Technical Manager in Corsham, Wiltshire

📢 Technical Manager

Structural & Civil Engineering | Data, Defence & Energy Specialist Contractor
💼 £75,000 – £85,000 + Car Allowance & Excellent Benefits Package
📍 Corsham, Wiltshire (SN13)
🏗️ Data Centres | Defence | Energy | Mission Critical | Structures | Civils & Infrastructure | Main Contractor

Walker & Sloan are working with an outstanding specialist construction contractor to recruit an experienced Technical Manager – Structural & Civil Engineering to lead the technical management of structural and civil design across their projects, based from their Wiltshire office.

Our client is a highly respected general contractor with over forty years of specialist experience across the Data, Defence and Energy sectors. A comprehensive design, construction and engineering provider, they deliver everything from site acquisition and architecture through to refurbishment and client occupancy, on projects where there are no simple solutions, only specialist needs.

Delivering multi-million-pound projects across the UK, the business is built on long-term partnerships with key clients and a reputation for achieving the highest quality outcomes while maintaining financial commitments.

For an experienced structural or civil engineer looking to own design assurance on some of the UK’s most technically demanding projects, this represents an exceptional opportunity.

The Opportunity

As Technical Manager – Structural & Civil Engineering, you’ll be the discipline lead for structures and civils, ensuring design solutions are safe, compliant, buildable and aligned with client, programme, cost and quality requirements.
Reporting to the Head of Technical, you’ll provide structural and civil engineering expertise from pre-construction through design, construction and handover, managing technical risk and coordinating internal and external design stakeholders.
You’ll have genuine authority to determine technical approaches, challenge designs, calculations and surveys, require additional assurance where information falls short, and recommend design changes and value-engineering options.
Importantly, this isn’t simply a design checking position. You’ll be a key technical decision-maker, shaping how projects are designed, procured and built, from foundations and frames through to drainage, utilities and external works.

The Role

You’ll provide technical leadership for structural and civil engineering design, including below-ground infrastructure, drainage, external works, earthworks, highways, utilities and their interfaces, reviewing and challenging design information, calculations, specifications and technical submissions.
At pre-construction, you’ll review employer’s requirements, tender information, surveys and site information, including drainage, levels, access, utilities, ground conditions and third-party constraints, identifying scope gaps, risks and value-engineering opportunities and supporting the technical content of bids and contractor’s proposals.
You’ll lead design reviews, technical assurance and safety-in-design activity, making sure designs comply with Building Regulations, CDM, adoption requirements and project specifications, and that foundations, drainage, pavements, retaining structures, utilities and temporary/permanent works interfaces are fully coordinated.
During construction, you’ll provide technical oversight of structural and civil works, including earthworks, drainage, below-ground services, highways and hardstanding, along with associated testing and verification, resolving design-related issues affecting quality, buildability, programme or cost.
Working closely with clients, consultants, subcontractors, suppliers and the procurement and commercial teams, you’ll make sure technical decisions take full account of programme, cost, risk and contractual requirements, and support scopes, technical reviews and tender assessments.
You’ll also mentor project and technical team members, review temporary works designs and interfaces, capture and share lessons learned, and help drive improvements in technical governance and quality assurance.

About You

You’ll be an experienced Structural or Civil Engineer, Design Manager or Technical Manager with significant experience managing both structural and civil engineering design within construction or engineering projects, ideally for a main contractor or design-and-build business.
You’ll combine strong technical knowledge of structural analysis, load calculations, steel and concrete design and below-ground infrastructure with a practical understanding of how projects are built.
Experience within Data Centres, Mission Critical, Defence, Energy, Industrial or other technically complex construction environments would be particularly advantageous.
You’ll ideally demonstrate:

• Significant experience managing structural and civil engineering design from pre-construction through construction and handover
• Strong knowledge of steel and concrete design, foundations, drainage, highways, utilities and external works
• Experience reviewing structural and civil calculations, geotechnical information, drainage strategies and temporary works
• Experience reviewing consultant and subcontractor designs and technical submissions
• Experience applying relevant legislation, standards and design-and-build contract requirements
• A track record of identifying technical risk, scope gaps and value-engineering opportunities
• Experience with design tools such as Tekla, Revit, Civil 3D, MicroDrainage, InfoDrainage or equivalent

A degree, HNC or equivalent qualification in Civil or Structural Engineering is required, with IEng, CEng, MIStructE, MICE or other relevant professional membership desirable. A CSCS card and SMSTS, along with knowledge of CDM 2015, safety in design, the Building Safety Act and BIM/CDE environments, would be advantageous.
Data centre or defence experience would be highly beneficial, although strong structural and civil engineers from other technically complex construction sectors are strongly encouraged to apply.
Above all, we’re looking for someone who combines deep structural and civil engineering knowledge with a practical, solutions-focused approach and the confidence to own design assurance on complex projects.

Interested?

If you’re an experienced structural or civil engineer looking for a senior technical role in Wiltshire, this represents an outstanding opportunity to join a growing specialist contractor delivering some of the UK’s most technically demanding construction projects.
You’ll have the chance to own structural and civil design assurance, work alongside an experienced technical and delivery team and play a pivotal role in the quality of every project the business delivers.
Apply today or contact Walker & Sloan for a confidential discussion.

⚡ Confidential enquiries and early applications are strongly encouraged.