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Senior Technical Manager

Role overview

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  • Entity: Vistry Services
  • Region: Vistry Services
  • Department: Technical
  • Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time
  • Job Location: Brentwood/Warley
  • Date Posted: 22.05.2025

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Technical Manager to join our team within Vistry Services Special Projects , based at our Brentwood office. You'll take a proactive role in design development advising on industry changes and identifying risks and opportunities to support the wider departmental strategy.

The Special Projects team was created to investigate and remediate fire safety issues in buildings over 11 metres developed by the Group over the past 30 years. The role also involves managing claims related to fire safety under the Defective Premises Act, Building Safety Act 2022, and contractual liabilities-all with the aim of ensuring resident safety and upholding the Group's long-term commitments.

We value in-person collaboration and team culture, but we're also committed to supporting flexible working where possible. We encourage you to raise any specific requirements during the interview process so we can explore how this could be accommodated.

  • 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
    • BTEC HND/HNC in Design, Construction or Civil Engineering
    • Extensive experience working within a technical role at a residential house builder.
    • Good level of IT literacy with experience of AutoCAD, Revit, Outlook, Excel & Word,
    • Proven ability in a Senior Technical Manager role of assessing technical aspect for land opportunities and delivering design for projects on time, to budget and quality standards with high customer satisfaction results.
    • Excellent organisation and time management with ability to multitask.
    • 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.

    Desirable -

    • Further education, i.e., CIOB
    • Principle Designer and associated Health and Safety training/ qualifications.
    • CSCS card qualification.
    • Use of Viewpoint drawing management system.
    • Proficient use of Auto Cad.
    • Management of technical fees and services cost to complete.
    • Continued professional development and keeping up to date with changes within the industry. Advising the BU and assessing the risk & opportunity
    • Experience in managing and developing people
    • Understanding of wider Business demands and strategy
    More about the Senior Technical Manager role
  • Manage multiple sites as agreed with the Technical Director/Manager from design stage to post completion, in line with delivery programme and key dates.
  • Undertake the Principal Designer role as defined within the Construction Design & Management Regulation 2015 and completion of all necessary Health, Safety & Environmental documents, in line with Group Policy & procedures.
  • 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.
  • Where applicable obtaining Management Company quotations, reviewing, comparing, and providing the Sales & Technical Director with recommendation for appointments.
  • 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 NHBC 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

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