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Preconstruction Technical Manager

September 3, 2025 | Comments Off on Preconstruction Technical Manager


Preconstruction Technical Manager
Contract Position - Remote Working
Full-time (5 days per week initially, reducing to 3 days per week as workload evolves)
£450/day (Inside IR35)

We are working with a developer client who is seeking an experienced Preconstruction Technical Manager to join their team on a 6-12 month contract, with potential to transition into a permanent role. This is a remote position, with a laptop provided.
The successful candidate will play a key role in de-risking projects at preconstruction stage, ensuring robust technical due diligence across civil engineering, utilities, and planning. You will work closely with the Strategic Planning Manager and wider technical team to provide expertise from land appraisal through to project delivery.


Key Responsibilities

  • Lead technical due diligence on prospective sites, focusing on civil engineering, utilities, drainage, and infrastructure requirements.
  • Review and manage planning details, ensuring conditions, Section 106 agreements, and statutory obligations are understood and addressed.
  • Coordinate utility strategies (gas, water, electricity, fibre) and liaise with statutory providers to ensure deliverability and cost certainty.
  • Support early-stage design development to align with planning requirements, Building Regulations, and budget constraints.
  • Prepare technical appraisals, consultant briefs, and manage external consultants where required.
  • Produce risk assessments, value engineering solutions, and technical reports to support decision-making.
  • Collaborate across Land, Planning, and Technical teams to ensure projects are viable, compliant, and deliverable.


What We're Looking For

  • Technical management experience with a developer in the UK
  • Technical experience within civil engineering, utilities, and preconstruction, ideally across mixed-use or residential-led developments.
  • Strong knowledge of planning policy, Section 106, Building Regulations, and NHBC Standards.
  • Proven ability to manage preconstruction processes from feasibility to handover.
  • Excellent coordination and organisational skills, with a proactive approach to problem solving.
  • Strong communicator able to engage with planning authorities, statutory bodies, consultants, and internal teams.


Offer

  • Contract role, inside IR35.
  • Competitive rate: £450/day.
  • Remote working with flexibility (initially 5 days per week, reducing to 3 days per week as workload develops).
  • Opportunity to move into a permanent role with a leading developer.


Apply now or for more details, reach out to Vekshana.

Aldwych Consulting values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

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