised groups) representation in our workplaces. If this role appeals to you but you don’t feel you tick every box, we encourage you to still apply. We’d love to have a chat with you about your career goals

Apply today!

If you are determined to make a difference and want to join an innovative and inclusive organisation committed to building better futures, click on the APPLY button (you may be directed to our careers portal which we have kept very quick and simple. Be sure to click submit once you have completed your application). To find out more about NEX Building Group go to NEX Building Group or follow us on LinkedIn

Our Talent Acquisition Team and Hiring Leaders kindly request no unsolicited resumes or approaches from Recruitment Agencies. NEX Building Group and its brands are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.