Do you have what it takes to transform society?
Sweco Building Control are the leading Building Control consultancy in England and Wales, providing market-leading expertise as a Corporate Approved Inspector since 1998. We pride ourselves on our quality and technical expertise that underpins our full suite of Building Control services, our approach is to listen and engage with our clients to anticipate the regulatory issues that will need resolving and work in partnership to deliver a successful project.
We are currently looking for a motivated Technical Director to join our highly successful Building Control team in our Manchester office. We operate a hybrid model which for us means typically 3 days in the office or on site and 2 days at home (depending on the need for site visits/client meetings).
What does the role involve?
The Technical Director is a senior technical role where you will lead on large-scale, complex projects including healthcare, education and commercial high rise residential as well as ensuring that prospects, proposals and tenders are submitted in accordance with Sweco processes. You’ll also help develop and monitor the technical team members by sharing experience and knowledge.
Key deliverables will include:
* Working in accordance with the Building Regulations, Building Act, Approved Documents, Building Control Performance Standards and RICS professional Standards.
* Taking responsibility for contractual liability in the bids submitted.
* Negotiating the risk profile within a contract to generate new business opportunities.
* Attending and positively contributing to Board, Director meetings through the application of experience, independent thought and alignment with agreed strategy.
To be successful in this role you’ll possess:
* Experience in a similar role.
* MRICS, MCABE, MCIOB membership or equivalent.
* The ability to influence and mentor.
* Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
What’s in it for you?
Working for Sweco you’ll experience an inclusive, friendly and flexible working environment where colleagues are encouraged to grow and develop. A meaningful job where you’ll help to transform society by being a trusted consultant to our clients.
If you believe you have the skill set required, are keen to join a business with genuine opportunities for career progression, then we’d love to hear from you.
Let’s transform society together at Sweco.com/careers
About Us
Transforming society together, we're planning and designing sustainable communities and cities of the future.
Solving the great societal challenges of our time is more relevant, demanding and inspiring than ever before. At Sweco, we bring together experts with different perspectives and skills to develop solutions that address the challenges of urbanisation, harness the positive power of digitalisation and make societies more sustainable.
We offer our clients a combination of global expertise and local presence, adapted to their business and reality. Our ambition is to be our clients’ most relevant partner, working together to help them solve their challenges, today and into the future.
Sweco is committed to enabling all its colleagues to achieve a great balance between work and their other priorities, such as caring responsibilities, leisure activities, further learning or other interests. We offer flexible start and finish times, part time and hybrid working options so that you can flex your hours around your day to day needs.
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