Technical Manager

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Job Title – Technical Manager

Location – UK Wide

What you will be doing:

Galliford Try operates across a number of Lots on the Department for Education (DfE) Construction Framework (CF25). The Construction Framework supports the school building programmes and is intended to meet a variety of needs supporting the delivery of schools, academies, free schools and sixth form colleges. Projects can be large new build, refurbishment or remodelling and include early contractor involvement, design and build or traditional projects. 

In response to the DfE’s CF25 Employer’s Requirements, Technical Manual, Pattern Book and Annexes, Galliford Try has developed standard school designs, for Primary and Secondary Schools. 

The Technical Manager role will lead and implement Galliford Try’s standard school designs across the business. The Technical Manager will act as the custodian of the standard designs, owning its adoption, governing deviations, supporting Business Units on tenders and ensuring the standard designs deliver commercial, programme, quality and carbon benefits across CF25.

The Technical Manager’s key role is to:

• Oversee the implementation, development and updates of the standard design

• Ensure the standard designs are used on every DfE project, supporting project delivery teams at key gateways 

• Train and inform our delivery teams on the standard designs 

• Act as a single point of contact for consultants

• Provide consistent oversight for every project from inception through to the end of the defects liability period 

• Own and maintain our integrated, design-led platform of fully BIM-integrated library of components, framework documents and guidance.

As Technical Manager you will report to the Education Director and will interface with a range of stakeholders throughout Galliford Try at the pre-construction and construction stages of projects. You will interface with external stakeholders including consultants, sub-contractors and suppliers. 

The role will include expansion across our sectors to explore further opportunity for standardisation based on the principals established within the Education sector.

Competency Requirements

• Worked at a senior level within a UK construction organisation 

• Communicates clearly with confidence at all levels

• Ability to influence behaviour and build a strong rapport within the business, building effective collaborative relationships, internally and externally

• Ability to lead and manage individuals and teams, both direct and indirectly 

• Ability to work remotely and be self-managing while maintaining team spirit

• Ability to apply strategic thinking

• Well-developed oral and presentation/communication skills

• Enthusiastic, conscientious with good attention to detail

• Strong commercial awareness

• Willingness to travel throughout the UK

• Experience managing Designers and other Consultants

• Able to demonstrate alignment and work in line with the Galliford Try values - Excellence, Passion, Integrity and Collaboration.

Technical/Professional Qualifications:

• Construction/Design related HNC/HND/Degree
• Member of Professional Body CIOB/RIBA/RICS (desirable)
• BIM Expertise
• Full UK Driving Licence 
• Extensive design experience working for a contractor, subcontractor, specialist supplier or consultant.
• Proven track record of managing teams of consultants to deliver designs on time and within budget.
• Exposure to education sector (desirable)
• Experience of pre-construction process 
• Experience of design and build projects within education sector (desirable) 

What We Can Offer in Return:

With an impressive order book of over £4.3 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.  

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues. 

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged. 

Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.

Our benefits:

We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
• A wide range of corporate discounts
• Cycle to Work schemes
• Comprehensive pension plan
• Competitive family leave policy 
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
• Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role

About us:

Our purpose is to improve people’s lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.

We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.

Additional Information:

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, part-time and / or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.

We encourage you and would be grateful if you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.

Don’t meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long-term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also take the opportunity to discuss any adjustments required for your interview.

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