Role: Senior Engineering Manager

Salary: up to £100,000 per annum, plus bonus, car/car allowance, pension, private healthcare, life insurance, life assurance and an extensive choice of company benefits

Location: Bristol, South West

Client/Developer: 5* residential residential developer (privately owned)

Excellent pipeline of work Bristol and the across the South West

Open to: Senior Engineer, Engineering Manager or Head of Engineering working ‘in house’ for a regional or national residential developer or consultancy with construction or housebuilding experience

Working arrangements: Flexible working options between home, office and site(s)

About the role – Senior Engineering Manager:

You will be key in the delivery of procurement of services, surveys and technical reports to support the land team on assessments for new site acquisitions. You will be confident in progressing and answering queries relating to all engineering matters regarding planning, building regulation and regulatory requirements. A key part of this role is being able to drive consultants to meet deadlines without compromising on quality of information, to enable procurement and site starts are achieved according to programme.

About you – Senior Engineering Manager:

• Experience working in a similar senior Engineering role in the housebuilding or engineering consultancy sector
• A strong network of engineering related consultants, Local Authorities, and utility providers in the local area
• Qualified to HNC/Degree level or equivalent, preferably in Civil Engineering
• Be knowledgeable in the latest engineering regulatory requirements in housebuilding
• Excellent attention to detail particularly when reviewing and approving technical documentation
• Good communication and observation skills, along with a willingness to learn
• Excellent time management
• Commercial aware and astute
• Ability to prioritise tasks to meet changing business needs
• IT literate. You must have good literacy skills in AutoCAD and use Microsoft Excel
• Be familiar with engineering software tools like Windes and PDS, although not essential

Day-to-day responsibilities – Senior Engineering Manager:

• Support the Design Manager with appraisals for development opportunities, instructing all required due diligence and advising on development constraints and ‘abnormal’ items requiring commercial provisions
• Support the Design Manager in the resolution of engineering issues as part of the planning application process and the discharge of conditions
• Manage the design of ground works and infrastructure, including roads, sewers, and utilities
• Maintain a continuous process of evaluation of consultant’s performance and design capabilities to ensure that they meet deadlines, whilst following best practice, and always with value engineering at the forefront of design
• Attend site and lead on relevant technical meetings relating to the procurement and approval of site infrastructure
• Establish good working relationships with Site staff and all departments to ensure developments are constructed as intended and to offer feedback where it adds value-always seeking opportunities to improve
• Secure various statutory Technical Consent in a timely manner
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with Local Authorities and other external bodies
• Progress adoption for roads and sewers on closed legacy developments to reduce the business’s bond limit with the NHBC
• Ensure familiarity with Safety, Health and Environmental policies and comply with employee responsibilities

Please contact Jamie Ttophi on 07961 417881 or at jamiettophi@crestrecruitment.com for further information.