Salary: £74,030

37.5 hours – Hybrid working

The role of Technical Manager will provide essential technical support to the team in several areas of responsibility, leading our intrusive inspection program, through the direct report of Program Manager.Supporting with their technical knowledge by reviewing building construction documents and providing detailed reports for properties in relation to safety regulations, acting as part of our internal quality assurance process.To review drawings, documentation, surveys, and information provided and highlight areas of concern and assist in the remedy of these concerns.Work collaboratively with our Building Safety team with your technical expertise acting as part of our review and approval process for our in-house building safety case production.

Your technical skills are required to extract and analyse data and produce reports to help toward establishing better safety solutions for our residents.

What you'll need to succeed

-Must hold a degree in a relevant discipline (Engineering, Architecture) and be a suitably qualified member of a relevant professional body.

-A sound understanding of architectural and project technical requirements, the development process and infrastructure.

-A strong understanding of current Building Regulations and applicable legislation including regulatory documents encompassing design, construction, handover and building operations.

-Sound knowledge of construction project methodology and the local planning legislation

Please refer to the Job Description for a full outline of duties and requirements for the role.

Please note :- we do not currently offer visa sponsorship.

What’s in it for you?

Our benefits include:-

• 28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year
• 2 volunteering days per year for things like helping out in local communities
• An additional ‘Beliefs day’ once a year to have an extra a day off
• Supported family friendly approach with extended parental leave
• Enhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9%
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave per year
• Life assurance cover 3 x your salary
• Cycle2work scheme
• Hybrid Working - Dependent on job role and department
• Health cash plan scheme for your everyday healthcare needs which you can add your family members too
• Tenancy deposit – interest free loan to help with rental deposits and season Ticket loan
• Access to extensive learning and training opportunities with Wisebox platform
• Colleague virtual social platform with our workplace pages where you can keep up to date with the organisational activity and link in with colleagues
• Career progression across the organisation with our mentoring/coaching programmes, apprenticeships and career planning support
• Employee Assistance Programme- We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation

About us

We are committed to developing and implementing or maintaining sustainability initiatives to reduce environmental impact and promote sustainable practices within MTVH.

Learn more about our benefits and organisation by viewing our attached document

Our promise

Here at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) we want to capture the value that difference brings and are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We work collaboratively ‘Serving people better every day’ to educate, support and develop all of our diverse employees and the communities that we serve. We are also part of the disability confident employer scheme.

We want every employee and every customer to feel comfortable enough to be their true self and are working tirelessly in the background to create an environment that encourages our employees to challenge non-inclusive behaviours and to be mindful of their own and other’s wellbeing.

We provide a platform of Network groups for employees to share views, tell us what we’re doing well and recommend improvements. We want to create a real sense of community and a workforce who feel that their opinions are valued. Our Networks groups are:-

• Gender
• Ethnicity
• LGBTQ+
• Disability

Our core values of Dare, Care and Collaborate demonstrate that we are a people focused business, solving social issues by working together!

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.