My client a leading house builder that specialises in building Social Housing and Modula Homes.
The company-wide ambition to provide truly sustainable housing products that maximise value for money for our partners and clients. They pride themselves on quality and design, ensuring our products create happy end-users and beautiful places to live. They are a local-scale delivery model which is focussed on maximising social value and generating people-focussed community wealth.
They are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Technical Manager to lead our Technical Team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in managing design and pre-construction projects, excellent leadership skills, and the ability to drive technical excellence across all projects. The Technical Manager will play a crucial role in ensuring the successful delivery of our projects, from initial design through to completion.
You will:
Coordinate the completion of design tasks on all projects, developing design programmes to be integrated in to project programmes, and managing their on-time completion.
Assemble suitable design teams for new projects, overseeing appointments, responsibility matrices, scopes of work, collateral warranties, and insurance requirements.
Leading and overseeing pre-development tasks such as disconnection of utilities, authority notices, and discharging pre-commencement conditions.
Ensure diligent document management on live projects using ViewPoint For Projects.
Work with internal teams to secure client design signoff (layout, specification, energy assessment, etc.).
Manage design information release and variations during construction, liaising with the client to ensure cost-effective solutions are reached
You will need to have:
Experience managing design/pre-construction projects delivering 5-50 homes.
Experience working under JCT Design & Build contracts.
Proficiency in Asta PowerProject and ViewPoint For Projects.
Clear understanding of commercial aspects of residential development, working closely alongside commercial and construction teams.
Excellent communication and organisational skills