Civil Engineering Manager

Sorbon Estates Ltd; Beaconsfield; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Discretionary annual and long-term bon

Enhanced pension via salary exchange

Private medical cover

Annual leave 25–30 days

Wellbeing benefits and GP access

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Company events

Job summary

Shanly Homes is seeking an experienced Civil Engineering Manager to join our Technical team as the principal in-house civil engineering specialist. You will influence land acquisitions, assess technical risks and ensure practical, cost-effective engineering solutions across developments from land to completion.

The role requires a residential civil engineering background with expertise in drainage, highways, utilities, earthworks and ground conditions, paired with a commercially minded approach

Qualifications

• Degree, HNC or HND in Civil Engineering or related discipline.
• Proven experience in civil engineering within a residential housebuilding or development environment.
• 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 ability to identify practical and commercially viable solutions.
• Highly organised with ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist civil engineering advice across the development lifecycle.
• Support land bids through technical risk assessments, budgets and engineering input.
• Develop planning strategies with Land and Planning teams, influence site layouts, drainage and infrastructure negotiations.
• Oversee highway designs, drainage, levels strategies, earthworks, utility layouts and external works designs.
• Manage external consultants, scopes, fees and project timescales.
• Identify opportunities for value engineering to reduce costs while maintaining quality.

Skills

Residential infrastructure design

Project management

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Collaborative working

Proactive risk identification

Education

Degree/HNC/HND in Civil Engineering

Job description

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.

Scope of the role

What you will be doing:

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

About you

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

What we offer

• 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.