Technical Manager

Technical Manager

Salary:  Up to £45,000 plus Car + Benefits

Location: Essex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire

Nationwide Recruitment Services is in search of a talented Technical Manager, with a construction background for an exciting new role based in the Home Counties.

The successful technical manager will have experience of site visits, attending sites of live projects, work in progress, conducting inspections and monitoring the project from a technical perspective.  To that end you will have dealt with waterproof systems, general construction including roofing, ensuring technical specification and installation instructions have been complied and confirmed with. You will have experience of reporting and inspection the same feeding back to clients.

You will be savvy with a computer, technical drawings, phone apps/ applications and understand roofing and installation methodology. Installing experience is not essential, but demonstrable knowledge of applicable flat roofing installation details and standards is required.

You must have good communication skills, attention to detail, and proactively manage your diary and arrangements while meeting visit targets.

Due to the nature of the role, there is a lot of driving and travelling involved between sites. You should be comfortable with these working conditions.

Key Accountabilities: 

Undertake inspections of live projects per the department's service targets (up to 4 visits per day).

Support contractors, installers, and clients, during the installation of live projects.

Accurately report on improvements required, and non-conformances to specification in a clear manner.

Undertake letter writing to ensure that your visits and findings are accurately recorded and sent to your line manager for checking.

Communicate with sales and technical colleagues, as well as clients and customers, in relation to any technical matters raised on live projects under your watch.

Sign off completed installations using the company CRM system (Microsoft Dynamics) and push the project or roof area to the guaranteed stage.

Attend on-site design or technical meetings on live projects with sales colleagues.

Support the aftercare team with annual inspections.

Undertake contractor on-site audits for contractor approval purposes.

Undertake installer on-site registration for registered installer purposes.

Pre-Requisite Experience:

Working in a technically related environment. 

Working in the UK flat roofing industry.

Identifying and resolving problems on flat roof systems.

Working with flat roof systems in either an installation or technically related position.

Experience working with torch-applied and self-adhered bitumen membranes, polyurethane and PMMA liquid membranes, hot melt (desirable), and cold polyurea (desirable).

Working with pitched roof systems in either an installation or technically related position (desirable).

Write reports or otherwise clearly communicate technical matters.

Conflict resolution. 

Working independently, including self-organisation, motivation, and maintaining strong colleague relationships.

Knowledge:

British Standards – BS - applicable to UK flat roofing.

Building regulations applicable to UK flat roofing.

As above, but for pitched roofing (desirable).

Able to use a PC, including Microsoft Office applications and other relevant software the organisation uses.

This role requires the post holder to be an Essential Car User, hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle.

Commutable from:

Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Home counties, Bicester, Watford, Uxbridge, Beaconsfield, Chelmsford, Basildon, Colchester, Waltham Abbey, Maldon, Clacton, Southend, St Albans, Cambridge, Hertford, Bedford, Luton, Epping, St Neots, Luton, Basildon, Haverhill, Newmarket, Braintree, Kempston, Warwick, Towcester, Daventry, Cosford, Pinner, Harrow, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Warwick, Coventry, London, Northampton, Rugby, Daventry, Corby, Gaydon, Northampton, Banbury, Bicester, Ansty, Oxford, Birmingham, Kettering, Corby, Wellingborough, Rushden, East Northamptonshire, Daventry, Brackley, South Northamptonshire, Desborough, Towcester, Raunds, East Northamptonshire, Irthlingborough, Higham Ferrers, Rushden, Rothwell, Burton Latimer, Thrapston, Oundle , Earls Barton, Wellingborough, Brixworth, Broughton, Bicester, Longbridge, Banbury, Rubery, Chipping Warden, Bicester, Leamington Spa, Oxford Business Park North, Oxford Airport, Albury, Ascott, Banbury, Bicester, Oxford, Brackley, Towcester, Wroxton, Dunchurch, Coventry Walsgrave Triangle, Binley, Northampton, Ash Green, Oxford Business Park South, Wythall, Longbridge, Alvechurch, Knowle, Bentley Heath, Solihull, Warwick, Coventry, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Milton Keynes, Banbury, Northampton, Birmingham, Wythall, Redditch, Gaydon, Northfield. Rubery, Bicester, Longbridge, Banbury, Kings Heath, Rubery, Northfield, Kings Norton, Elmdon, Leamington Spa, Dunchurch, Coventry Walsgrave Triangle, Warwick, Stratford-upon-Avon, Alvechurch, Knowle, Bentley Heath