Technical Manager

Keepmoat Group; Northampton, Essex; On-site; GBP 50,000 - GBP 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading housebuilder is seeking a Technical Manager for their South Midlands region, covering Northampton and surrounding areas. The successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating design and utility information, ensuring timely approvals, and developing a high-performing team. This role requires a minimum of 5 years in the construction industry and a degree in planning or a related field. Offers a competitive salary, bonus scheme, and genuine development opportunities for career progression.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus Scheme

Special offers for staff

Trust in idea generation

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years experience in construction/development.
• Familiarity with planning issues and processes.
• Experience with partnership agreements.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate design and utility information.
• Ensure timely approvals and high-quality information.
• Develop and monitor team performance targets.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Creativity

Knowledge of building legislation

Relationship building

Education

Degree in planning or postgraduate qualification

Job description

Keepmoat Homes is a fast growing top 10 UK housebuilder. We design and build quality homes and create places where people want to live.

Our investment and participation helps transform communities and improves the lives of local people. We have a national presence combined with local knowledge and expertise in all aspects of housing – from finance, design and planning, to developing and building. Our comprehensive skills and capabilities give us a wider perspective across the whole housing lifecycle and we create lower risk ways of building homes people need.

For more than 90 years our work has been absolutely visible to local communities so being part of the community is in our DNA. We hire local suppliers and tradespeople and work with local communities to make sure that our plans meet their needs.

Main purpose of the role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Technical Manager to join us in this key role within our South Midlands region, working between our regional office in Northampton and our sites towards North Kent and Essex. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is already an established Technical Manager, however we would also consider an experienced Senior Technical Coordinator.

Reporting to the Technical Director; the successful candidate will be accountable for coordinating all design and utility information between external and internal stakeholders, ensuring that all approvals and utility quotes are obtained in a timely manner and that high quality and correct information is issued to other departments.

The postholder will also be responsible for the setting, monitoring and delivery of targets, production of accurate and timely reports for the business and developing a high performing team. They will challenge others to drive performance improvement without damaging confidence levels or performance output.

HS&S Responsibilities

To take care of your own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by your work and adhere to the Keepmoat Health, Safety and Sustainability standards.

Skills, knowledge & experience

We are looking for a Technical Manager who will embody our Keepmoat values; a straightforward and skilled communicator, who is creative and experienced with generating new ideas within architectural and engineering functions. They will be passionate about the construction/development industry with strong experience within it. The postholder will be an established collaborative leader with the ability to build strong relationships through ability to work cross functionally to achieve successful outcomes and inspire, motivate, and develop team members.

The successful candidate will have a minimum of 5 years knowledge of the construction/development industry. They will have up to date knowledge of building legislation, experience of partnership agreements, along with understanding and working knowledge of planning issues and processes relevant to the role. They will possess either a degree in planning, or post graduate qualification with eligibility for Royal Town Planning Institute membership.

If this sounds like you, please apply now. As the above is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities, for more information including a full job description and person specification, please contact [e-mail]

Why work for us?

At Keepmoat Homes we pride ourselves on being a great place to work. As the market leader in our industry we want to ensure that we attract, motivate and retain the best people who can deliver the best service for our customers.

• Competitive rates of pay – We regularly check our pay against our competitors to make sure they reflect our position as market leader. We also review our pay every year.
• Bonus Scheme – Our annual bonus scheme is linked to team and company performance.
• Special offers for staff – We run a range of offers and discounts exclusively for our employees including holidays, health club memberships and days out.
• Trust – We encourage you to come up with ideas and get the most out of your job with us.
• Development – we offer genuine development opportunities to progress your career.

Our values

Our values are the foundation for our vision, the cornerstone of our culture and the benchmark for our achievement.

• Straightforward - We get the job done in the most efficient and effective way. We are friendly, open and honest. It’s about being respectful and working in a transparent and honest way.
• Collaborative - We work together in partnership to deliver the very best customer experience. Partnership working is key to our business. We work collaboratively to deliver the best results possible.
• Passionate - We care about what we do. We put pride and energy into delivering results. It’s important to us to do a good job.
• Creative - We are proactive, flexible and resourceful. We listen, learn and deliver solutions. We don’t offer a one size fits all solution; we are flexible and will tailor our services to our customers’ needs.

Reference:KMH/SO/1992
Hours:37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Location:Bishops Stortford
Employer:Keepmoat Homes, South Midlands
Job type:Permanent, Full Time
Closing date:28/02/2026