Senior Technical Manager

Based at Head Office - Milton Keynes(visiting projects as required by the role).

Position Reports to: Strategic Projects Director (day to day) and Group Technical Director

This is an opportunity for an experienced Technical Manager to join the Strategic Projects team of a well established and highly successful national construction business. The Strategic Projects team delivers the most technically complex / mission critical projects and is seeking to strengthen it's divisional team.

Job Summary

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

Pre-construction

* Have active participation in tendering activity.

* Provide technical input into tenders and pre-construction agreements.

* Engage with designers and specialist sub-contractors.

* Review design options for compliance, quality, buildability, safety and best value.

* Establish design options for commercial betterment.

* Seek programme betterment through alternative design options.

* Review professional appointments, scope of services and fees.

* Establish design programme and deliverables.

* Compile fee schedules.

* Raise tender queries and seek resolution to issues.

* Attend tender meetings and interviews representing the Group as a senior bid team member.

* Contribute to risk and opportunity scheduling.

* Technical compliance checking of submissions and quote from supply chain.

* Write Contractor's Proposals, clarifications and pricing notes.

* Participate in the close out of post tender queries and issues.

* Assist with contract structure, scope and documentation.

* Chair design team meetings for pre-construction agreements.

Project Delivery

* Visiting and supporting role.

* Lead technical handover to project team.

* Ensure tender design strategy is followed and knowledge is transferred.

* Ascertain project design management resource requirements.

* Design management recruitment.

* Accountable for the design management, progress and delivery.

* Attend initial design meetings/workshops.

* Ensure appointments, scopes and design responsibilities are clear and understood.

* Ensure design programme and deliverables are established and monitored.

* Ensure design management delivered in accordance with company procedures.

* Establish relationships with designers and key specialist contractors.

* Ensure effective communication between designers and contractors.

* Conflict resolution.

* Contribute to the continual improvement of company processes and procedures.

If you would like to know more about this opportunity, then please apply or call me direct for a confidential discussion.