Technical Project Manager

Technical Project Manager

Torquay, Devon

About us

With a rich history dating back to 1923, Cavanna Homes is the South West’s largest independent house builder. We are family-owned and construct beautiful new homes that customers love.

We are now looking for a Technical Project Manager to join us on a full-time, permanent basis, working 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

What you’ll be doing

As a Technical Project Manager, you will oversee the technical aspects of our housing developments, ensuring projects progress successfully from pre-development through to construction.

Working with internal teams and external consultants, you will provide technical guidance throughout the development process, identifying risks and opportunities during the acquisition and planning stages and overseeing the delivery of technical designs.

You will also manage technical approvals and legal agreements, ensuring developments meet relevant planning requirements and regulations. Alongside this, you will resolve technical issues during construction to keep projects progressing in line with company targets.

Additionally, you will:

- Appoint, brief and manage specialist designers and consultants

- Tender and appoint Management Companies for each development

- Ensure compliance with planning and Section 106 obligations

- Lead the preparation and management of technical budgets and cash flows

- Attend project meetings to address technical challenges

Who we are looking for

To be considered as our Technical Project Manager, you will need:

- A strong understanding of housebuilding design, engineering and construction practices

- Detailed knowledge of NHBC standards and Building Regulations

- An understanding of relevant Health & Safety legislation and CDM regulations

- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to resolve technical issues

- Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills

- A proactive approach to identifying and managing technical and design risks

What you’ll get in return

- Competitive Salary

- Car Allowance with an optional Salary Sacrifice Company Car Scheme

- 6% employer pension contributions

- 25 days' holiday + bank holidays, additional holidays awarded for length of service from year 2

- Optional private healthcare for yourself and family

- Life Assurance x3

- Medicash health cashback scheme

- Holiday purchase scheme – purchase up to an additional week of holiday

- Cycle to Work Scheme up to the value of £3,500

- Early Friday finishes

- Discount on purchase of a Cavanna Home

This is an exceptional opportunity for an individual with a strong understanding of housebuilding design, engineering and construction practices to join our established, family-owned organisation.

You’ll have the chance to work across a diverse range of exciting developments, expanding your technical expertise, strengthening your professional capabilities and gaining valuable experience that will help take your career to new heights.

What’s more, you’ll enjoy an excellent rewards package that reflects the importance of your role, supports your wellbeing and helps you make the most of life outside work.

A little bit more about Cavanna

Cavanna Homes is a family-owned business established in 1923. Our aim is to become the most admired regional house builder in the Southwest. We strive to achieve this through our product design, innovation and build quality whilst maintaining the trust and respect of our customers and the local communities around our developments. We aim to be a company whose employees, shareholders, customers, business partners and the community can be proud to be associated with.

At Cavanna, everyone lives by ‘The Cavanna Way’. This is our set of values that defines who we are as a team and how we behave – ‘Customer Focused’, ‘Integrity’, ‘Socially Engaged’, ‘Reputable’, ‘Successful’ and ‘Safe’. If you believe these values match your own, then we’d love to hear from you.

The closing date for this role is 27th November 2026.

Other organisations may call this role Technical Manager, Housebuilding Technical Manager, Residential Technical Manager, Technical Development Manager, Design Manager, Residential Design Manager, Construction Technical Manager, Development Project Manager, or Technical Co-ordinator.

Cavanna Homes is an equal opportunities employer, values diversity and is strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you’re ready to join us as our new Technical Project Manager, please apply via the button shown.