Head of Technical

2 weeks ago


Brentwood Essex, United Kingdom Crest Nicholson plc Full time

Crest Nicholson has been building new homes for 60 years and is firmly established as a leading developer with a passion for not just building homes but creating vibrant sustainable communities.
Crest Nicholson's Eastern division are now looking for a Technical Coordinator to join the Technical team, based in Brentwood, Essex. This would be an excellent opportunity for an experienced Technician with the potential to grow and develop into a longer term career with Crest Nicholson.

Key elements of the role to include:

Support the Technical Management team with technical appraisals, where abnormal costings of potential development land are provided within required timescales.
Provide cost effective options in physically developing the land where recommended.
By ensuring, where requested, that the site can be properly serviced and constructed upon.
Support strategic land acquisitions and planning appeals including strategic technical studies, negotiating with statutory Authorities, instructing Consultants and obtaining/vetting their reports.
Liaise with statutory authorities with documentation and drawings relevant to the contracts and sites
Prepare detailed Design programmes, including the management of the production information to ensure the company meets its business objectives
Assist with Technical and Services budgets
Feedback all technical design matters encountered during construction to the Technical Managers.
Maintaining a general awareness of current material and construction research and making recommendations or giving warnings as appropriate.
Undertaking adequate CPD to maintain Professional Status where appropriate and to be aware of industry changes and developments.

Experience and Qualifications:

Engineering Technical experience, either from an Architectural Consultancy or Developer background
Previous experience within the House Building or Construction sector
Degree educated in relevant disciplines, such as Architecture, Design, Planning, Civil Engineering or the Built Environment
Excellent attention to detail
Experience in dealing with highly complex technical drawings and plans
Able to build and maintain relationships with both internal and external partners
Building Regulations and NHBC standards knowledge
Strong IT skills

The Company

Crest Nicholson is a leading developer of quality homes and thriving, sustainable communities.

We create great places for our customers to live, selecting desirable locations for our developments and taking a holistic approach to the design of our homes and their surroundings.

Attractive placemaking helps us deliver appealing and well-connected communities where people and nature can thrive.


As an employer of choice, we offer an extensive range of benefits, to include:

~ Competitive Salary
~ Company Bonus Scheme
~ Company Car or Car Allowance
~ Private pension
~ Private healthcare and cash plan options
~28 days' annual leave
~ Cycle to work scheme
~ Share save scheme
~ Gym membership discounts


We are an inclusive employer; the Company will consider flexible working requests for all roles.

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'.



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