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More About Your Role
As an Assistant Technical Manager, you'll play a key role in supporting senior colleagues to deliver the technical aspects of a diverse portfolio of residential development projects across the Southeast. With a strong pipeline in Kent, you'll regularly travel to sites, collaborate closely with consultants, and spend two days a week with the team at our Gray's Inn Road office in central London. You may also be expected to travel to any of our development sites within the Southeast, which could include Norfolk, Kent, Hertfordshire, and West Sussex.

You'll be actively involved in coordinating designs from external consultants, attending design team meetings, and ensuring up-to-date drawings and specifications are shared across the business. This role sits at the heart of our developments and touches every stage  from early planning and approvals to handover and completion.

You'll contribute to the production of technical information and specifications, ensuring compliance with NHBC standards, building regulations, and CDM regulations. You'll also support local authority approvals such as Building Control, S38 and S104, and assist the Development team in navigating the technical elements of planning submissions.

As projects progress, you'll liaise with bodies like the NHBC, Building Control and Local Authorities, managing the flow of information needed for CMLs and completions. You'll also help prepare technical packs for handover to teams across Commercial, Build, Sales and Assets making sure everyone has the detail they need to keep momentum on site.

More About You
You've spent a couple of years working in the PLC housebuilding sector, either as a Technical Coordinator or in a similar role, and you're now looking to broaden your scope and take on more responsibility. You've had hands-on experience with residential projects and understand how the different moving parts come together to deliver homes from layouts and planning to drainage, regulations, and site coordination.

You're a natural communicator, someone who can build strong relationships across consultants, local authorities, internal teams and on-site colleagues. You're organised, proactive and solution-focused — confident taking ownership of your workload, but happy to ask questions and collaborate when needed.

You'll have a relevant qualification in Construction, Architecture or Engineering, and a solid understanding of how to manage and track technical information. You're comfortable with software like Microsoft Office and other basic Microsoft packages.

Ultimately, you're someone who wants to build a meaningful career in residential development, working on projects that go beyond bricks and mortar to deliver real social value.

Benefits 

We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for. 

We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include: 

• Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly 

• Company car / car allowance 

• Bonus scheme 

• Pension with matched contributions up to 7% 

• Excellent holiday package – up to 35 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell leave 

• Cashback plan for healthcare costs – up to £500 saving per year 

• Training and development 

• Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more. 

What's next?

If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then apply following our simple 5 minute application process, upload a CV and a supporting statement which demonstrates how you meet the requirements of the role. If you have any questions please email the recruitment team recruitment@placesforpeople.co.uk 

If you are a Places for People customer and you're looking for support with your application, please contact our skills and employment team on skillsemployment@placesforpeople.co.uk.

Please note that we may bring the closing date forward, if we receive a large number of quality applications. If you are interested in this role we would advise applying immediately to avoid disappointment.

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