Technical Manager

Residential House building | Yorkshire | Up to £75,000 + Package

Ignite Construction is working in partnership with a residential house builder to recruit a Technical Manager to play a key role in the early stages of residential development.

This is a technically focused position with a strong engineering bias, centred on pre-development, site feasibility, infrastructure design and technical approvals. The successful candidate will take ownership of engineering and technical matters from the early stages of development, helping identify site constraints, coordinate design solutions and ensure developments are technically viable, commercially sound and ready to progress towards construction.

This is not a traditional Technical Manager position focused solely on working drawings and live-site technical queries. The emphasis is on pre-development and engineering, making it particularly suited to someone with a strong understanding of residential infrastructure, civil engineering and the technical requirements involved in bringing new housing sites forward.

Working closely with land, planning, commercial and construction teams, alongside external consultants and statutory authorities, you will help shape the technical direction of developments and resolve potential issues before they affect programme, cost or deliverability.

• Lead technical and engineering matters during pre-development, assessing site constraints, engineering feasibility and infrastructure requirements to establish the technical viability of residential schemes.
• Work closely with land and planning teams to identify potential technical challenges and inform development strategies from an early stage.
• Coordinate civil engineering design packages covering highways, drainage, roads, sewers, utilities, earthworks and associated infrastructure.
• Manage external consultants and multidisciplinary design teams, ensuring design information is coordinated, technically robust and delivered to programme.
• Review engineering proposals and design solutions to ensure they are practical, buildable and commercially viable.
• Identify potential ground conditions, drainage, access, utility and infrastructure constraints that could affect development costs, planning or delivery programmes.
• Coordinate technical investigations and specialist consultant input to resolve site-specific engineering challenges.
• Provide technical and engineering input into planning applications, technical reports, infrastructure strategies and design submissions.
• Manage technical approvals with local authorities, highway authorities, water authorities, utility providers and other statutory bodies.
• Oversee highways, drainage and sewer agreements, including Section 38, Section 278 and Section 104 approvals where applicable.
• Identify planning conditions and technical requirements early, ensuring they are progressed in line with development programmes.
• Work collaboratively with commercial and construction teams to ensure engineering proposals reflect cost, programme and buildability considerations.
• Identify opportunities to improve engineering efficiency, optimise developable land and reduce unnecessary development costs.
• Monitor consultant performance, design programmes, technical risks and outstanding approvals, ensuring developments are appropriately prepared for subsequent stages.
• Provide clear technical recommendations to internal stakeholders to inform decisions on site viability, engineering strategy and development delivery.

Residential house building experience is essential. We are looking for someone who understands the technical demands of residential development and brings a strong engineering bias to their work. Candidates whose experience is limited to architectural design coordination or traditional live-site technical management, without relevant engineering and pre-development exposure, are unlikely to be the right fit.

• Experience as a Technical Manager, Senior Technical Manager, Development Engineer, Engineering Manager or similar within the residential house building sector.
• Strong understanding of civil engineering and residential infrastructure, particularly highways, drainage, roads, sewers, utilities and earthworks.
• Experience coordinating technical and engineering packages during site feasibility, pre-planning, planning and pre-construction.
• Sound understanding of the technical challenges involved in bringing new residential…