Working in timber construction at Xylotek provides the satisfaction of knowing that you are contributing to a more sustainable future and creating beautiful, functional buildings that will stand the test of time. Overall, a career at Xylotek can offer a rewarding and fulfilling path for those looking to positively impact the world while pursuing their passion for construction and design.
We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We celebrate difference and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work.
We are always looking for talented people to add to our team, especially in the following roles:
Please send your portfolio/CV and covering letter to jobs@xylotek.co.uk
Current open positions:
Xylotek seeks a Sales Executive to join our team in delivering advanced timber structures.
Who we seek:
We are looking for an enthusiastic, proactive and driven Sales Executive who will play a pivotal role in delivering sufficient sales volumes to increase the company revenue in line with our values, vision and business plan. We’re a start up with lots of ambition, you’ll have the unique opportunity to shape sales operations from the ground up and thrive off being in a fast paced environment. You’ll have a solid support system along the way in your Head of Sales which this role reports to, the Marketing & CRM Manager and Xylotek Directors.
Day to day, your role will involve:
To be successful in this role, we expect you to:
Ideally (but not essential), you will:
Job Types: Permanent, Full-time.
Xylotek seeks a Workshop foreperson to join our team in delivering advanced timber structures.
Who we seek:
We require an experienced Workshop foreperson to keep our busy Bristol workshop a clean, tidy, and safe place to work for our wider team.
Day to day, your role will involve:
To be successful in this role, we expect you to:
Ideally (but not essential), you will:
Xylotek is an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We celebrate difference and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work.
Job Types: Permanent, Full-time
Schedule:
Licence/Certification:
Work Location: In person
We seek a Quantity Surveyor to join our growing team, working on complex non-standard timber projects.
The role will entail:
Please send your CV to jobs@xylotek.co.uk
Xylotek is an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We celebrate difference and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work.
Who we seek:
Xylotek seeks a Senior Timber Designer to join our team in delivering advanced timber structures. We are growing the scale and internationalism of our work and aim to continue offer exceptional technical design of timber structures from concept to the installation processes.
We seek an experienced specialist timber technical designer who has worked within the timber industry, including on large-scale glulam and CLT projects.
The Timber Designer will:
· Lead and coordinate the technical design of projects through their design stages
· Lead project design teams and manage their input into design delivery, including defining design scopes and programmes
· Oversee and carry out the production of 3d models of timber structures, connections and interface details
· Oversee and carry out production of 2d drawings for each project stage, including: arrangement drawings, detail drawings and fabrication drawings.
· Oversee production of fabrication information including files for CADCAM
· Carry out coordination with third parties including project architects and engineers
· Prepare schedules, drawing lists, drawing issue sets and specification documents
· Check and quality control of internal and third-party design and fabrication information
· Contribute to the development and maintenance of Xylotek’s design standards, templates and guides
· Report to the Design Team Manager
Salary negotiable. Dependent on circumstances, the position is offered remote or on site at our hub in Bristol, UK.
Summary of role requirements:
· 5+years of specialist timber design experience
· Knowledge of the international timber industry and fabrication processes
· Knowledge of contemporary timber construction detailing and processes
· Knowledge of design quality management and document control procedures
· Preferred software experience: Rhino/Grasshopper, CadWork, Revit, MS Project
· Full-time role
· Hybrid working model depending on location. Remote working mixed with time at the Bristol office.
Please send us your CV and portfolio or examples of your work to jobs@xylotek.co.uk
Xylotek is an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We celebrate difference and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work.
Xylotek seeks an Install Manager to join our team in delivering advanced timber structures.
We are a growing UK-based international Company seeking to expand our capacity to deliver exceptional structures in wood. By combining unique depth of knowledge of timber construction with advanced technical and design expertise, we offer bespoke specialist consultancy, production and installation services at all project stages from conception to built realisation.
Working with clients, architects and engineers at the highest level, Xylotek connects digital design and fabrication techniques with capability in practical delivery, driven by a passionate understanding of the complexities of wood and its potential to improve the built environment.
Who we seek:
An Install Manager who will support the delivery of timber structure installation projects in the UK and abroad, from prestart through to completion. The successful candidate will be expected to be on site 5 days a week, so you need to have a full clean driving licence.
What you’ll be doing:
What you’ll need to succeed:
Xylotek seeks Carpenters to join our team in delivering advanced timber structures.
We are a growing UK-based timber design and construction company seeking to expand our capacity to deliver exceptional structures in wood. By combining unique depth of knowledge of timber construction with advanced technical and design expertise, we offer bespoke specialist consultancy, production and installation services at all project stages from conception to built realisation.
Who we seek:
We seek skilled Carpenters who are passionate about innovation in wooden architecture and construction. Preferably with experience in the field of structural installation, timber materials and installation processes. You will have the specialist skills and experience to install our projects safely, on-time and to a very high standard. You must feel comfortable being away from home as you will need to be present on project sites.
The role will entail:
What you need to succeed:
Who we seek:
We seek a skilled project estimator, passionate about innovation in wood architecture, with experience in the fields of architecture, engineering and construction. High level proficiency of IT is essential.
The role will entail:
Summary of role requirements:
Key Skills and Qualifications:
We are based in Bristol UK, preferably office based role but remote working is possible for the right candidate.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £35,000-£45,000 per year dependant on experience
Xylotek is an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We celebrate difference and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work.
Who we seek:
We seek a skilled structural engineer who is passionate about innovation in wood architecture and the future of digital design and who will expand our capacity to deliver exceptional timber structures.
The Project Structural Engineer will:
Form a key part of our design team, helping to develop the structural and detailed design on our range of projects at all stages. This will involve collaboration with our fabrication, install and project management departments and our client design teams and will require addressing the following aspects:
· Timber and steel structural and connection design to EC5 and EC3
· Analysis modelling
· Structural calculations
· Technical drawing and drawing reviews
· UK Building Regulations
· Fire safety
· Stability and disproportionate collapse
· Site inspections
· Research into innovative timber structural solutions and products
· Temporary works design
Experience:
· BEng/MEng in civil or structural engineering
· 3+ years of experience as structural engineer
· 2+ years of specialist timber experience
· UK chartership or demonstrated on the route to chartership
Preferred softwares:
· Rhino/ Grasshopper / Karamba
· Dlubal RFEM
· CadWork
· Revit
What we can offer:
Our chosen candidate will have the chance to take an influential position at a fast-growing company working with clients, architects, and engineering practices at the highest level.
The Project Structural Engineer will have a significant impact on the design development of our projects whilst working alongside and learning from an exciting team with serious timber expertise.
Development through training and learning in along-term position and with the range of projects to become a specialist in the field of timber engineering.
Salary commensurate with experience, based Bristol, UK/remote.
Please send us your CV and portfolio or examples of your work to jobs@xylotek.co.uk
Xylotek is an equal opportunities and diverse employer and encourages applications from ethnic minorities.
Xylotek seeks a Specialist 3d/2d Timber Designer to join our team.
We are a UK-based timber construction company with a unique design offering, currently seeking to expand our capacity to deliver exceptional structures in wood. By combining market-leading depth of knowledge in timber construction with advanced technical and design expertise, we offer bespoke specialist consultancy, production and installation services at all project stages from conception to realisation. Working with clients, architects and engineers at the highest level, Xylotek connects digital design and fabrication techniques with capability in practical delivery, driven by a passionate understanding of the complexities of wood and its potential to improve the built environment.
Who we seek:
We seek a skilled designer who is passionate about innovation in wood architecture. With experience in the fields of architecture, engineering, making or construction. Knowledge of contemporary digital design techniques, current timber-industry construction practices and the ability to produce fully detailed 3D models and 2D drawings, is essential.
The Timber Designer will:
• Develop timber structural and connection details, in liaison with Project Managers and Design Director, for our projects during design development.
• Produce 3d models of timber structures, connections and interface details
• Produce 2d drawings for each project stage, including: arrangement drawings, detail drawings and fabrication drawings.
• Produce fabrication information include files for CADCAM in coordination with the workshop management
• Prepare schedules, drawing lists, drawing issue sets and specification documents
• Check and quality control of internal and third-party design and fabrication information
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of Xylotek’s design standards, templates and guides.
Salary negotiable. Dependent on circumstances, the position is offered remote or on site at our hub in Bristol, UK
Summary of role requirements:
• A passion for high-quality design and construction
• Knowledge of contemporary timber construction detailing and processes
• A thorough understanding of timber and its possibilities.
• Skilled in Rhino3d and Grasshopper or transferrable CAD skills
• Extensive experience in 2D CAD drawing and 3D modelling
• Fluent English written and spoken
• Highly desirable – Skilled in CadWork
• Desirable – Experience preparing CNC files, BTL and use of tool-pathing software
• Desirable – Experience of scripting languages (Python, VB, etc)
• Desirable – Skilled in Revit, Autocad, CS Suite
• Desirable – Experience of design coordination and document control eg via Aconex or similar platforms
• Excel, spreadsheets, and programmes/Gantt charts
• Desirable – 3+ years in a Timber Designer, draughtsperson or architectural technician role in architecture, engineering or industrial practice
Please send us your CV and portfolio or examples of your work to jobs@xylotek.co.uk Xylotek is an equal opportunities and diverse employer and encourages applications from ethnic minorities
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Xylotek seeks a project manager to join our team in delivering advanced timber structures.
We are a growing UK-based international Company seeking to expand our capacity to deliver exceptional structures in wood. By combining unique depth of knowledge of timber construction with advanced technical and design expertise, we offer bespoke specialist consultancy, production and installation services at all project stages from conception to built realisation.
Working with clients, architects and engineers at the highest level, Xylotek connects digital design and fabrication techniques with capability in practical delivery, driven by a passionate understanding of the complexities of wood and its potential to improve the built environment.
Who we seek:
We seek an experienced project manager, passionate about innovation in wood architecture, with experience in the fields of architecture, engineering, making or construction. This is a hybrid role working either on site or at our Bristol workshop.
The role will entail:
What you’ll need to succeed:
Although not essential, it would be a bonus if you had: