Technical Manager Electrical

Our client, the UK’s leading independent Engineering and Services business founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, are now looking for a Technical Manager with an Electrical bias and strong design background to join the team based inManchester. You will be involved in a range of MEP Building Services across Manchester and the surrounding region for a range of public and private sector clients.

The main purpose of the role is to lead, own and manage the technical risk and opportunities within the business, from inception through to project completion and client handover, focusing on design optimisation, opportunity identification and mitigationof technical risk. Ensure technical compliance with works information, scope, project specification and legislation, undertaking technical management of both internal and external designs.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Demonstrate appropriate Health and Safety leadership to ensure that the safety first and foremost message is visible and alive throughout all activities relating to the project on which you are working.
- Lead the technical engineering management on internally and externally designed projects to successful completion, ensuring best value design, management of opportunities and risk mitigation.
- Provide technical advice and assistance to other areas of the business and support business development from a technical perspective.
- Assist the Regional Design & Engineering Manager in the production of technical management fees for internally and externally designed projects. Ensure the accuracy and integrity of technical management costs, values and programme forecasts; seeking opportunitiesto suggest actions which mitigate risk and maximise profitability.
- Support the Principal Technical Manager in the identification, deliver and attendance of CPD’s, ensuring that the development of design/technical team’s competence is maintained.
- Prepare monthly project reports for Senior Stakeholders highlighting progress, risks, opportunities, and resource issues.
- Advise on commercial progress against plan, any variances from plan and the corrective actions being taken. On external designs, take ownership of the completion of the responsibilities matrix, ensuring scope gaps are mitigated.
- Build and maintain mutually beneficial customer, key supplier and internal relationships.
- Promote the design team and actively seek out new opportunities.
- Conduct regular independent design/technical reviews of both internal and external designs, ensuring designs are technically correct and represent best value and comply with all legal and contracted requirements.

**Requirements**:

- Extensive experience of electrical building services design/technical management
- Operational experience on project installation
- Significant experience of commercial management on design projects
- Desirable requirements; I Eng, MCIBSE, MIET, B Eng (Hons) or equivalent

**Benefits**
- 25 days holiday per annum, plus bank holidays
- Pension with leading provider and **up to** 8% employer contribution
- Private healthcare
- Discounts
- Personal development programme
- Flexible Benefits

Progression is something our client values and they’ll make sure that when you join them you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.

If you feel you have the skills and experience to be successful in this role, please send an up to date CV along with your current salary details to Debbie Middleton at MGER and let her do the rest