Responsible to:
- Senior Technical Manager

Scope:
- To manage the design delivery of one or more of the Division's developments
- To lead, motivate and control external consultants
- To manage and mentor internal staff responsible to you
- To maintain and promote the Company's standards and procedures

Responsibilities pre-contract:
- Manage all aspects of technical due diligence ensuring that all risks have been identified and where practicable de-risked in advance of contract on prospective development site that may be assigned to you.

Responsibilities pre-planning:
- Maintain an overview of the architectural design on developments which you are assigned
- Ensure technical compliance with Building Regulations to enable a seamless transition in the progression of the production stage design.
- Ensure that the design complies with the Division's standards
- Promote design that respects budgetary constraints
- Procure surveys and investigations necessary to facilitate design

Responsibilities post planning:
- Assimilate all contractual documentation including Land Sale, Development Agreement, Housing Association etc.
- Compile scope of services and establish design deliverables for Consultant Appointments
- Formulate the design team post planning, initiating and concluding the Consultant Appointments.
- Prepare and manage the fee budget reporting monthly outgoings against forecast
- Establish design programmes that accord with procurement and construction requirements
- Establish sub-contract design programme requirements
- Manage the design team throughout the design and construction process ensuring conformance with programme
- Ensure design accommodates all contractual and planning obligations such as Code for Sustainable Homes, Lifetime Homes, etc...
- Work closely with the QS to ensure that the design is progressing and deliverable in accordance with the cost plan/budget.
- Ensure that all tender work packages are totally comprehensive and enable fixed costs to be established.
- Undertake tender package reviews and value engineering, working closely with the QS and Construction Team
- Ensure timely and comprehensive construction information exists to facilitate an unhindered build.
- Responsible for the provision and accuracy of all design deliverables to facilitate sales and marketing material
- Responsible for the provision and accuracy of information to our solicitors for legal conveyance.
- Manage the timely discharge of planning conditions
- Manage the timely registration of NHBC Warranty and Building Control
- Manage discharge of both warranty and building control conditions in line with the programme.
- Responsible for the timely procurement of all statutory utility services both temporary and permanent.
- Be the principle contact during the construction works ensuring the timely conclusion to RFI's and general trouble shooting.
- Board reporting
- Ensure compliance with the Consumer Code for Homebuilders
- Seek to always improve our customer care rating

Qualifications:
- Minimum HNC/HND qualified
- NVQ Level 3
- Associate/Member of professional organisation
Experience:
- Minimum 12 years continuous experience working in the construction industry with a background in either architecture of engineering. The last 8 years working within the residential sector for a development company and/or main contractor on similar sized developments to those undertaken by this Division. Experience of working with a main contractor would be beneficial.