Role overview

We have a new opportunity for a Technical Manager to join our team within Vistry Cornwall South West, at our office in Exeter, Devon. As our Technical Manager, you will be able to demonstrate a practical, thorough, pro-active, and efficient approach to design development and management. You will be working within a team from the inception of a project through to its completion. Reporting to the Technical Director, you will be tasked with the control and coordination of the complete design process involving the management of design consultants, external parties and stakeholders, liaison with the relevant statutory, approval and local authorities, including Clients and Client’s representatives. You will need to prove an enhanced level of technical and construction knowledge, including a good working interpretation of Design Standards, the Building Regulations, Planning Guidance and the funding criteria relevant to the Affordable Housing sector.  You will possess the commercial awareness to inform and develop design proposals to maximise design efficiency and profitability within identified approval constraints.  You will have experience of working closely with commercial and operational teams to ensure efficient delivery of technical information for costing and construction.

The role provides team members with inclusive responsibility for technical project management, located primarily within the company’s head office, but with a requirement to attend site very frequently to provide support to site operations. The technical team work collaboratively to deliver considered and buildable design solutions, within agreed programme constraints to our project teams, with assistance from a selected and monitored consultant supply chain.

We are pleased to say, this role can accommodate agile working arrangements.

• Let’s cut to the chase, what’s in it for you...
  • Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
  • Company car, car allowance or travel allowance
  • Agile working possible (dependent on role)
  • Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Private Healthcare
  • Competitive contributory pension scheme
  • Life assurance – 4 x your annual salary
  • Share incentive schemes
  • Employee rewards portal with many more benefits...
• In return, what we would like from you...
  • Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality
  • Professional Qualifications & Development (Degree, HND/HNC, CPD)
  • Experience working within a technical role at a residential house builder or contractor
  • Good level of IT literacy 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 knowledge ot building regulations both current and forthcoming changes and transitions
  • Excellent organization and time management with ability to multitask
  • Able to produce and keep to a design delivery programme
  • 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 and clients
  • Be practical and methodical with good analytical skills
  • Willing to work extra to meet deadlines as and when the business needs require it

  Desirable...

  • Member of a professional body such as: ICE, CIAT, CIOB
  • Principal Designer and associated Health and Safety training/ qualifications
  • CSCS card qualification or equivalent
  • Previous line management experience
  • Continued professional development and keeping up to date with changes within the industry
• More about the Technical Manager role...
  • Manage multiple sites/phases as agreed with the Technical Director from design stage to post completion, in line with delivery programme and key dates.
  • 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 and the house type working drawing packs.
  • Obtaining and collating all ancillary specialist drawings including hot water supply, heating, kitchen, stair, lintels, p.c. ground floors, and precast upper floors.
  • Undertaking value engineering assessments and ensure buildability is considered.
  • Co-ordinate submission of designs and securing technical approvals for agreements such as S104, S38 & S278 followed by timely completion of legal agreements.
  • Co-ordinate utility designs and initial mains laying onto site, ensuring legal agreements completed in timely manner.
  • Co-ordinate information and liaise with architects, civil and structural engineers, and landscape architects, ensuring consistency between various designs.
  • Prepare all drawings and documents for engineering and superstructure elements for tender, followed by the construction issue and sales handover.
  • 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,
  • Submission of all information to building control and warranty providers and obtaining approval of same, obtaining SAP Assessments together with PEA’ and EPC’s, Robust Standard Details and any other requirements.
  • Attending and chairing Pre-Start Meetings and briefing all departments on matters related to the engineering and working drawings.
  • 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 and site progress meetings as required.
  • Be self-driven and own their project delivery whilst able to manage individual coordinators
  • Attend departmental meetings as required.
  • Chair predevelopment meetings with external consultants and internally within the business unit.
  • Ensure all relevant stakeholders are kept informed.
  • To implement and comply with Vistry’s SHE policy and procedures, all legal requirements, and best practice within the business unit.

Finally, let’s tell you a bit more about us...

We’re Vistry Group, the UK’s leading provider of affordable mixed-tenure homes. Our core values of integrity, caring, and quality shape all we do; our partnership-led approach helps us build sustainable communities where they’re needed most.

You’re probably familiar with our unmatched portfolio of brands: Linden Homes, Bovis Homes and Countryside Homes. We also have Vistry Works, our timber frame manufacturing operation, and Vistry Services, our support functions. Together, we build more than homes, so there’s nowhere better to build your career. We’re proud that our culture sees everyone treated fairly and respectfully, with diversity and inclusion a top priority and reasonable adjustments provided during the application process. Join us in making Vistry.

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