Role overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Technical Team Manager to join our team within Vistry North West Midlands, at our Wolverhampton office. As our Technical Team Manager, you will oversee the day-to-day operational activities of the technical function on specific projects, ensuring the team delivers the technical function on the assigned projects to the agreed timeframes. 

You will manage the process of designing the solution(s) for the project to meet or exceed customers’ requirements. To assist in identifying contractual, financial, technical, and operational risks and to find opportunities for value engineering, to minimise risk and maximise gross profit on contracts. To support the project’s delivery on time, and to the required quality while maximising gross profit and customers' satisfaction.  

You will be part of a team ensuring that all relevant policies including those for SHE, risk management and solution design are followed.

• 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
  • 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...
• In return, what we would like from you...
  • Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality
  • Construction/design related HNC/HND/Degree or equivalent
  • Building and maintaining internal and external relationships
  • Contract & commercial awareness
  • Innovative ideas
  • Development experience
  • Management of design Consultants
  • Decision making
  • Professional aptitude
  • Problem solving
  • Ability to delivering mixed use regeneration projects on brownfield sites
  • Good time management with ability to multitask
  • Strives for continuous improvement for the benefit of the company
  • Traditional construction experience
  • Timber frame construction experience
  • Experienced in analysing problems and delivering solutions
  • Commercially aware
  • Good technical knowledge and skills
  • Experience in the social/affordable housing sectors
  • Building and maintaining internal and external relationships
  • Professional aptitude
  • Good time management with ability to multitask
  • Experience of people management and project leading

  Desirable...

  • Member of Professional Body CIOB/RIBA/RICS/MCIAT
• More about the Technical Team Manager role...
  • Following the Life of Site procedures, deliver the technical function on each allocated project.
  • To implement and comply with Vistry SHE policy and procedures, all legal requirements, and best practice within the business unit and areas.
  • To allocate resources within delegated authorities.
  • To support the achievement of the annual financial budget (operating profit) for the business unit.
  • To manage the process of design solutions.
  • To lead, manage and motivate any internal staff and external consultants on projects to establish their full contribution to the organisation.
  • To help determine the required design management resources, capability, and competency of staff for the project(s).
  • To support the winning of new opportunities while minimising risk and maximising gross profit in the management of the design process.
  • To implement Vistry Partnerships policies, procedures, and values.
  • Manage and collate technical information for Planning, Building Control NHBC etc.
  • To select, propose & appoint competent external design consultants and hold them to account.
  • To support the process of assessing, preparing (including post-tender activities), validating, adjudication and the final submission of tenders on time and to the required quality.
  • To manage the process of designing solution(s), to meet or exceed the customers’ requirements.
  • To support the commercial relationships with customers, consultants, contractors, and subcontractors during the project life cycle.
  • To assess, control and mitigate risks and implement Vistry Partnerships risk policy.
  • To support the project teams to fulfil contracts safely, on time, and to the required quality while minimising costs.  In particular:
    • to ensure the solution design is in line with the budget, ERs, and design programme.
    • to conduct design reviews (compliance/buildability etc).
    • to support value engineering.
    • to manage the detailed design requirements with consultants and subcontractors.
    • convene design team meetings and ensure action points/discussions are accurately recorded and closed out.
    • manage the design approval process.
  • To propose, investigate, review, and make recommendations of innovative design solutions.
  • To provide regular and accurate reports for projects.
  • To develop and build relationships with customers, contractors and subcontractors that support fulfilment of contractual obligations.
  • Ensure Project Team Meetings are held, minutes are issued and actions recorded.
  • Managing the collation of the project Health & Safety File/Operating & Maintenance Manuals.
  • To carry out any reasonable tasks set by the Technical Director.

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

We build more than homes, we’re making Vistry. Being a responsible developer and award-winning employer means we live each day through our ethos - doing the right thing. Our behaviours reflect this, as well as our values of integrity, caring and quality. Shaping all we do; they empower us to develop sustainable communities across affordable and private housing. We work in a partnership-led way, and you’ll recognise our renowned brands Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. Together with Vistry Works, our manufacturing operation, and the functional support of Vistry Services, we’re a proud UK Green Building Council member, UK top five housebuilder with a five-star House Builders Federation (HBF) customer satisfaction rating, and winner of many awards including Top Employer, Global Top Inspiring Workplaces, and Best for Talent Attraction and Outreach. 

Join us in making Vistry.  

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