Technical Manager
Salary Competitive
Location St Austell, Cornwall (with regional travel)
Full-time, Permanent
About Gilbert & Goode
Gilbert & Goode is a leading South West housebuilder, renowned for delivering high-quality homes and creating thriving, sustainable communities across Cornwall and Devon. Founded in 1972, we have over 50 years’ experience in building inspiring places to live and providing outstanding customer experiences — recognised by our 2026 In-house Platinum Award for Customer Satisfaction.
As part of Ocean Housing since 2005, we reinvest our success to help deliver affordable housing and strengthen the communities we serve. Our work is driven by thoughtful design, sustainability, and close collaboration with local partners to create places that genuinely make a difference.
The Role
We are looking for an experienced Technical Manager (known internally as a Technical & Engineering Manager) to join our Pre-Construction team. In this key role, you will act as the technical lead across multiple developments, managing design progression from planning through to build completion.
You will ensure all schemes meet statutory, regulatory, and business requirements while delivering high-quality, cost-effective homes. This is a pivotal opportunity to influence design quality and technical excellence across our development portfolio.
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Key Responsibilities
You will be responsible for:
Managing design development and regulatory approvals across multiple schemes
Providing technical input into design briefs, reviews, and value engineering
Ensuring compliance with building regulations, warranty standards, and company procedures
Defining consultant scopes, procuring external appointments, and managing fees
Supporting the Technical Team Manager with document control systems and strategic design initiatives
Coordinating engineering input, utilities, and civil engineering solutions
Supporting site teams with buildability advice and managing change control processes
Procuring building control bodies and warranty providers
Managing planning condition discharges, utilities, and sectional agreements
Attending and contributing to design team meetings, CPD, and continuous improvement activities
Ensuring health & safety and CDM compliance throughout all technical stages
About You
Essential qualifications and experience:
HND (Level 5) or equivalent in construction, design, or civil engineering
Proven experience in a Pre‑Construction or Design Manager role within volume housebuilding
Strong knowledge of building regulations, warranty provider standards, CDM Regulations, and project management principles
Experience managing planning conditions and securing technical approvals
Proven ability to procure and manage consultants, utilities, building control, and warranty services
Strong IT, organisational, communication, and analytical skills
Personal attributes:
Confident working across multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
Clear, professional communicator with strong stakeholder management skills
Proactive, solutions-focused, and resilient under pressure
Excellent time management and attention to detail
Committed to equality, diversity, collaboration, and continuous improvement
Why Gilbert & Goode?
Bring your skills to a company with a strong regional reputation and a values‑led purpose:
We build more than homes — we create places where life unfolds.
Gilbert & Goode is committed to “building inspiring homes and creating lasting memories”, placing customers at the heart of everything they do.
Award‑winning customer satisfaction.
The company proudly holds the In-house 2026 Platinum Award for Customer Satisfaction, reflecting trust and exceptional buying experiences.
A leading regional housebuilder with purpose.
Since 1972, Gilbert & Goode has grown into one of the South West’s leading new homes developers, creating inspiring neighbourhoods across Devon and Cornwall.
Your work has social value.
As part of Ocean Housing Group, profits are gift‑aided back to support affordable housing, meaning your contribution helps deliver homes for local people and strengthens communities.
Community‑first approach.
Gilbert & Goode believes that “the most successful developments are shaped by the people who live in them”, ensuring community voices influence design and outcomes.
What are our benefits?
We offer a supportive, flexible, and forward-thinking work environment with fantastic benefits:
27 days holiday + bank holidays
Professional membership fees paid
Car Allowance at 10%
Company sick pay scheme
Workplace pension with death in service benefit
Home office work payment
Medicash health plan (including dental & optical)
Cycle to work scheme
Rewards & recognition programme
On-site parking
Employee assistance programme
Family-friendly policies
Key Dates:
Closing Date: Thursday 23rd April at Midnight
How to Apply
If you’re passionate about shaping high‑quality homes and want to make a meaningful impact within a respected regional housebuilder, we’d love to hear from you. Click apply!
We may close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications—so apply soon!
The Company
As part of the Ocean Housing Group, with a reputation for creating inspiring new homes, Gilbert & Goode has grown from humble beginnings in 1972 to become one of the South West’s leading new homes developers. Putting our customers at the heart of everything we do we are committed to delivering exceptional new homes that you will enjoy living in for years to come.
Gilbert & Goode is proud to promote and retain excellent relationships with local landowners, stakeholders and supply chain to bring the best opportunities, sustainable local products and services to create inspirational neighbourhoods whilst investing into the local community by making contributions towards highways, schools and local facilities.
Mission Statement
“To be an innovative provider of quality homes and services, with residents and staff at the heart of Ocean, and Ocean at the heart of the community.”
At Ocean our vision is to be the employer of choice for Cornwall. We want to create a work environment where everyone feels like they belong, can bring their best, authentic selves to work every day and are provided with the support they need to do a great job.
Our purpose is to create a modern, dynamic and agile work environment, fit for the 21st Century and one of which all of our colleagues feel included and proud to be a part of. An environment which enables colleagues to provide quality, affordable homes and services for the people of Cornwall. We believe work is what you do, not where you go and therefore colleagues deliver their work where it best suits the need, whether that be in the office, home or around a local area or site using local facilities. Colleagues are agile and work or have meetings in any place to suit the need and task