Technical Office Manager – Ghana

Job Title: Technical Office Manager – Ghana

Industry: Construction / Civil Engineering & Infrastructure

Location: Ghana, with extensive travel to project sites and operational facilities

Salary: GHS 550,000 – GHS 750,000 gross per annum, depending on experience

The Opportunity

Our client, a leading construction and engineering organisation in Ghana, is seeking an experienced Technical Office Manager to lead and integrate the technical office function supporting major building projects and tenders across Ghana.

This is a senior technical leadership position with responsibility for coordinating design, engineering, planning, quantity surveying, contracts, estimating, construction methods and technical information management to deliver buildable, cost-effective and technically robust solutions.

The successful candidate will lead a multidisciplinary technical team and work closely with Operations, Project Management, Procurement, QA/QC, EHS, Plant & Equipment, Finance and other functions throughout the project lifecycle—from tender and preconstruction through execution, handover and close-out.

The role is particularly suited to a technically strong construction professional who combines design-management expertise with commercial awareness, project controls and practical understanding of complex building construction.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Office Leadership

• Lead the Technical Office and coordinate multidisciplinary teams covering design, engineering, planning, quantity surveying, contracts, estimating, drafting and document control.
• Establish technical standards, workflows, review gates and deliverable requirements across tenders and active projects.
• Allocate workloads, establish priorities and develop the capability of the technical team.
• Ensure clear interfaces between the Technical Office, Operations and other corporate functions.

Design Management & Coordination

• Manage design programmes, design responsibility matrices, deliverable schedules and consultant interfaces from concept through construction and handover.
• Coordinate architectural, structural, civil and MEP design inputs.
• Ensure design clashes, omissions and inconsistencies are identified and resolved before construction.
• Lead multidisciplinary design reviews covering compliance, constructability, durability, maintainability, cost and programme implications.
• Drive value-engineering initiatives while maintaining required quality, performance and contractual standards.

Construction Methods & Temporary Works

• Coordinate construction methodologies covering sequencing, logistics, access, lifting, temporary services, formwork, concrete placement and specialist works.
• Ensure method statements are technically complete and aligned with programme, quality and safety requirements.
• Establish and oversee temporary-works procedures, design briefs, registers, checking requirements and formal release processes.
• Coordinate qualified designers and independent checkers for temporary works where required.

Planning & Project Controls

• Oversee preparation of tender programmes, baseline programmes, procurement schedules, design schedules, look-ahead plans and recovery programmes.
• Ensure programmes are logically linked to construction methods, quantities, procurement requirements, resources and contractual milestones.
• Review critical paths, constraints, delays and recovery actions in collaboration with project and operations teams.
• Escalate significant programme and technical risks to senior management.

Estimating, Tendering & Preconstruction

• Lead the technical coordination of tenders across Design, Planning, Estimating, Quantity Surveying, Contracts, Operations, Procurement, Plant, Finance, QA/QC and EHS.
• Ensure estimates, quantities, methodologies, rates, quotations, preliminaries, risks, programmes, qualifications and exclusions are complete and traceable.
• Prepare robust technical and commercial recommendations to support senior management's tender decisions.
• Support the development of competitive, practical and risk-informed tender solutions.

Quantity Surveying, Contracts & Change Control

• Oversee quantity surveying and contract-management activities relating to measurement, budgets, variations, claims support and commercial reporting.
• Ensure drawings, programmes, technical records and cause-and-effect analyses required to substantiate contractual positions are available and accurate.
• Support effective change control and early identification of contractual and commercial risks.

Project Technical Support

• Ensure timely resolution of RFIs, technical queries, design clarifications, discrepancies and site constraints.
• Maintain visibility of unresolved technical issues and ensure appropriate ownership, action and escalation.
• Provide technical support to Project Managers and project teams while maintaining clear accountability for site execution.

Procurement & Technical Evaluation

• Develop technical scopes, specifications and datasheets for supplier and subcontractor enquiries.
• Lead technical bid evaluations and assess compliance, interfaces, qualifications and lifecycle implications.
• Work closely with Procurement to ensure materials, systems and subcontract packages meet project requirements.

Quality, BIM & Information Management

• Coordinate with QA/QC to ensure technical deliverables, material submissions, method statements and inspection requirements align with project quality requirements.
• Oversee document control, revision management, transmittals, approvals and controlled distribution of project information.
• Promote effective BIM and digital coordination workflows.
• Ensure only current, approved technical information is used for procurement and construction.

Handover, Risk & Continuous Improvement

• Plan technical close-out requirements from project commencement, including as-built drawings, approved materials, O&M information, warranties and statutory documentation.
• Coordinate technical inputs into commissioning, snagging and final handover.
• Maintain technical risk, decision and lessons-learned registers.
• Develop standard templates, benchmarks and workflows that improve productivity, reduce rework and strengthen cost and programme certainty.

Qualifications & Experience

The successful candidate should have:

• A 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 a recognised professional body would be advantageous.
• 12–15 years of progressive experience in construction, design management or a technical office environment.
• At least 5 years' experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams.
• Demonstrable experience working on major reinforced-concrete buildings, high-rise residential developments, hotels, commercial facilities, hospitals or similarly complex building projects.
• Strong experience spanning both tender/preconstruction and project execution through handover.
• Experience in Ghana or the wider West African construction environment would be highly advantageous.

Technical Knowledge & Skills

• Strong knowledge of design management, constructability and multidisciplinary technical coordination.
• Good understanding of construction methods and temporary works.
• Strong knowledge of planning, scheduling and project controls.
• Experience with estimating, quantity/cost interfaces, contracts, variations and claims support.
• Knowledge of the Ghana Building Code and relevant Ghanaian construction and permitting requirements.
• Practical knowledge of applicable BS/EN/Eurocodes, ACI standards and FIDIC-based contract administration.
• Good understanding of QA/QC, EHS, procurement, plant, commercial and commissioning interfaces.
• 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.

Leadership & Personal Attributes

We are looking for a professional who demonstrates:

• Strong multidisciplinary leadership and team-development capability.
• Excellent technical judgement and problem-solving ability.
• Strong commercial awareness and disciplined risk management.
• Ability to operate effectively under demanding tender and project deadlines.
• Clear and confident communication with senior management, project teams, consultants and other stakeholders.
• High integrity, confidentiality and personal accountability.
• A structured, calm and decisive approach under commercial and operational pressure.
• Strong written and spoken Business English.
• A collaborative working style combined with the confidence to maintain technical standards and escalate material risks appropriately.

Why Join?

This is an opportunity to take a central technical leadership role within a well-established construction organisation delivering significant building projects in Ghana.

The successful candidate will have considerable influence across design, preconstruction, tendering, project controls, construction methodology and technical delivery, while leading and developing a multidisciplinary Technical Office team.

For an accomplished construction professional seeking a role combining technical leadership, commercial influence and major-project exposure, this represents an excellent next career move.