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Design & Production Manager
October 13, 2020 | Comments Off on Design & Production Manager
Technical Manager - housing / offsite construction
North London
£45-60,000
Work with a dynamic and growing supplier of factory built houses, where the buyer is offered a range of solutions at the cutting edge of design and technical innovation. Take the lead in the design process, as well as act as the primary liaison with the manufacturing partners to ensure projects are built to time and quality requirements.
This Technical Manager role covers the complete design phase, as well as being involved in research and development, working with new products as well as enhancing the existing product range. This role will suit you if you have experience and a real interest in offsite construction / MMC / DfMA for housing as you will be the primary liaison with manufacturing partners.
As Technical Manager, you will be:
- Taking responsibility for all aspects of the design of the product range
- Managing the accreditation process with NHBC, BOPAS etc
- Ensuring Building Control compliance for designs
- Responsible for achieving "design freeze", co-ordinating designs, production information, Bill of Materials, M&E information etc
- Involved in R&D for design, material, structural developments etc as well as developing new products and enhancing existing product designs
- Making decisions on material selection, managing the materials procurement process
- Acting as the key liaison point with manufacturing partners, from the early stages of booking in orders onto production lines right and checking on production process, progress etc
- Managing Quality Control which will include product inspection/snagging inspection to ensure the modules leave the factory to the client specification
- Managing staff, agencies and external consultancies in design, procurement and structural engineering as well as the manufacturing partners
If this looks like the job for you, get in touch if you have:
- Experience in architectural/property design
- A proven career in, and understanding of, modular building design / offsite manufacturing / DfMA
- Understanding of residential new build market
This Technical Manager role, reporting to the CEO, will be based in North London with regular travel to manufacturing partners' facilities. Salary will be between £45-60,000 depending on your experience.
PLEASE NOTE you will need to be able to demonstrate your experience with offsite construction for housing for your application to be considered.
Apply today (we are keen to talk to you this week) or if you would like a confidential conversation before submitting your application, please call Sue Eustace or Phoebe Scott.
Key skills: Technical Manager, Design Manager, DfMA, offsite construction, modular building, MMC, volumetric, housing, BOPAS