Technical Manager
- Ealing, West London
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
- Company car, car allowance or travel allowance
- Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees
- Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to up to 39 days with service
- 2 Volunteering days per annum
- Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice
- Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary
- Share save and share incentive schemes
- Employee rewards portal with many more benefits…
- Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality
- BTEC HND/HNC in Design, Construction or Civil Engineering
- Experience working within a technical role at a residential house builder or contractor
- Good level of IT litracy with experience of AutoCAD, Outlook, Excel & Word
- Proven ability in a Technical Coordinator role of delivering design for projects on time, to budget and quality standards with high customer satisfaction results
- Excellent organisation and time management with ability to multi task
- Commercially aware
- Ability to make decisions within authority
- Able to lead and work as a team member
- Experienced in analysing problems and delivering solutions
- Strong mathematical ability
- Be able to design and interpret the designs and technical demands of others
- Professional aptitude and appearance at all times
- Strives for continuous improvement for the benefit of the company
- Driven to achieve customer satisfaction
- Able to work under pressure, and accept criticism of work
- Be able to work effectively in a team
- Good level of communication skills, with the necessity to liaise with internal staff and external bodies
- Be practical and methodical with good analytical skills
- Willing to work extra to meet deadlines as and when the business needs require it
- Member of a professional body such as: ICE, CIAT, CIOB
- Principal Designer and associated Health and Safety training/ qualifications
- CSCS card qualification
- Use of Viewpoint drawing management system
- Proficient use of Auto Cad
- Management of technical fees and services cost to complete
- Manage site as agreed with the Senior Technical Manager from design stage to post completion, in line with delivery programme.
- Undertake key aspects of the Principal Designer role as defined within the Construction Design & Management Regulation 2015.
- Completion of all necessary Health, Safety & Environmental documents, inline with group policy.
- Co-ordinate delivery of surveys & reports required for the development and manage associated requirements from design to completion.
- Manage the process of obtaining consultant fee proposals and formal appointment documents in accordance with group procedures.
- Co-ordinate consultants to deliver the civil engineering designs including legal plans.
- Undertaking value engineering assessments and ensure buildability.
- Co-ordinate submission of designs and securing technical approvals for agreements such as S104, S38 and S278.
- Following technical approval being granted, managing timely completion of legal agreements.
- Co-ordinate utility designs and initial mains laying onto site, ensuring legal agreements completed in timely manner.
- Coordinate street naming with local authority, complete plot list and distribute internally and externally of the business.
- Assist in production of Sales brochure, legal and sales handover meetings.
- Provide information for Housing Association contracts and attendance of progress meetings,
- Co-ordinate consultants to deliver the house type working drawing packs and liaise with key suppliers to provide ancillary drawing information for tender, construction and sales packs.
- Prepare all drawings and documents for engineering and superstructure elements for tender, followed by the construction issue and sales handover.
- Co-ordinate the accuracy of information supplied by all departments to ensure no discrepancies.
- Submission of all information to building control and warranty providers and obtaining approval of same, obtaining SAP/HEM Assessments together with PEA’ and EPC’s, Secured by Design Approval and Robust Standard Details.
- Obtaining and collating all ancillary specialist drawings including hot water supply, heating, kitchen, stair, lintels, p.c. ground floors, and precast upper floors.
- Attending and chairing Pre-Start Meetings and briefing all departments on matters related to the engineering and working drawings.
- Co-ordinate information and liaise with architects, civil and structural engineers and landscape architects, ensuring consistency between various designs.
- Assist the Land, Planning & Development teams with advice during the land acquisition stage and assist in the information to discharge of planning conditions.
- To monitor and report technical & development fees including S106 obligations.
- Resolve all technical related queries including conducting site visits as required.