Technical Manager

Key Duties:

As the Technical Manager you will report directly into the Head of Preconstruction acting as the first point of contact for all day-to-day technical requirements for the design team.

You will be responsible for executing the design in accordance with the project’s design deliverables, programme, and contract proposals, directing and coordinating external design consultants. You will also be the primary technical contact for the project, liaising with the Contracts Manager, QS, building services and operations departments within the project team. This role will also involve acting as a support the Contracts Manager in dealing with the client team on design related issues.

Responsibilities of the Technical Manager

· Adherence to inductions, policies, and procedures

· Interface design and attend design workshop meetings

· Liaise with senior management, architects design teams, client reps, engineers and technicians as well as face to face client representation

· Rectify design issues with architects prior to work commencing and during the construction programme

· Be involved with project specific design issues, proposing practicable and buildable solutions

· Attend pre-construction and design development meetings

· Ensure relevant design team members are present at all project meetings

· Liaise closely with site-based project teams

· Value engineering to consider and develop the best options available

· Advise on cost effectiveness of alternative strategies and methods of construction

· Manage compliance checks against specification and client requirements

· Manage design output to agreed programmes and ensure the flow of work is maintained within the team and across all projects

· Provide primary design oversight across multiple projects, including co-ordination with Construction and Project Operation delivery Team/Managers, to facilitate the timely completion of design information to meet internal and external design programme targets

· Liaise with the Commercial and Operations departments regarding the selection and assessment of Subcontractors to ensure they are competent, qualified and capable of providing the design input required for the project

· Manage allocated resources within projects and work to project design programmes and deliverables

· Ensure Design Risk Assessments are created and appropriately maintained for each project in a timely manner and CDM requirements

· Undertake regular resource planning sessions with Head of Division

· Carry out Line Manager duties to direct reports including managing performance, conducting interim and annual appraisals, HR support and ensuring cover for holiday and sickness absence