Senior Technical Coordinator

Bellway Homes Ltd; Reading; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A national construction firm in the United Kingdom seeks a Senior Technical Coordinator responsible for technical management and design coordination on new developments. You will support legacy sites and prepare production information for various functions such as land and construction. The ideal candidate should have experience in a high-volume house building environment and hold a current CSCS card. This role offers a competitive salary and benefits, including a pension scheme and bonus opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Competitive car allowance

Contributory pension scheme

25 days holiday, plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Experience as a Technical Coordinator with a high-volume house builder.
• Demonstrates understanding of the development business.
• Up to date knowledge of CDM regulations.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support during the acquisition of new sites.
• Prepare technical support in the preparation of design information.
• Coordinate technical aspects of sites requiring remedial works.

Skills

Strong communication and listening skills

IT literate

Good administration skills

Education

Current CSCS card or equivalent

Job description

At Bellway we recognise that people are the key to our success, and we are committed to building an inclusive culture that values and respects difference combined with creating a safe and inclusive working environment for all colleagues. This means we are positive about making adjustments as well as providing flexible working and we would be happy to talk to you about how this could work for you.

The Role

The role of Senior Technical Coordinator is to provide technical management and design coordination on our new developments and support legacy sites where remedial works or investigations are required based on post‑Grenfell fire regulations. The Senior Technical Coordinator is responsible for the preparation, delivery and coordination of production information on allocated projects to support the land/estimating/surveying/buying/construction and sales functions of the business. The role reports to the Senior Technical Manager and Technical Director.

Accountabilities

Pre Acquisition

Provide technical support and advice during the acquisition of new sites and development opportunities.

• Commission and prepare due diligence/technical reports.
• Research and advise on existing site constraints.
• Research and advise on abnormal site conditions that may impact design or development costs.

Planning

• Provide technical support in the preparation of detailed planning applications.
• Carry out technical review of schemes prior to planning applications being submitted to local authority and advise suitability of proposed designs.
• Advise where layouts could best be optimised to improve net-to-gross development areas or add increased revenue from individual plots.
• Provide architectural advice on design layouts and appearance of proposed new developments.
• Pre‑selection of external materials.
• Commission investigative site surveys and reports.

Implementation

• Prepare technical support in the preparation of detailed design information to assist the procurement and construction of new developments.
• Pre‑selection, appointment and management of consultant design team.
• Negotiation of consultant fee proposals and monitoring of fee expenditure against allocated budgets.
• Co‑ordination of payments to external consultants.
• Attend design team meetings.
• Set outline design programmes and monitor consultant performance.
• Lead the optimisation process to enable early sign‑off of floor plans.
• Advise and co‑ordinate requirements for sustainability, environmental, ecological and eco‑homes constraints.
• Clear building control, site engineering and warranty conditions with NHBC.
• Liaise with statutory utility providers.
• Clear outstanding planning conditions with local authority.
• Liaison with and co‑ordination of specialist sub‑contractors.
• Attend site progress and co‑ordination meetings.

Sales

• Provide supporting information to the Sales Department to assist the preparation of sales literature and the conveyancing of individual properties.
• Plot conveyancing plans as required by land registry.
• Computer Generated Images.
• Basic sales plans and area schedules.

Legacy Sites

• Working in collaboration with Bellway’s central Fire Team.
• Review Bellway archives and provide project information to the Fire Team’s specialists (e.g. Fire Engineers, Solicitors, EWS1 surveyors).
• Coordinate investigations of legacy buildings by specialist surveyors.
• Attend monthly regional Fire Team meetings.
• Coordinate and manage the technical aspects of sites where remedial works are required.

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

Experience

• Experience of working as a Technical Coordinator with a high‑volume house builder.
• Demonstrates a fundamental understanding of the development business and the necessity to balance the varying needs of different internal departments.
• Up to date knowledge of CDM regulations.

Qualifications and Training

• Current CSCS card or equivalent.

Skills and Aptitude

• Strong communication and listening skills.
• Highly motivated to deliver quality developments.
• Ability to work on own as well as part of a team.
• IT literate and the ability to adapt to new systems.
• Good administration skills.
• Committed to diversity and inclusion.

The Role and Working Conditions

• Willing to be flexible in respect to day‑to‑day duties and hours worked.
• Office based role, with travel within the Divisional area.
• Ability to travel to development sites as and when required.
• Competitive salary.
• Competitive car allowance.
• Optional salary sacrifice car scheme.
• Competitive annual bonus.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays.
• Access to discounts and benefits portal.
• ShareSave Scheme.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Life assurance.
• Holiday Purchase Scheme.
• Earn and Learn Opportunities.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy if a large volume of applications are received.