LANESRA TECHNICAL RECRUITMENT LIMITED
Technical Solutions Manager

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Position: Technical Solutions Manager
Location: Anywhere in the UK with occasional visits to Brighton office
Salary: £90-100k (Neg DOE) plus bonus, car/allowance and excellent benefits package
Our Client
Is an integrated design and build solution provider operating in the water sector. They have over 1,400 staff working across eight regional centres, primarily supporting six long term water sector frameworks operating both on their own and increasingly in joint ventures and alliances.
They have been awarded a 10-year programme of work to deliver non-infrastructure water and wastewater projects for Southern Water.
The Role
A pivotal role within the framework with responsibility for assessing the technical elements of proposed water or wastewater treatment designs, with particular emphasis on their commercial viability and identification of risks involved with each design solution.
Must be prepared to challenge technical and commercial proposals with the capability to offer solutions.
You will report directly to the Head of Technical Management and you will be responsible for programme level technical governance on water projects from initial definition of need through optioneering, solution development, detail design and construction support.
This a role which would appeal to Design Managers, Technical Managers or Engineering Managers who possess excellent commercial and risk assessment skills.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical assurance across teams of design managers and discipline design engineers in the development of water and wastewater technical solutions from initial need statement through optioneering, solution development, value engineering, detail design and construction support.
- Ensure affordable design solutions are developed within project budget and solution risk is appropriately managed and communicated throughout the solution development process.
- Establish collaborative working relationships with the client, design teams, construction staff and supply chain representatives to promote buildability and supply chain efficiency in design outputs.
- Ensure sustainable design solutions are completed in accordance with CDM Regulations.
- Ensure design solutions meet all the requirements of the programme's systems and governance procedures.
- Maintain a positive and solution-oriented approach to work, providing open and honest feedback.
- Take all reasonable steps to ensure appropriate confidentiality.
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Experience
Essential:
- Experience of technical project delivery in a design and build environment
- Experience in the Water or Wastewater Treatment Industry
- Degree in an engineering-related discipline
- Must be delivery-driven, able to set targets, with the ability to deliver to time, cost and quality objectives
- Technical skills
- Able to identify and manage project/programme risk
- Able to identify and manage changes to project scope
Desirable:
- Chartered Engineer in an engineering-related discipline
- Experience of working in Joint Ventures
- Experience of offsite manufactured design solutions
Competencies:
- Relationship development and working with others to deliver results
- Customer focus
- Taking ownership to deliver results, demonstrating resilience and drive
- Attention to detail
- Resourcefulness
- Leadership
- Performance Measurement
- Problem Solving
- Decision Making
- Commercially astute


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Key relationships:
- Head of Engineering
- Design Managers
- Programme Managers
- Construction and Delivery Leads
- Commercial Teams
- Client
Package includes:
- A competitive salary
- Hybrid Working (Jobs needs dependent)
- Car/car allowance
- Bonus
- 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)
- Contribution Pension scheme
- Life Assurance
- Health Insurance
- Private Medical Insurance
- And many more benefits including - cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, Kids Pass etc
Key Words:
- Design Manager
- Design Management
- Technical Manager
- Technical Management
- Technical Governance
- Technical Solutions
- Proposals Manager
- Engineering Manager
- Solutions Manager
- Solutions Management
- Optioneering
- Solution Development
- Value Engineering
- Detail Design
- Design & Build
- Construction Support
- Pre-Construction
- Commercial
- Project Risk
- Programme Risk
- Risk Management
- Clean Water
- Drinking Water
- Potable Water
- Water Industry
- Water Sector
- Water Treatment
- Wastewater
- Waste Water
- Sewage
- Utilities
- Process Development
- Anaerobic Digestion
- AMP 7
- AMP 8
- Thames Water
- Anglian Water
- Southern Water
- Severn Trent Water
- Anglian Water
- United Utilities
- Yorkshire Water
- South West Water
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