Civil Engineering Manager
hace 3 días
Beaconsfield
At Shanly Homes, we do not just build houses; we create distinctive, high-specification homes designed for modern living. As a privately owned, multi award-winning regional housebuilder, we take pride in delivering thoughtfully designed developments in some of the South East’s most sought-after locations. We are looking for an experienced Civil Engineering Manager to join our Technical team and become our principal in-house civil engineering specialist. This new position will strengthen our in-house engineering expertise and provide a broad scope across our developments, from land acquisition and planning through to construction and completion. You will play a key role in assessing new land opportunities, identifying and managing technical risks, influencing design solutions and ensuring developments are supported by practical, cost-effective and deliverable engineering solutions. This role will suit someone who is a residential civil engineering specialist, with strong experience across new homes and a detailed technical understanding of drainage, highways, utilities, levels, earthworks and ground conditions, combined with a practical, commercially minded approach to finding effective engineering solutions. As Civil Engineering Manager, you will provide specialist civil engineering advice across the development lifecycle. Key areas of focus will include: • Land acquisition: provide civil engineering input into potential land acquisitions, reviewing topography, existing infrastructure, utilities, flood risk, drainage, ground conditions and highways access, • Technical risk: support land bids through technical risk assessments, engineering advice and the preparation of relevant budgets, • Planning: work closely with the Land and Planning teams to develop planning strategies, influence site layouts and support planning applications, drainage capacity checks and negotiations relating to highways, drainage and infrastructure, • Engineering design: oversee the preparation of highway designs, drainage strategies, levels strategies, earthworks assessments, utility layouts and external works designs, • Consultant management: identify where external engineering expertise is required, agreeing appropriate scopes, fees and timescales and ensuring consultants deliver practical and commercially viable solutions, • Value engineering: identify opportunities to improve engineering solutions and reduce costs without compromising quality or deliverability, • Infrastructure and adoption: drive the production of design information required for Sectional Agreements and manage the engineering elements of the adoption process, • Construction support: work closely with the Construction teams to resolve engineering and infrastructure issues, review design changes and support the delivery of infrastructure and utilities, • Site inspections: undertake site inspections to review and sign off civil engineering and infrastructure works, • Verification: oversee the collation and production of engineering verification reports, • Continuous improvement: share expertise and promote best practice, helping to strengthen civil engineering capability across the Technical team We are a design-led and quality-driven business, so experience within residential development and a strong understanding of practical engineering solutions are essential. • Degree, HNC or HND in Civil Engineering or a related discipline, • Proven experience in civil engineering within a residential housebuilding or development environment, • Strong experience in managing utility procurement, • Strong understanding of residential infrastructure design, highways, drainage, utilities and ground engineering, • Experience managing engineering consultants and external design teams, • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify practical and commercially viable solutions, • Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities, • Confident working collaboratively with Land, Planning, Technical, Commercial and Construction teams, • A proactive approach to identifying technical risks and finding effective solutions, • An interest in industry developments, emerging technologies, legislation and best practice within residential development and infrastructure design, • The security of a financially strong, privately owned business, • Competitive salary, • Discretionary annual and long-term bonus scheme, • Enhanced pension scheme via salary exchange, • Private medical cover (BUPA), • Annual leave starting at 25 days, increasing to 30 days, • A comprehensive range of wellbeing benefits, including on-demand GP access, fitness classes, discounted gym membership, Employee Assistance Programme and cycle to work scheme, • Retail and lifestyle discount scheme, • A programme of regular company and team events throughout the year If you’re a Civil Engineering professional who wants to play a key role in shaping developments from land acquisition through to construction, we’d love to hear from you. #J-18808-Ljbffr