This Technical Manager role sits within a leading not-for-profit housing provider, leading the design and technical delivery of sustainable later living and extra care developments across the South of England. You will manage projects from early appraisal through to post-contract stages, providing commercial, regulatory, and consultant oversight to ensure high-quality, viable schemes are delivered successfully.

Client Details

Our client is England''s largest not-for-profit provider of housing and care for older people, with an ambitious development strategy to deliver thousands of new homes over the next decade. With a strong pipeline of new build, regeneration, and partnership schemes, the organisation is focused on creating high-quality, sustainable homes where people love living in later life.

Operating on a cradle-to-grave development model, the business works throughout the full project lifecycle - from early land appraisal and viability through to practical completion and post-contract delivery.

Delivers mid-to-high rise, extra care and later living schemes, typically 60-90 units per development

-15-20m scheme values, targeting circa 500 homes per year across approximately 8 schemes annually

Strong South-focused pipeline (c.65% South / 35% North), including London and the Home Counties

Sustainability-led approach, with environmental performance and long-term asset quality at the forefront of every project

Due to continued growth and an active development programme, they are seeking a Technical Manager to join the Design & Technical team, reporting directly into senior leadership.

Description

• Provide design and technical leadership across multiple residential and extra care schemes
• Manage pre-contract design development, ensuring alignment with organisational standards, financial objectives, and programme requirements
• Support the Land and Regeneration team at appraisal stage, contributing to viability reviews, cost planning, value engineering, and risk assessments
• Lead and coordinate consultant teams through early RIBA stages, ensuring design compliance with Planning, Building Regulations, and (where applicable) Higher-Risk Building requirements
• Contribute to and review Employer''s Requirements and technical specifications to ensure quality, compliance, and stakeholder alignment
• Monitor consultant performance, driving accountability and ensuring outputs meet expectations
• Provide technical oversight during post-contract stages, working closely with delivery teams and undertaking regular site visits (typically weekly)
• Oversee risk management across design, cost, programme, and regulatory compliance
• Keep abreast of design innovation, sustainability initiatives, new products, construction methodologies, and legislative updates
• Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders across Development, Commercial, and Delivery teams to drive best practice and continuous improvement
• Support and mentor junior team members while maintaining robust technical governance

Profile

• Strong track record delivering residential projects, ideally within later living, extra care, or highly constrained urban sites
• Experience operating in a client-side or developer environment, with exposure to pre-construction and early design stages
• In-depth knowledge of Planning, Building Regulations, QA procedures, and CDM Regulations
• Experience working on mid-to-high rise or Higher-Risk Building schemes (desirable but not essential)
• Strong commercial acumen, including cost plan interrogation, value engineering, and contractual awareness
• Proven ability to manage risk across design development and delivery
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary consultant teams across multiple live projects (typically 5-6 concurrently)
• Understanding of stakeholder needs within housing for older people (desirable)
• Collaborative, pragmatic, and quality-driven, with the ability to operate within a values-led organisation

Job Offer

• Competitive salary (with flexibility for exceptional candidates)
• Car allowance/travel support
• Flexible working pattern (typically 4 days remote, 1 day office/site)
• Opportunity to work cradle-to-grave across complex, design-led later living schemes
• Exposure to -15-20m developments with programmes spanning 4-5 years from inception to completion
• Clear pathway for progression within a growing, socially driven development platform
• The opportunity to play a key role in delivering sustainable, high-quality homes that positively impact communities across the South of England