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Are you an experienced Technical professional looking to step into a senior, influential role within a growing region? We’re looking for a Senior Technical Manager to provide leadership, strategic oversight, and technical excellence across our regional technical function. This is a pivotal position, shaping the successful delivery of new housing developments and helping drive the region’s continued growth. As Senior Technical Manager, you’ll work closely with the Technical Director and senior leadership team to ensure our schemes are technically robust, commercially viable, and delivered to the highest standards. You’ll lead a capable technical team, coordinate external consultants, and play a key role in the technical strategy of the region. It's an exciting time for us, with new regions on the close horizon, and expansion of existing regions so, it's the perfect time to join the Dandara team.
Job Responsibility:
Leading, mentoring, and developing the regional technical team, ensuring high performance and effective delivery
Providing technical expertise across site evaluation, engineering and architectural design, and problem-solving throughout the development lifecycle
Supporting the Land team at early acquisition stage, offering informed guidance on technical viability and constraints
Overseeing planning applications, ensuring timely discharge of conditions and securing statutory approvals (including S104 and S38)
Managing and coordinating internal and external design teams to ensure adherence to programme, quality, and budget
Ensuring all technical reports, layouts, drawings, and legal/sales documentation meet company standards and are produced on time
Working collaboratively with the Technical Director on budgets, risk mitigation, programme management, and strategic planning
Leading consultant engagement—negotiating fees, managing performance, and ensuring appropriate resource is in place
Representing the technical function at senior management meetings and actively contributing to the wider business strategy
Requirements:
Experience as a Technical or Senior Technical Manager or within a recognised residential developer or housebuilder with experience of working on up 4/500 units a year
Strong technical grounding in architecture, civil engineering, or both
Good knowledge of planning, engineering, and regulatory compliance within the housebuilding sector
Proven ability to lead and develop teams, with excellent communication and negotiation skills
HNC/HND (or equivalent) in a construction-related discipline
A proactive problem-solver with a commercial mindset and a collaborative approach
What we offer:
Competitive basic salary based on experience
Discretionary Bonus
Private medical insurance
X3 life assurance
25 Days holiday, plus bank holidays plus the option to buy 5 more
Access to 24-hour Health Hero, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), and the Health Assured Wisdom App
Cycle-to-work scheme and flexible benefits like gym membership discounts and shopping vouchers
Employer-matched pension scheme (up to 5%) and career development opportunities within a growing company