Project Manager

Project Manager

A leading house builder have a requirement for a Project Manager (Technical bias) for a new housing development based in Warrington.

This is a new role created for a high profile residential housing schemes in the North West, a 1200 unit site with multiple phases being delivered simultaneously which is currently at the pre-planning stage. The role will grow and expand into management of other projects across a range of disciplines spanning the technical, land and planning functions with an element of commerciality too.

• Assisting the existing technical team with taking forward principle designs for roads, sewers and foundations as well as value engineering earthworks modelling
• Project manage from detailed design stage to post completion
• Coordinate delivery of surveys & reports required for the development and manage associated requirements from design to completion.
• Manage the process of obtaining consultant fee proposals and appoint consultants to deliver the civil engineering designs including legal plans and house type working drawing packs.
• Obtaining and collating all ancillary specialist drawings including water supply, heating, kitchen, stair, lintels, p.c. ground floors, and precast upper floors.
• Undertake value engineering assessments and ensure buildability is considered.
• Coordinate submission of designs and technical approvals for agreements such as S104, S38 & S278 after the completion of legal agreements, with assistance from the Engineering Manager.
• Working with the adoptions and utilities manager, co-ordinate utility designs and initial mains laying onto site, ensuring legal agreements completed in timely manner.
• Coordinate information and liaise with architects, civil & structural engineers and landscape architects, ensuring consistency and coordination between various designs.
• Prepare all drawings and documents for engineering and superstructure elements for tender, followed by the construction issue and sales handover.
• Coordinate street naming with local authority, complete plot list and distribute internally and externally of the business.
• Attending and chairing Handover and Pre-Start Meetings and briefing all departments on matters related to the engineering and working drawings.
• Monitor and report technical & development fees including S106 obligations.

• BTEC HND/HNC in Design, Construction or Civil Engineering
• Extensive experience working within a technical role at a residential house builder
• Good level of IT literacy with experience of AutoCAD, Outlook, Excel & Word,
• Delivering design for projects on time, to budget and quality standards
• Knowledge of current building regulations, detailed design for both sub-structure and superstructure build elements
• Excellent organization and time management with ability to multitask
• Commercially aware
• Able to lead and work as a team member
• Management of technical fees and services cost to complete

• Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
• Company car, car allowance or travel allowance
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and the option to buy up to 5 days per annum
• Private Healthcare
• Company pension scheme
• Life assurance - 4 x your annual salary
• Sharesave scheme

If you want to hear more about the Project Manager role please apply with an up-to-date copy of your CV or contact Deena Fields in our Bolton office on .