Strategic Technical Director

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Crest Nicholson are currently recruiting for a Strategic Technical Director.

As a Strategic Technical Director you will provide Technical Direction to new strategic land opportunities, immediate planning applications, oversite of Technical consultants and connect with divisional Technical Departments to ensure technical risks and opportunities are understood early in the process to drive value and minimise costs, whilst ensuring adherence to company policies, procedures and standards. You will ensure effective and efficient management of all developments through pre-acquisition

As a Strategic Technical Director you will be accountable for:

• Supporting the Land & Planning Team on Technical matters
• Managing the interface with divisional Technical teams and Technical consultants
• Delivery of the pre-acquisition Technical studies
• The preparation of detailed construction drawings (through the effective collaboration with the Technical Managers and Consulting teams) together with, where required, the negotiation and securing of technical and statutory approvals
• Conducting good relationships with the Local Authorities, Building Control, Utility Companies and WASC (Water and Sewage companies)
• Collaboration and cooperation with the stakeholders involved in pre-construction.

Experience, Qualifications & Skills Required

• Proven experience in a senior Technical role with a residential Developer/Housebuilder
• Ideally an Engineering background, Architectural will also be considered
• Experience delivering multiple mixed-use schemes and projects
• Strong understanding of the land acquisition process
• Experience of the end to end survey, draining and preparation of land for construction
• Excellent knowledge around planning permission, applications, legislations and processes
• Outstanding attention to detail
• Strong investigative skills and embraces problem solving
• Able to work in a fast-paced, highly competitive market
• Team supervision experience with management training
• Proven leadership skills with a 'lead by example' approach
• Highly motivated and determined to succeed
• Commercially driven
• Strong team management skills and able to build rapport

Qualifications and Training

• HNC, HND or degree qualified in the Engineering, Construction or Architectural fields
• MCIOB membership (preferred)
• Management training

In exchange for your hard work and dedication to Crest Nicholson, we are offering a competitive salary, extensive benefits and an excellent bonus package. 

We seek to be an ethical and progressive employer which encourages a culture of openness, creativity and continuous professional development and which rewards the effectiveness and loyalty of our employees as an equal opportunities’ employer. If you are applying to work at Crest Nicholson, we will ask you to supply us with sufficient personal information to help us process your application. To learn more about what personal information we will need to process and why, please refer to our recruitment privacy notice which can be found on the Crest Nicholson website under ‘Recruitment Privacy Policy’. 

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!