Technical Manager Heat Pumps
Requirements
The candidate must have technical expertise in heat pump ranges and the ability to manage relationships with consultants, architects, and contractors. Experience in ensuring compliance with UK/EU regulations and driving specification-led opportunities is essential.
Job Description
Application Deadline: 23 September 2026
Department: Renewables
Location: Birmingham
What We Do:
We provide fully integrated renewable energy solutions, from design and installation through to long-term operation and maintenance, supporting public and commercial organisations across the UK and Ireland. By delivering Heat as a Service, we provide reliable, low-carbon heating infrastructure, offering a fully managed solution that supports our client's decarbonisation goals in transitioning to sustainable heating. We take genuine pride in the long-standing relationships we have built, working closely with our clients as trusted partners and continuing to support them on their journey towards net zero.
Role Overview:
The Technical Manager – Heat Pumps will be responsible for driving growth, fostering partnerships, and promoting sustainable solutions.
They will lead on the efforts to secure new business through the development of forward-thinking solutions across a range of decarbonisation projects, including district heating systems, energy centres, and renewable technology integrations.
Collaborating closely with multidisciplinary teams, you will liaise with clients and support in setting out the project scope to best meet the client’s objectives, and engaging with specialists to ensure designs put forward meet the highest standards of efficiency, innovation, and compliance while supporting Alternative Heat’s mission to drive decarbonisation in building services
Job Title | Technical Manager – Heat Pumps
Location | Flexible
Hours | Monday-Thursday 8am-5pm and Friday 8am-3pm
Salary | Competitive Depending on Experience
Responsible to | Renewables Manager
What You'll be Doing
This role combines product and technical ownership of the commercial heat pump range with responsibility for developing and managing specifications, providing pre-sales technical support, and building strong relationships with consultants, contractors, architects, and clients. The position involves ensuring solutions comply with relevant UK/EU regulations and industry standards, supporting projects from early design through to delivery, and providing expert guidance on system selection, performance, integration, and lifecycle optimisation. Working closely with sales, product management, engineering, marketing, and operations teams, the role also helps drive specification-led opportunities, protect and convert projects through the sales pipeline, and feed market requirements into product development. A key focus is supporting decarbonisation, retrofit strategies, whole-life performance, reliability, and commercially viable heat pump solutions for complex commercial applications.
Skills
About Alternative Heat Ltd
With over 20 years of experience within the Commercial Offsite Fabrication industry, Alternative Heat have established themselves as a market leader in this sector. Located centrally between Dublin and Belfast our 8.5 acre Head Office and fabrication facilities, which are fully equipped with overhead cranes and 8,000m² of workshop floor area, provide an ideal factory construction environment which is reflected in the high quality solutions we offer. We employ a strong team of design engineers, CAD technicians, contracts managers and skilled trades personnel who utilise their vast industry experience to assist in the design, fabrication and delivery of our bespoke MEP solutions, which we supply throughout the UK and Ireland.
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