Technical Manager – Housing

Technical
Berkshire
October 1, 2024
Full Time

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Job Description

CR3 are currently representing a Housing Developer who are seeking a Technical Manager on a permanent basis working out of their regional office in Reading.

Benefits:

  • £70k-£75k
  • 20% Bonus
  • 25 Days Holidays
  • Pension Scheme
  • Private Healthcare
  • Starting January 2025

Duties of the Technical Manager :

  • 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.

Customer Support Engineer requirements:

  • 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