Techncial Manager

Our client who are one of the UK's largest and most successful Surface & Highways Companies. The Technical Manager will be based from their office near Derby. The Technical Manager will be working on arrange of asphalt and pavement design projects within the Highways, Retail, Rail, Aviation, Commercial and Defence sectors. The Technical Manager will oversee the management of the district and lead asphalt and pavement design.

• Salary up to £65k depending on experience
• Company car
• Holiday 25 days per year plus bank holiday
• Pension
• Employee Life Cover
• Performance related bonus
• Flexible working options

• Overall management of the district
• Leading asphalt and pavement design
• Support Sale, Operations and Contracting departments
• Training of internal sales, QS and operational staff
• Meeting customers and being involved with initial stages of contract negotiations supporting the commercial team
• Cost Reduction / Value engineering - Review specifications, advising on cost saving through material choice, usage, specification alterations etc
• Complaint investigation will be the first point of contact for any material/laying issues
• Carry out site audits of laying operations, including site testing
• Support sales and operational teams with onsite and pre-start issues
• Inspection & Test Plan creation and monitoring
• Specification vetting

• Experienced with asphalt technology
• Experienced in pavement design and construction
• Full driving license
• Knowledge of testing methods of asphalt and cement bound granular material
• Familiar with SHW, BS EN, ISO 17025 and other relevant standards
• Comfortable leading from the front in a customer facing role.
• Experience of dispute resolution
• Strong IT and report writing skills. Fully proficient with all Microsoft Office applications

Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries.

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