Site Technical Manager

Role Summary The Site Technical Manager is responsible for leading and managing all technical, engineering, and QA/QC aspects of construction projects to ensure compliance with project specifications, quality standards, safety requirements, and company procedures. The role provides technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle, overseeing design coordination, temporary works management, technical submissions, and engineering resources while supporting project delivery objectives related to cost, quality, schedule, and risk. The Technical Manager acts as the key liaison between project teams, consultants, clients, subcontractors, and suppliers to ensure effective technical execution and continuous improvement across projects.

Key Responsibilities

• In charge of the management and development of the technical and QA/QC elements of the project
• Responsible for compliance with IMS policies and procedures
• Liaise with the site team, subcontractor, consultant/client for technical coordination related to site works
• Managing temporary works design, approval, inspection, and implementation of temporary work procedure
• Ensuring that all technical aspects of construction projects are integrated and working together effectively
• Record important design data, drawings and lessons learnt for future use
• Accountable for technical resource delivery at programme and project level
• Manage the technical resources required, forecast and manage resource costs throughout the project
• Manage documentation submittals from subcontractors and vendors as per project requirements
• Attend meetings with consultant and subcontractors when required
• Control all the temporary works design and inspection
• Prepare and monitor temporary works deliverables schedule
• Review of structural design calculations and drawings as applicable
• Coordinate with architects, building services engineers, and other structural engineers; prepare sketches for draughtsman/CAD technician and check drawings when completed
• Ensure that allocated works are completed within programme
• Techno-commercial evaluation of quotations to find most economical and compliant solution
• Ensure time, costs, quality, safety targets are met through direct coordination and management of a project construction team, interfacing with project organization, subcontractors, suppliers and clients
• Give technical support to project management to evaluate any variation requests
• Keep track of all scope changes and ensure that the change control process and technical query process are adhered to and communicated fully on all projects
• Take the lead in driving a culture of continuous improvement within the design and wider community
• Review and compliance with project specification and standards
• Responsible for managing site QA/QC team and close out of ASBUILT drawings
• Perform various assignments assigned by the Project Manager

Requirements Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering
• Minimum 15 years' experience in construction projects involving bridges and infrastructure
• Experience with designing and building bridges
• Strong structural engineering fundamentals
• Experience in temporary works design review
• Experience in technical coordination for construction projects
• Experience with AutoCAD, STAAD.Pro, and Primavera P6
• Experience with QA/QC documentation systems, QA/QC procedures, and design compliance
• Experience with change control
• Experience leading coordination with consultants and clients directly
• Experience managing subcontractor technical discussions
• Experience presenting technical decisions to senior project leadership