Assistant Technical Manager

Role overview

• ID: 2023-4691
• Entity: Vistry
• Region: Vistry Merseyside & Cheshire West
• Department: Technical
• Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time
• Job Location: Warrington, Cheshire
• Date Posted: 05.12.2023

We have a brilliant opportunity for an Assistant Technical Manager to join our team at Vistry Merseyside and Cheshire West, at our office in Warrington. As our Assistant Technical Manager, you will be responsible for assisting the Technical Manager to coordinate key information, engineering and working drawing packages to enable any given development to be built as intended and to obtain all necessary technical approvals and permissions.

This role would suit someone with a strong design background.

We are pleased to say, this role can accommodate agile working arrangements.

• Let’s cut to the chase, what’s in it for you...
  • Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
  • Company car, car allowance or travel allowance
  • Agile working possible (dependent on role)
  • Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Private Healthcare 
  • Competitive contributory pension scheme
  • Life assurance – 4 x your annual salary
  • Share incentive schemes
  • Employee rewards portal with many more benefits...
• In return, what we would like from you...
  • Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality
  • BTEC HND/HNC in Design, Construction or Civil Engineering and/or several years of relevant experience in a similar role
  • Proven experience working within a technical role.
  • Good level of IT litracy with experience of AutoCAD, Outlook, Excel & Word,
  • Proven ability in a Technical Coordination role of delivering design for projects on time, to budget and quality standards with high customer satisfaction results.
  • Excellent organisation and time management with ability to multitask.
  • Commercially aware.
  • Ability to make decisions within authority.
  • Able to lead and work as a team member.
  • Experienced in analysing problems and delivering solutions.
  • Strong mathematical ability.
  • Be able to design and interpret the designs and technical demands of others.
  • Professional aptitude and appearance at all times.
  • Strives for continuous improvement for the benefit of the company.
  • Driven to achieve customer satisfaction.
  • Able to work under pressure, and accept criticism of work
  • Be able to work effectively in a team
  • Good level of communication skills, with the necessity to liaise with internal staff and external bodies
  • Be practical and methodical with good analytical skills
• More about the Assistant Technical Manager role...
  • Manage site as agreed with the Technical Director from design stage to post completion, in line with delivery programme.
  • Comply with and all current Countryside procedures.
  • Coordinate information from Consultants, Subcontractors and Site team via collaborative web based documentation file sharing web site (4 Projects / Viewpoint / Trimble).
  • Assist the Technical Manager with key aspects of the Principle Designer role as defined within the Construction Design & Management Regulation 2015.
  • Manage and collate information Planning, Building Control, BREEAM, HQI, NHBC and SBD information / requirements.
  • Help co-ordinate delivery of surveys & reports required for the development and manage associated requirements from design to completion.
  • Assist with design coordination of the Mechanical and Electrical design and installation.
  • Co-ordinate consultants to deliver the civil engineering designs including legal plans.
  • Undertaking value engineering assessments and ensure buildability.
  • Assist with co-ordinating submissions of designs and securing technical approvals for agreements such as S104, S38 and S278.
  • Following technical approval being granted, managing timely completion of legal agreements.
  • Co-ordinate utility designs and initial mains laying onto site, ensuring legal agreements completed in timely manner.
  • Where applicable obtaining Management Company quotations, reviewing, comparing and providing the Technical Director with recommendation for appointments.
  • Assist in production of Sales brochure, legal and sales handover meetings.
  • Provide information for Housing Association contracts and attendance of progress meetings,
  • Co-ordinate consultants to deliver working drawing packs and liaise with key suppliers to provide ancillary drawing information for tender, construction and sales packs.
  • Co-ordinate the accuracy of information supplied by all departments to ensure no discrepancies.
  • Submission of all information to NHBC and obtaining approval of same, obtaining SAP Assessments together with PEA’ and EPC’s, Secured by Design Approval and Robust Standard Details.
  • Obtaining and collating all ancillary specialist drawings including hot water supply, heating, kitchen, stair, lintels, p.c. ground floors, and precast upper floors.
  • Attending Pre-Start Meetings and briefing all departments on matters related to the engineering and working drawings.
  • Co-ordinate information and liaise with architects, civil and structural engineers and landscape architects, ensuring consistency between various designs.
  • Assist the Land & Development teams with advice during the land acquisition stage and assist in the information to discharge of planning conditions.
  • Prepare all drawings and documents for Pre-Start Meetings & handover packs.
  • Assist with preparing Design team meetings.
  • Producing request for information in line with the procurement schedule and program as ensure deadlines are achieved.
  • To monitor and report technical & development fees including S106 obligations.
  • Resolve all technical related queries including conducting site visits as required.

Finally, let’s tell you a bit more about us...

At Vistry Group, we build more than homes. We develop sustainable communities across all sectors of the UK housing market through our leading housing brands Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. Delivered through Vistry Housebuilding, Countryside Partnerships and Vistry Works with the support of Vistry Services, our values of integrity, caring, and quality continue to shape all we do.

We’re proud that our UK Green Building Council membership, 2021 Large Housebuilder of the Year award and status as a UK t