Head of Technical

Hybrid Full Time | Permanent

Location:

Bath Hybrid Salary Range:

£85,000 - £100,00 per annum

The Head of Technical leads technical delivery across Curo Enterprise's development programme, from land acquisition and planning through to design, construction and completion. The role drives consistency, quality and process improvement across the Technical Team and acts as the senior point of escalation for complex technical issues. Through visible leadership and a focus on standardisation, the role contributes directly to Curo's strategic objectives of Quality Homes, Solid Foundations and Collaboration and Growth - making sure new homes are safe, compliant, well-designed and delivered to programme.

• Act as the senior point of escalation when technical work streams stall - for example, statutory delays or consultant performance issues - taking ownership to maintain delivery momentum.
• Support Technical Leads in resolving design challenges, statutory approvals (S278, S38, S104) and coordination issues, stepping in where needed to protect programme.
• Take ownership of resolving legacy technical issues and customer-care related design matters.
• Identify, manage and elevate risks early - whether internal, consultant-related or authority-related - to protect programme, cost and delivery outcomes.
• Chair Pre-Development Meetings and attend Project Meetings and escalation sessions where key decisions or programme risks need senior input.
• Maintain technical programme performance, making sure delays are minimised and effectively mitigated.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration with Commercial, Construction and Sales to remove blockers to delivery. Standardisation, Process and Continuous Improvement
• Own Curo Enterprise's technical standards — including the Project User Guide (PUG), Standard Operating Procedures, checklists, standard house type and detail packs, and specification updates, making sure they are consistently adopted across all projects.
• Identify recurring difficulties or inefficiencies and develop business-wide solutions that create consistency of output.
• Record, track and communicate 'What Good Looks Like' (WGLL) standards, with measurable adoption embedded across the team.
• Make sure standardisation delivers measurable improvements in programme certainty, cost efficiency and risk reduction. Land, Planning and Design Coordination
• Support land acquisition through constraints analysis, technical due diligence and risk evaluation, contributing to the assessment of abnormal costs and constraints during bid stages.
• Make sure technical input supports robust, buildable and commercially viable schemes through planning and design stages.
• Lead consultant procurement for due diligence, planning and technical design, securing value, scope clarity and aligned expectations.
• Champion value engineering, so design solutions deliver cost efficiency without compromising safety, compliance, quality or programme.
• Compliance, Legal and Contractual Oversight
• Make sure all technical activity complies with Building Regulations, the Building Safety Act, CDM Regulations, warranty provider requirements and all relevant legislation.
• Support compliance with the Building Safety Act, including design coordination, duty holder awareness and accurate maintenance of design information.
• Support execution of JCT Design and Build contracts, management company arrangements, RMC setup, estate strategies, legal transfers, bond facilities and statutory agreements.
• Make sure planning, building control and NHBC/LABC conditions are robustly discharged, escalating where delays emerge.
• Track and report expenditure of technical fees against budget.
• Promote a culture of compliance, auditability and accountability across all…