Senior Engineer

Persimmon Homes; Perth; Presencial; GBP 50.000 - 70.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Competitive salary

Company car

Health care

Life cover

Pension

Bonus

Benefits platform

Diversity

Descripción de la vacante

Persimmon Homes in Perth, PH1, is seeking a Senior Engineer to join the Technical team. The role reports to the Engineering Manager or Technical Director and focuses on engineering design and technical support for regional sites, coordinating external consultants and delivering drawings per internal briefs.

Key duties include managing site evaluations, procuring technical packages, ensuring quality, safety compliance, and mentoring junior staff to develop their skills within Persimmon's

Formación

• Exceptional communication, organisation and time management skills.

Responsabilidades

• Provide engineering design and technical support for the region.
• Manage external consultants of the Technical team for site development drawings.
• Work to internal briefs from the Management Team.
• Support the Build and Sales departments with timely information.

Conocimientos

Communication

Organisation

Time management

Descripción del empleo

Job Title: Senior Engineer

Location: Perth, PH1

Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity? Join Persimmon Homes as a Senior Engineer and step into a role where your success is celebrated, your growth supported, and your work truly matters.

Why Persimmon Homes?

We're one of the UK's largest and most established housebuilders — FTSE 100 listed, with 29 regional offices and thousands of quality homes built every year.

At Persimmon, we don't just build homes — we build careers. When you join us as a Senior Engineer, you'll benefit from:

• Competitive salary
• Company car/Car allowance
• 5* housebuilder - Be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction
• Health Care
• Life Cover & Contributory Pension
• Bonus
• Employee Benefits Platform – giving you access to high-street discounts, wellbeing support, and more
• Committed to diversity, inclusion, and empowering your development

What is the role?

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Technical team. This role typically reports to the Engineering Manager and / or the Technical Director.

The purpose of the role is to provide engineering design and technical support for the region and manage all external consultants of the Technical team in the production of drawings for the design of site developments whilst working to an internal brief from the Management Team.

What you'll do as a Senior Engineer

• Managing the site evaluation process and provide timely provision for economical and viable solutions to technical problems so the project remains within budget and the Build team can maintain the programme
• Running projects from initial site identification or from Planning Approval Stage you will procure the Technical package and co-ordinate/check and issue information which enables on time site commencement
• Establish and enforce quality and standards in schemes to maintain the good image of the company
• Comply with responsibilities as defined in the Group's Health, Safety & Environment Policy and ensure compliance with the same throughout the team to promote safety in the way we build projects
• Effective daily management of the consultant team to ensure the provision of required level of services in a pro-active and professional manner to enable the Build and Sales departments to fulfil their roles
• Co-ordinate production information to a written programme to ensure company targets are met for a controlled and cost effective finish to the sites.
• Ensure that on occasion when deputising for the Manager the team are allocated tasks, where quality of work will need to be verified to maintain it is completed to a good standard within company guidelines
• Given proven experience, the role will involve mentoring and training junior members of the team and developing their skills to a sufficient level where they can take on more responsibility and add value to the team.
• To agree the delivery programme of design information in accordance with the business development and procurement programmes on time and in accordance with Company standards

What experience do I need?

• Exceptional communication, organisation and time management skills
• A civils, infrastructure, groundworks or possibly more general construction background
• Valid Managers CSCS Card is desirable
• SMSTS or SSSTS
• First Aid Certificate would be advantageous
• Full UK driving licence required