Technical Director

Overview

The Technical Director leads the coordination of architectural and engineering design across the regional office, ensuring planning and building regulation approvals are secured. You will steer a design team, manage budgets, and oversee health and safety considerations in design decisions. The role involves frequent collaboration with cross-functional teams, site visits, and CDM-related duties to deliver value-driven projects. This is an opportunity to shape regional technical delivery within a company focused on making positive contributions to customers and communities.

Pay / Benefits

• retail discounts
• company funded life insurance
• private healthcare
• pension scheme with company contributions
• discounted house purchase scheme
• car leasing scheme

Responsibilities

• Lead the regional technical design team to deliver compliant schemes within budgets
• Coordinate planning, building regulation, and warranty approval processes for all projects
• Manage project meetings with other departments and ensure action points are tracked
• Oversee health and safety implications of design decisions and conduct monthly site visits with Board
• Develop and train technical staff to continually improve performance
• Fulfil the Principal Designer role under CDM regulations
• Provide technical support to Production, Land, Sales, and Commercial as needed
• Manage budgets, professional fees, and staff costs to meet regional financial targets
• Apply value management strategies to maximize value and control costs at all design stages

Key requirements

• Extensive experience in civil engineering infrastructure, traffic, and transportation design and delivery
• Ability to critique development layouts from urban design and engineering perspectives
• Ability to critique architectural and engineering drawings
• Experience in feasibility studies, fee budget estimates, and supporting land purchases
• Membership of a relevant professional body
• Appropriate degree level qualification (BSc/BEng, Construction Management)
• Postgraduate degree in Management

• strong leadership and team management
• clear communication with stakeholders
• strategic thinking and commercial awareness
• civil engineering infrastructure and transportation design
• feasibility studies and budget estimation
• layout critique (urban design/engineering)

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