Lead, Pre-Construction for Residential Development

Platform Housing Group; Coleshill Heath; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 71,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary up to £64,869

28 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Medicash membership

Learning & Development

Employee discounts

Job summary

Platform Housing Group is seeking a Pre-Construction Manager to lead and oversee pre-construction activities across our development pipeline. You will ensure schemes are technically robust, commercially viable and aligned with Platform standards, Homes England requirements and buildability before Start on Site.

You will collaborate with Development and Land teams, manage design deliverables, and coordinate planning inputs while mitigating technical and planning risks across central UK sites.

Qualifications

• Experience leading pre-construction activities for residential schemes.
• Coordination of design, cost plans and risk registers.
• Knowledge of planning processes, design standards, Building Regulations and fire safety.

Responsibilities

• Act as technical and assurance lead during pre-construction.
• Produce or review pre-construction programme, risk register and design deliverables.
• Coordinate gateway submissions and ensure buildability and value.
• Identify and mitigate technical, commercial and planning risks.
• Support planning applications with input from technical/design teams.
• Track and coordinate S38/S104/S278/S106 obligations as needed.
• Ensure timely technical approvals (highways, utilities, drainage, consents).
• Attend design and project team meetings to provide technical input.
• Manage technical risk registers into delivery phase.

Skills

Pre-construction management

Residential development

Design coordination

Planning & Building regs

Job description

Platform Housing Group is seeking a Pre-Construction Manager to lead and oversee pre-construction activities across our development pipeline. You will ensure schemes are technically robust, commercially viable and aligned with Platform standards, Homes England requirements and buildability before Start on Site.

You will collaborate with Development and Land teams, manage design deliverables, and coordinate planning inputs while mitigating technical and planning risks across central UK sites.