Engineering Manager
Buckinghmashire
Up to £85k plus package
Office based role with site visits

We are recruiting an Engineering Manager for a residential housebuilder. You’ll be the business’s lead civil engineering specialist, working with the land, planning, technical and construction teams from initial land appraisal through to construction and adoption.
This role gives you the opportunity to influence whether the business pursues a site and how it develops it. You’ll identify engineering risks before land bids are submitted, shape site layouts at planning stage and oversee the design of roads, drainage, utilities and wider infrastructure.

What you’ll be doing

• Assess potential land acquisitions, reviewing flood risk, drainage, ground conditions, levels, existing utilities and highways access. Prepare engineering budgets and risk assessments to support land bids.
• Work with land and planning teams to develop viable site layouts, check drainage capacity and help negotiate highways, drainage and infrastructure planning conditions.
• Appoint and manage external consultants, agreeing fees, scopes and programmes. Oversee highways, drainage, levels, earthworks, utilities and external works designs.
• Identify opportunities to reduce costs and improve buildability. Manage engineering information for statutory agreements and progress roads and drainage through to adoption.
• Support construction teams with infrastructure and utility delivery, resolve engineering issues on live sites, and inspect and sign off civil works.

• Civil engineering experience within residential housebuilding.
• A strong understanding of residential infrastructure design, including highways, drainage, utilities, levels and ground engineering.
• Experience managing utility procurement and coordinating external consultants.
• A degree, HNC or HND in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
• The ability to manage several developments at once and make sound engineering decisions that balance cost, programme and buildability.