Technical Manager | Leading Main Contractor | Essex/Cambridge | £83k

Our client is an award-winning 5 star contractor, creating a range of beautiful and award-winning new homes across London and the South East. Due to a strong pipeline of work, they currently require a Technical Manager out of their Eastern Region.

You will be assisting with the technical role on various sized projects and will  also be involved in several projects at the same time dependent on size and progress of each scheme or part of a larger Technical team on one project.

Role overview:

·         Responsible for the control of the Technical role on a project/projects on time, to budget, to agreed quality standards, safely, by motivating teams, and performing to the highest level. Responsible for adhering to and engaging with the quality management system and other company procedures at all times

·         Responsible for the technical role on various sized projects. May be responsible for several projects at the same time dependent on size and progress of each scheme or part of a larger Technical team on one project

·         Joint Venture Partners, Investments Partners, Clients, Funders, sub-contractors and material suppliers, residents, statutory authorities, consultants’ employers’ agents, Building Control, Warranty providers, Local Authorities

Responsibilities

·         Promote health, safety, and environmental issues at all times

·         Ensure compliance with CDM Regulations, also ensuring designers risk assessments are appropriate and issued to the health and safety coordinator

·         Control the quality of drawn information and address any non-conformance issues

·         Review the suitability of all materials specified, and liaise with the purchasing department and/or suppliers

·         Maintain the reputation of the company for good quality of finish, positive action and achievement of predetermined targets

·         Adhere to quality management (ISO) procedures using correct forms and processes.

·         Undertake external consultant performance reviews during and on completion of the projects

·         Maintain or cause to have maintained the image that the company desires to be best in class

·         Ensure sales presentation is maintained at all times in conjunction with HRL sales and marketing teams and strategy

·         To treat site presentation as the shop window to our business

·         Deliver design packages on time and accurately. Produce design reports to help monitor progress and report current position against agreed design programme

·         Organise and control the design development of the project in accordance with the Employers Requirements, specification, and the construction programme

·         Review and comment on the design and deal with all obstacles efficiently and appropriately

·         Ensure statutory undertaker quotations are paid to enable timely site delivery

·         Actively progress the discharge of all planning conditions in a timely manner, in accordance with the build programme and sales strategy

·         Drive liaison with local authority and statutory authorities to ensure that progress is maintained

·         Actively take part in regular site meetings to progress site delivery

·         Ensure that the company’s procedures for the appointment of external consultants are properly implemented and that appointments and warranties are signed by the consultants prior to first payment being made

·         Ensure subcontractor designs are reviewed and commented on in line with programme requirements.

·         Positively liaise and communicate with estimating, production, surveying, purchasing, resident liaison and accounts staff allocated to the project/s by the company to ensure their positive contribution to the project/s

·         Undertake review of issued drawings to ensure suitability for sales and marketing teams.

·         Provide support to sales and marketing team with regards to customer and conveyancing queries.

·         Ensure completed schemes are handed over to client/s in line with the contract requirements

·         Ensure appropriate processes are instigated as required in order to meet Golden Thread requirements

·         Convene and chair design team meetings

·         Ensure all consultant appointments (including scope of works, payment schedules and collateral warranties) are signed prior to a payment being made

·         Maximise profit by keeping all costs under control and exploring value engineering options; rigorously critiquing quotations, designs and material

·         Complete tender design & Build and Stats budgets and ensure the ‘settled’ budget is effectively managed and reported against through the life of each project

·         Compliance with CDM regulations

·         Design risk assessments are appropriate ensuring minimal risk

·         Design programmes are delivered effectively to cover pre-con period through to design completion

·         Design packages are produced on time and accurately to target programmes

·         The design meets each departments requirements eg cost, buildability, Customer Services

·         Consultants are working in line with the agreed design programme

·         Statutory delivery and authority requirements are understood and met

·         Completed programmes are handed over to the client in line with the contract requirements

·         Design complies with the relevant statutory bodies and current legislation

·         Construction and development is controlled in accordance with the drawings, schedules , ERs and specification provided

·         Handling, monitoring, and providing information in accordance with our company policies and procedures

·         Design represent good value and budget is achieved

·         Payment schedules are achieved

·         Value variations ahead of agreement with line manager

Skills, Experience and Attributes:

·         Working towards a relevant professional qualification to either Degree, HNC/HND, NVQ Level 5 CDM for Principal Designers awareness

·         Experience of assisting with coordinating and managing the design team on a project/range of projects

·         Ability to prioritise, negotiate, motivate, and communicate in order to ensure that the required objectives are met.

·         Skills including, good time management, organised, numerate, participate in meetings, works well to deadlines, accuracy in all areas

·         Aptitude to gain management skills in order to support trainee members of the team

·         Passionate about customer satisfaction, house building and construction

·         Awareness and basic experience of planning, financial and legal processes.

·         Basic knowledge of BIM Level 2 including COBie data drops

·         Understanding of Golden Thread requirements

·         Contribute to the preparation of programmes for the project

Benefits:

·         Up to £75,000

·         £7k Car/Travel paid

·         Bonus

·         Pension 5%

·         Fuel card