Design & Technical Manager

Position: Design & Technical Manager
Title:

Design & Technical Manager -  preconstruction and construction phases, site office based in North Greenwich moving to Knights Road, Silvertown.

Contract Type:  12 Months Fixed Term Contract

   Persona:
Persona:
Project located at Knights Road, Silvertown, London. Preconstruction and construction phase site office based in North Greenwich moving to Knights Road, Silvertown. Head office at West Ham Lane, subject to change as and when a dedicated project office is available.

Salary:  Starting from 76,383 per annum  dependent on experience   

Reporting Office:  West Ham Lane, Stratford, London.

Closing Date:  28 /09/2026

Interview Dates:  TBC in person interviews   

Please  for the role profile -  Design & Technical Manager RP.docx

Benefits include:  24 days Annual Leave rising to 28 days with length of service + Bank Holidays, excellent Pension scheme, non-contributory life assurance, Employee Assistance Programme and many more...

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close this advert and interview earlier than stated.

L&Q reserves the right to not progress applications for candidates who have had one unsuccessful application/interview process with L&Q for the same or similar role in the previous 12 months

Join our Design & Technical Team at L&Q:

L&Q have a new opportunity for a Design & Technical Manager to work at Beaulieu in Chelmsford. This position requires a manager who is delivery and action focused, proactive and able to work independently, who can identify risks and deliver effective solutions to ensure on-time delivery in a fast-paced, demanding environment.

You will join an existing technical team reporting to a Senior Design and Technical Manager, taking full responsibility for allocated duties covering information production for a BSR Gateway 2 submission and tender & construction stage information production and third party approvals, typically covering RIBA Stages 4 & 5. The successful candidate will be expected to work independently to meet the program deadlines and provide accurate progress reporting, displaying the standard for excellent customer service in line with L&Q values.

If this sounds like you, we would love for you to apply!

Your impact in the role:

• Lead and manage your day-to-day activities, motivating the team and the wider consultant and subcontractor designers teams

• Lead and audit design for compliance and co-ordination from inception through to completion

• Manage information delivery against performance targets - cost, quality and time - and advise on build design through to project completion

• Manage the design production for trade packages from tender to record drawings, and manage the third-party approval process

• Work collaboratively with Land, Commercial and Construction/Site teams, supporting the team's due diligence process to mitigate risk

• Develop, maintain and influence relationships with consultants, contractors and other key external stakeholders

• Contribute towards the control of budgets within the design and technical function and support the divisional business plan

• Lead project team reviews of your allocated packages to provide consolidated comments and manage the process of addressing these to mee the program requirements

• Lead the collation of the tender package information with support from the multi discipline project team,

• Populating and maintaining trackers for your allocated tasks   

What you'll bring:

• Experience of RC frame construction of mansion and tower block residential schemes

• Strong financial and commercial acumen, including contract management skills

• Knowledge and working experience of Asite for managing design information

• Excellent problem…