Technical Co-ordinator (Civils) - House builder in Coleshill

You will be joining a well-established residential developer operating across the South Central Midlands. The business has a strong track record of delivering high-quality housing schemes and places a strong emphasis on collaboration, quality and customer satisfaction. They are well known for delivering affordable mixed-tenure homes. The organisation values in-person collaboration and team culture while remaining supportive of flexible working arrangements where possible.

As a Technical Coordinator, you will be responsible for establishing all private and adoptable infrastructure that connects new development, from roads to sewers and all the utilities you expect from a modern, functional dwelling. Our engineers are a vital part of ensuring each home meets and exceeds our customers' expectations whilst ensuring best value for the business unit. Your role will involve procuring, coordinating, managing and reviewing the development of engineering drawings, technical reports, utility designs and site constraints to enable any given residential development to be built as intended. As well as working with the wider teams to ensure designs are understood, cost-effective and accurately implemented.

About you!

• HND or equivalent in Civil Engineering
• Experience in a similar role as a residential developer or experience working within residential house building or within fields directly relating to residential house building
• Experience reviewing and understanding Civil Engineering designs.
• Good level of IT literacy with experience of AutoCAD, Outlook, Excel & Word
• Comfortable using engineering-related software like AutoCAD, Civil3D, and Micro drainage
• Aware of engineering regulatory requirements in housebuilding
• Excellent attention to detail, particularly when reviewing highly technical documentation
• An awareness of road and sewer design as well as the associated technical approval process
• Organisation skills and time management with the ability to multitask.
• Enjoy working with people to deliver the best solution, whether that be by applying existing knowledge or thinking creatively to develop bespoke solutions
• Ability to analyse problems and deliver solutions.
• Take pride in what you do and are open to new ideas in order to fully explore and correctly implement them.
• Be able to interpret the designs and technical demands of others.
• Ability to clearly and concisely report on engineering issues to the wider business and ensure that any cost movement is communicated and mitigated
• Ability to take the lead in site meetings at the initial stages of build, ensuring that infrastructure delivery is achieved.

More about the Technical Coordinator role

• Assisting the Associate Engineering Director and Senior Civil Engineer in assessing engineering risks and opportunities in land acquisitions, and in developing land feasibility packs to aid the land team in bidding on new development sites.
• Assist the planning team to analyse and resolve engineering issues as part of the planning application and provide information as required to discharge planning conditions
• Ensure compliance with current building regulations and NHBC published standards and assist with site compliance where applicable
• Arrange and manage external consultants to undertake any enabling works; Site Investigations, topographical surveys, CCTV and ground penetrating radar surveys, amongst others.
• Co-ordinate and manage consultants to developing detailed engineering design packages in both Civil and Structural disciplines.
• Work with external consultants to ensure that designs are cost-effective and consider buildability and construction risks.
• Work with external consultants, utilities providers and local authorities to gain technical approvals and manage the implementation of associated legal agreements.
• Submission of all information to NHBC and obtaining approval of the same for any engineering-related conditions.
• Attending Pre-Start Meetings and regular site project meetings whilst briefing all departments on matters related to the technical aspects of the development.
• Prepare all drawings and documents for Pre-Start Meetings, site start and regular project meetings as appropriate
• Procure and manage service provision on site, including gas, electric, water and telecoms provision, ensuring that best value is achieved whilst ensuring that all off-site requirements are communicated to the wider business.
• Manage the implementation of on-site services between the stages of site acquisition and 'go live', ensuring delivery does not form a constraint to the regional build programme, particularly in the provision of any off-site services and reinforcement works.
• Work closely with other construction and sales teams on resolving engineering issues on site whilst being present on site as much as required in the initial stages of build
• Ensure that site constraints are clearly identified and mitigated to ensure no hindrance to the regional build programme.

What you'll get in return

In return, you will receive a competitive salary and an extensive benefits package, including:

• Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
• Company car, car allowance or travel allowance
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with service to 39)
• Volunteering days
• Private medical insurance (employee-paid cover)
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Competitive pension scheme via salary sacrifice
• Life assurance (4x annual salary)
• Share schemes and employee rewards portal

This role offers long-term career progression within a business that values technical expertise and continuous improvement.

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