Technical Officer (South)
* Location: Homeworking with frequent travel within the South
* Salary: Up to £38,962 per annum, plus a car allowance of £5,800
* Contract: Full time, permanent
Anchor is England’s largest not-for-profit providers of care and housing for older people. Our heartfelt ambition is to transform housing and care so everyone can have a home where they love living in later life.
Anchor’ Development Strategy has plans to deliver 5700 new homes over ten years. We have a good number of developments in delivery already and new business and regeneration opportunities that are progressing.
We are recruiting for a Technical Officer who demonstrates strong organisational and communication skills and the ability to plan and provide technical support and assistance across multiple projects within the south of England. This is a role where you can develop the necessary skills and experience to assist with the design and procurement of numerous development project types.
About the role
* You will be responsible for providing technical and commercial support to the team assisting the technical lead on numerous projects and working towards acting in a lead capacity for projects, to support the delivery of the development programme including Regeneration and Infill projects and New Business led opportunities.
* You will be responsible for coordinating key information, engineering, and working drawing packages and obtaining all necessary technical approvals and permissions.
* You will provide technical support to the Senior Technical Manager and Technical Manager on projects when required whilst also receiving support in developing into the role.
* You will liaise with colleagues, consultants, and contractors for preparing submission information and obtaining Planning, Building Regulations and other statutory approvals.
* You will consider the needs of internal and external stakeholders and meet the Organisations quality standards with regards to design and construction.
* You will contribute to the evaluation of developments in design, new products and construction techniques participating in reviews with others.
About you:
* Have an understanding and ability to evaluate designs, procurement of works and contract documentation for residential projects with understanding of project technical requirements, Planning and Building Regulations and other regulatory requirements within the construction industry.
* Work collaboratively as part of teams designing and delivering buildings in the residential and or retirement housing sector desirable.
* Be open to new ways of working and developing your skill set and experience in a client-side role.
* Understanding of building design QA procedures including CDM Regulations.
* Have working knowledge of commercial processes including evaluating cost plans and contractual conditions.
* Have knowledge of Risk Management and evaluating and mitigating risks to balance off design and commercial viability and delivery requirements.
* Have awareness of the housing and care needs of older people desirable