Technical Office Manager

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership and Functional Governance

• Establishes the Technical Office as the central point for design, engineering, planning, quantities, contracts, estimation and controlled technical information.
• Translates the General Manager's priorities into clear work plans, deliverables, responsibilities and review deadlines.
• Maintains clear interfaces with Operations and all corporate support functions and prevents duplication or gaps in accountability.

Workload, Resources and Capability

• Plans workloads across tenders and active projects, assigns responsible leads and balances priorities against available capacity.
• Identifies specialist support, software, consultant and staffing requirements and recommends them for approval.
• Coaches the Technical Office team, reviews performance and develops succession and technical capability.

Design Management and Coordination

• Controls the design programme, design responsibility matrix, deliverable schedule and consultant interfaces from concept through construction and handover.
• Coordinates architectural, structural, civil and MEP design inputs and ensures clashes, omissions and inconsistencies are resolved before construction.
• Ensures calculations, drawings and specifications are independently checked at the level required by the contract and risk profile.

Design Review and Value Engineering

• Leads multidisciplinary reviews for compliance, constructability, durability, maintainability, cost and programme impact.
• Develops practical alternatives with Operations, Estimation, Quantity Surveying, Procurement and Plant while protecting the Employer's Requirements and approved quality standard.
• Presents material options, assumptions, savings, risks and decisions to the General Manager before adoption.

Construction Methods and Constructability

• Coordinates project execution methods, sequencing, access, logistics, lifting, temporary services, formwork, concrete placement and specialist work interfaces.
• Ensures method statements are technically complete, aligned with the programme and reviewed by Operations, QA/QC and EHS before release.
• Uses lessons learned and production feedback to improve future methods and estimates.

Temporary Works

• Establishes the temporary-works procedure, design briefs, category of check, registers, design responsibility and release process.
• Coordinates qualified designers and independent checkers for formwork, shoring, scaffolding, excavation support, crane bases, hoist ties, lifting frames and other temporary structures.
• Ensures no temporary works are used before design, approval, inspection and formal release are complete.

Planning, Scheduling and Project Controls

• Directs the Scheduler in preparing tender programmes, baselines, procurement schedules, design schedules, look-aheads and recovery programmes.
• Ensures programmes are resource-loaded where required, logically linked and consistent with methods, quantities, procurement and contractual milestones.
• Reviews progress, critical path, constraints, delay exposure and recovery actions with Operations and reports material issues to the General Manager.

Estimation, Tendering and Preconstruction

• Directs the Senior Cost Estimator and coordinates Design, Planning, Contracts, Quantity Surveying, Operations, Procurement, Plant, Finance, QA/QC and EHS inputs to tenders.
• Ensures the estimate basis, quantities, methods, rates, quotations, preliminaries, risk, programme, qualifications and exclusions are complete and traceable.
• Reviews the tender recommendation pack; final bid strategy, price, margin, contingency and submission approval remains with the General Manager.

Quantity Surveying, Contracts and Change Control

• Directs the Quantity Surveying and Contract functions in measurement, budget development, payment support, variation records, notices, claims inputs and commercial reporting.
• Ensures technical facts, drawings, programmes, records and cause-effect analyses required for contractual entitlement are prepared on time.
• May recommend commercial and contractual positions but cannot settle claims, accept liabilities or commit Mawums without delegated approval.

Project Technical Support and RFIs

• Provides timely responses to RFIs, technical queries, design clarifications, discrepancies and site constraints
• Maintains a priority register of unresolved technical matters, assigns owners and escalates items affecting safety, cost, quality or critical path.
• Supports Project Managers without bypassing their authority for site coordination and execution.

Procurement and Material Technical Support

• Defines technical scopes, specifications, datasheets and return schedules for supplier and subcontractor enquiries with Procurement.
• Leads technical bid evaluations and verifies compliance, interfaces, qualifications and lifecycle implications.
• Procurement retains supplier communication and commercial negotiation; final appointment and commitment follow approved authority levels.

Quality, Compliance and Technical Assurance

• Coordinates with Corporate QA/QC to ensure technical deliverables, method statements, material submissions and inspection requirements align with the Project Quality Plan.
• Monitors design-related NCRs, technical rework and recurring defects and ensures root causes are addressed.
• Ensures compliance with Ghanaian requirements, contract standards and approved international codes applicable to each project.

Document Control, BIM and Information Management

• Directs Document Control and establishes the common data environment, numbering, status, revision, transmittal, approval and distribution rules.
• Ensures only current approved information is available for tendering, procurement and construction and that superseded information is withdrawn.
• Promotes coordinated BIM and digital workflows appropriate to the project and protects the integrity, confidentiality and traceability of records.

Handover, As-Builts and Close-Out

• Plans technical close-out from project commencement, including as-built drawings, approved materials, test records, O&M inputs, warranties and statutory documentation.
• Coordinates technical responses to commissioning, snagging and handover requirements with Operations, QA/QC and specialist subcontractors.
• Confirms completeness of the technical dossier before recommendation for final handover.

Reporting, Risk and Continuous Improvement

• Provides concise monthly reporting on design, submittals, RFIs, programme, estimates, change, technical risk, resources and required decisions.
• Maintains Technical Office risk, decision and lessons-learned registers and escalates material exposure early.
• Standardises templates, details, benchmarks and workflows and measures the function's impact on rework, approval time, cost and programme certainty.

Qualififcation

Formal Education

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Construction Management, Building Technology or a closely related discipline.
• A relevant master's degree, professional engineering registration or membership of GhIE/another recognised professional body is preferred.

Work Experience

• Minimum 12 to 15 years of progressive construction, design-management or technical-office experience, including at least five years leading multidisciplinary technical teams.
• Demonstrated experience on major reinforced-concrete buildings, high-rise residential, hotels, commercial facilities, hospitals or comparable complex projects in Ghana or West Africa.
• Proven involvement in both tender/preconstruction and project execution through handover.

Skills:

• Strong leadership, technical review, planning, coordination, negotiation and decision-preparation skills.
• Competence in constructability, methods, temporary works, quantity/cost interfaces, contracts, claims support and risk management. Clear written and spoken Business English and strong executive reporting and presentation ability.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the Ghana Building Code and relevant Ghanaian permitting and construction requirements.
• Practical knowledge of appropriate BS/EN/Eurocodes, ACI and other contractually applicable standards, together with FIDIC-based contract administration.
• Sound understanding of QA/QC, EHS, procurement, plant, commercial and commissioning interfaces.

Systems

• Strong working knowledge of AutoCAD and document-control/common-data-environment systems.
• Working knowledge of Revit/BIM coordination, Navisworks or equivalent, Primavera P6/MS Project and recognised estimating/quantity software is strongly preferred.

Behavioural Competencies

• High integrity, professional independence, confidentiality and personal accountability.
• Structured, calm and decisive under deadline and commercial pressure.
• Collaborative across functions while maintaining clear standards, evidence and escalation discipline.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Technical Deliverables: On-time issue against approved tender, design and construction schedules
• Design Coordination: Clashes, omissions and interface issues identified and closed before construction
• Approval Performance: First-pass acceptance and turnaround of submissions, RFIs and material approvals
• Technical Rework: Cost and programme impact of design, information and method-related rework
• Planning Reliability: Baseline quality, update timeliness, forecast accuracy and recovery-plan effectiveness
• Temporary Works: Register completeness, design/check compliance and zero unauthorised use
• Tender Governance: Complete, traceable and timely technical and estimating review gates
• Estimate and Budget: Interface Variance, scope completeness, risk visibility and handover quality
• Change and Claims Support: Timely notices, technical substantiation, records and cause-effect analysis
• Document Control: Current approved information, revision compliance and transmittal traceability
• Handover Readiness: As-built and technical dossier completeness against the handover plan
• Risk Management: Material technical, programme and commercial risks escalated before impact
• People and Service: Team capability, workload control and internal stakeholder satisfaction
• Continuous Improvement: Reusable standards, lessons learned, value engineering and measurable productivity improvement

Location: Accra (with responsibility across all Ghana tenders, design interfaces and active building projects)

Salary: Attractive