Technical Manager - #1797655

Job Title: Technical Manager

Location: Portishead, BS20

Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity? Join Persimmon Homes as a Technical Manager and step into a role where your success is celebrated, your growth supported, and your work truly matters.

Why Persimmon Homes?

At Persimmon, We Don't Just Build Homes — We Build Careers. When You Join Us As a Technical Manager, You'll Benefit From

• Competitive salary
• Company Car or Car Allowance
• Bonus
• 5* housebuilder - Be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction
• Life Cover & Contributory Pension
• Employee Benefits Platform – giving you access to high-street discounts, wellbeing support, and more
• Committed to diversity, inclusion, and empowering your development
  
  

What is the role?

The purpose of the role is to manage the team providing engineering design and technical support for the region and manage all external consultants in the production of drawings for the design of site developments whilst working to an internal brief from the Management Team.

Primary Responsibilities

• Managing the site evaluation process and providing timely provision for economical and viable solutions to technical problems so the project remains within budget and the Build team can maintain the programme
• Overseeing the team managing projects from initial site identification or from Planning Approval Stage and the procurement of the Technical package ensuring the co-ordination and issue of information which enables on time site commencement
• Establishing and enforcing quality and standards in schemes so to maintain the good image of the company
• Complying with responsibilities as defined in the Group's Health, Safety & Environment Policy and ensure compliance with the same throughout the team to promote safety in the way we build projects
• Effective daily management of the external consultant team to ensure the provision of required level of services in a pro-active and professional manner to enable the Build and Sales departments to fulfil their roles
• Co-ordinating production information to a written programme to ensure company targets are met for a controlled and cost effective finish to the sites.
• Ensuring that the team are allocated tasks, where quality of work will need to be verified to maintain it is completed to a good standard within company guidelines
• Given proven experience the role will involve mentoring and training junior members of the team and developing their skills to a sufficient level where they can take on more responsibility and add value to the team, thus improving productivity within the region
• On occasion provide assistance to the Technical Director when making key business decisions and attend regular regional meetings as the relevant subject expert
  
  

What experience do I need?

• Qualified to degree level or equivalent in a relevant building/civil engineering subject
• Previous experience working in a similar role, ideally with a major housebuilder
• Thorough knowledge of the current building regulations, Code for Sustainable Homes and Adoption Agreements
• Fully conversant with AutoCAD
• Valid UK driving licence
  
  

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