Engineering & Adoptions Manager

Role overview

• ID: 2024-5471
• Entity: Vistry
• Region: Vistry South East
• Department: Technical
• Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time
• Job Location: Caterham, Surrey
• Date Posted: 26.04.2024

We have a new opportunity for an Engineering & Adoptions Manager to join our team within Vistry South East, at our office in Caterham, Surrey. As our Engineering & Adoptions Manager, you will be responsible for managing the key infrastructure elements of our new development at Ford, comprising 1500 residential units, school site, care home and local centre. Your role will encompass management of the pre-development activities (Archeology, Ecology, UXO etc.) along with the management of roads and sewers, services, contamination, and section agreements.

Alongside taking the lead on our new Ford development you will be required to support technical team on engineering matters across our sites, with emphasis on securing section agreements involving the management of design consultants, external parties and stakeholders, liaison with the relevant statutory, approval and local authorities, including Clients and Client’s representatives. You will also be responsible for clearance of legacy bonds that currently sit within the region.

You will need to prove an enhanced level of technical and construction knowledge, including a good working interpretation of Design Standards, the Building Regulations, Planning Guidance, and the funding criteria relevant to the Affordable Housing sector.

You will possess the commercial awareness to inform and develop design proposals to maximise design efficiency and profitability within identified approval constraints.

The role provides team members with inclusive responsibility for technical project management, located primarily within the company’s head office, but with a requirement to attend site on frequent and extraneous occasions.

• Let’s cut to the chase, what’s in it for you...
  • Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
  • Company car, car allowance or travel allowance
  • Agile working possible (dependent on role)
  • Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Private Healthcare
  • Competitive contributory pension scheme
  • Life assurance – 4 x your annual salary
  • Share incentive schemes
  • Employee rewards portal with many more benefits...
• In return, what we would like from you...
  • Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality
  • Professional Qualifications & Development (Degree, HND/HNC) in a Construction / Civil Engineering related field
  • Relevant Design & Construction experience within a Contracting/Development organisation.
  • Experience managing a design and/or technical team
  • A sound technical understanding of relevant industry guidance, coupled with an aptitude to learn, obtain and retain information as required within the role
  • Site based Construction Experience preceding and Design orientated roles
  • A sound technical understanding of relevant industry guidance, coupled with an aptitude to learn, obtain, and retain information as required within the role
  • An organised and prioritised working discipline dealing and managing tasks effectively and sequentially
  • Commitment to delivering information in line with agreed programmes, often in a pressured environment
  • The ability to work thoroughly and efficiently within a collaborative team environment
  • Strong mathematical ability
  • Able to analyse complex data and critically evaluate plans
  • Good decision making skills
  • Good understanding of budget management
  • Able to manage and lead a team
  • A good communicator/listener
  • An awareness of the social and environmental impact of your work
  • Accurate with an eye for detail
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Able to work under pressure
  • Able to work with a high degree of accuracy
  • A methodical approach to working practices
  • Confident decision maker with pragmatic approach to problem solving
  • Able to influence and persuade others
  • A self-starter capable of creating and maintaining momentum in projects

  Desirable...

  • Meng, MICE Chartered
• More about the Engineering & Adoptions Manager role...
  • Pre-Contract Technical input: design feasibility/review, value engineering, planning surveys, energy strategy, sustainability, construction techniques and other elements as required by the Regional Development Director and/or Technical and Preconstruction Director.
  • Oversee the team of Design Managers to deliver key outputs for the business on time.
  • Client EOI/ITT/PQQ and Tender Submission support to the new business, pre-contract, and estimating teams.
  • Commission the Pre-Construction Stage Planning and Feasibility Reports; Arboriculture, Archaeological, Acoustic, Ecology, Fire Risk Assessment, Flood Risk Assessment, Traffic & Transport, Soil Investigation, Soakage Tests.
  • Production, Management, and Review of the Design and Pre-Construction Programmes.
  • Produce the Schedule of Service Document(s) for Designer/Consultant Appointments, Liaise with QS over Appointment & Warranty Completion.
  • Chair and Organise Periodic Design Team Meetings (DTM), M&E Client Design Meetings, collate and distribute minutes.
  • Efficiently Value Engineer Design Proposals in Conjunction with other members of the Project Team.
  • Ensure Design and Contractual Standards; Employers Requirements, HQI Information, Addendum Specifications are adhered to during the Design Stages and issue relevant information to the Project Team.
  • Manage the Production and Review of Design Information and Details during the Pre-Contract and Construction Phase.
  • Oversee the technical approval process and provide input to secure sectional agreements across all regional projects in a timely manner.
  • Manage & Monitor estate completion schedules, registers & bonds.

Finally, let’s tell you a bit more about us...

At Vistry Group, we build more than homes. We develop sustainable communities across all sectors of the UK housing market through our leading housing brands Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. Delivered through Vistry Housebuilding, Countryside Partnerships and Vistry Works with the support of Vistry Services, our values of integrity, caring, and quality continue to shape all we do.