Technical Design Manager- Residential developer

Overview

In this client-side role you will steer technical delivery for residential-led schemes in London, coordinating between external designers, consultants, and construction teams. You act as the hub for design information, ensuring buildable, compliant packages align with programme and commercial needs. You’ll influence early feasibility through to construction, handover, and close-out, shaping quality and buildability across BTR and mixed-use projects. This is a hands-on position reporting to the Development Director with direct impact on project outcomes and delivery certainty.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary

Responsibilities

• Review, prepare, and coordinate architectural drawings, details, schedules, and specifications for tender, construction, and as-built stages
• Translate concept and planning-stage information into coordinated, construction-ready packages
• Coordinate and review consultant information across architectural, structural, MEP, fire, façade, interior, and landscape to ensure integration and clash avoidance
• Ensure design information aligns with project brief, planning conditions, Building Regulations, warranty requirements, and employer standards
• Identify and resolve coordination conflicts using BIM workflows and drawing coordination processes
• Assist in discharging planning conditions and ensure technical submissions align with approved consents
• Review accessibility, space planning, and apartment layouts against UK standards (London Plan, NDSS, M4)
• Support CDM compliance at design stage and contribute to design risk reviews
• Liaise with contractors, consultants, authorities, and utilities during delivery
• Conduct site inspections, monitor progress against drawings, respond to RFIs, and address non-conformances and gaps
• Support quality assurance processes including façade interfaces and finishing standards
• Prepare feasibility layouts, massing studies, and technical assessments for acquisition and development appraisal
• Assess site constraints, efficiency, unit mix, circulation, servicing, and buildability at concept stage
• Support handover documentation, O&M information, snagging close-out, and as-built records
• Maintain document control standards, revision management, drawing registers, and audit trails

Key requirements

• 4-8+ years in a technical delivery role on UK residential projects
• Strong track record coordinating external architects and consultant teams during technical design and construction
• Experience on medium to large-scale residential developments in London or major UK urban locations
• Experience on BTR, private sale residential, student accommodation, or high-density housing advantageous
• Solid grounding in RIBA Stages 3-5 from developed design through to practical completion
• Experience preparing residential feasibility studies, test fits, and massing exercises
• Proficiency in AutoCAD; Revit and BIM coordination experience
• Knowledge of UK Building Regulations and residential design standards
• Understanding of planning compliance, approvals, and technical submission processes
• Understanding of construction sequencing, site logistics, and buildability
• Strong space planning and residential layout capability
• Commercial awareness balancing design quality, compliance, cost, and programme
• Excellent organizational skills and document control discipline
• Microsoft Office and common document management platforms familiarity
• CIAT membership advantageous but not essential

• detail-oriented
• solutions-led mindset
• delivery-focused under fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
• AutoCAD
• Revit
• BIM workflows

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