Posted: 18 June
The role
A fast-growing residential developer with an ambitious pipeline of new sites across the North is looking for a technically strong, hands-on Technical Manager to join at a pivotal moment in their expansion. This is a genuine step-up role — reporting directly into the Head of Technical and sitting at the heart of a business that gives real responsibility and moves at pace.
The growth is real: an expanding workload and an accelerating land acquisition programme mean this hire isn't about backfilling — it's about building capacity in a team that's going places
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The Ro
leYou'll take ownership of the technical function across a portfolio of four to five live residential schemes simultaneously, driving engineering delivery from pre-acquisition through to planning consent and beyon
- d.Reviewing and signing off engineering drawings to ensure technical accuracy, buildability, and complian
- ceCollaborating closely with the architectural team on scheme design development and coordinati
- onSupporting the planning team with technical inputs into planning applications — drainage strategies, transport statements, infrastructure brie
- fsWorking with the land acquisition team both pre and post-acquisition to assess technical risk, constraints, and feasibility on prospective sit
- esManaging external consultants — civils engineers, drainage specialists, infrastructure designers — to programme and budg
- etCoordinating technical due diligence and condition discharge across the project lifecyc
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What We're Looking
ForYou'll be an experienced technical professional ready to make the move from Technical Coordinator into a management role — or already operating at Technical Manager level and looking for an employer who will give you the autonomy and trust to do your best wo
rk.Essenti
- al:6–7 years' post-graduate experience in a technical role within residential development or housebuild
- ingStrong engineering knowledge and the ability to read, interrogate, and sign off civil and infrastructure drawi
- ngsProven experience managing multiple projects concurren
- tlyConfident working across land, planning, and design te
ams
Backgro
- und:A degree in Civil Engineering is the preference — but candidates with an architectural background and a very strong leaning into engineering and infrastructure are equally wel
- comeExperience within a residential developer, housebuilder, or engineering consultancy working across residential sch
emes