Technical Manager

Technical Manager / Head of Technical (Curtain Wall / Glazing)

Head office

Location:

Wirral (hybrid role)

Type: Permanent, full-time

RED Group delivers specialist façade/facade, curtain wall and glazing projects across the UK. We’re strengthening pre-construction technical assurance and Building Safety Act delivery with a new senior role that sits on our Operational Board.

Reporting to the Operations Director, you’ll act as RED’s technical authority at pre-construction: holding technical sign-off at bid-stage technical appraisals and new-order handovers (cross-functional reviews run by Sales/Estimating), calling risks early, and leading compliant value engineering.

You’ll own our technical standards library (specs, calculations, details, product evidence) and direct/QA external façade and structural engineers.

Design interface: you own technical assurance of our design partner REDline Facades; our Senior Projects Manager retains programme ownership.

We are open to appointing at Technical Manager or Head of Technical level
, depending on experience. The scope and accountability of the role are fixed; the level of appointment will reflect the experience and readiness of the successful candidate. For the right person, this is a genuine progression opportunity into a full Head of Technical role.

Key responsibilities

• Technical sign-off at bid stage and at new-order handover; clear go/no-go recommendations
• Early risk identification/quantification; value engineering that remains fully compliant with Building Regulations, CWCT and fire performance
• Build, own and police the technical standards library (templates, calculation methods, standard details, evidence packs)
• Scope, appoint and quality-assure external façade/facade and structural engineering partners; manage cost/programme/quality
• Lead RED’s Building Safety Act technical response:
  Gateway 2/3 evidence, product substantiation, change control and Golden Thread discipline
• Line-manage the part-time Technical Manager; influence designers through governance, not empire
• Represent Technical on the Operational Board; concise reporting on risks, options and recommendations

• Senior façade/curtain wall/glazing engineer or Technical Manager operating at - or ready to step into - Head of Technical level
• Deep knowledge of Building Regulations, CWCT, fire performance and façade systems (unitised/stick)
• Track record running design assurance at bid/hand-over with measurable margin/programme impact
• Comfortable influencing without direct line control (assurance vs programme separation)
• Competent with BIM/digital design principles and managing external consultants/suppliers

Apply via Indeed here:

- we’re proactively shortlisting and will contact relevant candidates quickly to discuss your experience.

Job managed internally by Lisa Morris. No agencies unless specifically requested.