Senior Manager – Capital Projects

Homes England; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working 50/50

Pension scheme

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Homes England is seeking a Senior Manager - Technical to lead and manage enabling and infrastructure contracts supporting residential land development. You will provide technical advice, design, commissioning and contract management across a portfolio of sites, engaging with stakeholders at senior levels to ensure delivery within time and budget.

You will supervise procuring capital works contracts, drafting scopes and tender documents for demolitions, highways, drainage and utilities, and drive

Qualifications

• Experience delivering enabling and infrastructure contracts for residential development.
• Ability to draft and review scopes, works information and tender documents.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage delivery of enabling and infrastructure contracts for residential development.
• Provide technical advice, design, commissioning and contract management.
• Procure and manage consultants to achieve technical designs and price.
• Review technical documents to identify risks and mitigation strategies.

Skills

Contract management

Technical design

Stakeholder management

Tender & procurement

Job description

A bit about the role...

Reporting to the Head of the Capital Projects, this senior role will lead and manage the delivery of enabling and infrastructure contracts to support the delivery of residential led development projects, working alongside other planning and technical specialists to support the acquisition, de-risking, unlocking and disposal of land.

Working in the Capital Projects team, this role will provide technical advice and design, commissioning, and contract management to ensure the delivery of enabling and infrastructure works contracts to unlock and accelerate housing delivery.

This is a rare chance to shape the future of residential infrastructure development in a fast growing, national organisation with real social purpose. Working with key stakeholders and professional teams you will ensure efficient, consistent and effective technical advice is provided across a portfolio of development sites.

This role requires significant experience in managing and delivering construction engineering solutions and works contracts to support residential development. Experience of designing, planning, commissioning and managing the delivery of enabling and infrastructure works contracts including demolitions, highways, drainage and utilities to unlock residential development sites is essential.

Please note internally the job title of this role is Senior Manager - Technical

A bit about you…

You'll be comfortable supporting several projects with complex technical issues, finding cost effective solutions to unlock and deliver enabling and infrastructure works contracts to facilitate housing led developments.

You will be proficient across a range of technical issues and experienced in procuring and managing consultants to achieve technical designs, solutions, cost budgets to support capital works contracts. You will be able to critically review technical documents to identify risks and potential development issues and propose appropriate mitigation strategies and provide technical quality assurance regarding content and price.

You will have experience in procuring and managing capital works contracts. Taking the lead in drafting and reviewing technical scopes, works information and tender documents for enabling works (including demolition, remediation, earthworks, site clearance and temporary works) and infrastructure works (including highways, drainage, utilities, structures, landscape and ecological mitigation) to support residential led development.

Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn’t always easy. You will be resilient and comfortable engaging with stakeholders at a senior level and your discussions will always be shaped by a good understanding of the commercial and operational impact of what we do to deliver on our mission to unlock and deliver new homes.

Who are we?

Homes England: The Housing and Regeneration Agency

We believe that affordable, quality homes in well-designed places are key to improving people’s lives. As the government’s housing and regeneration agency, we create thriving new places and transform urban areas, combining the full breadth of our powers, expertise, land, capital and influence to bring investment to communities and get more homes built.

How? We form long-term partnerships that bridge the gap between the public and private sector to meet local needs and aspirations. We use our influence to champion the creation of sustainable homes, communities and places that are brilliantly designed for the people that live there now, and in the future. And we use our funding and support to build a more resilient, diverse and innovative housing sector, helping new entrants in the market, encouraging modern methods of construction and design, and promoting the utmost attention to building safety.

Together with our partners, we’re accelerating the pace of house building, remediation and regeneration across the country, as we seek to deliver ever more affordable homes in places people are proud to call home for generations to come.

What we offer...

As well as a competitive salary and 33 days annual leave, we are committed to 50/50 hybrid working. We’ll support you, wherever possible, so that you don’t miss out on what matters to you.

Membership of the Homes and Communities Agency Pension Scheme, which is a contributory defined benefit scheme with the amount you receive on retirement based on your salary and years worked at the Agency.

Internal applicants: please note that if you are successful, the salary you are offered will be in accordance with our pay policy. You can find details on the HR Hub SharePoint site.

If you ever need a bit of extra help, we have a great employee assistance programme, a wide range of healthcare plans, financial wellbeing support and access to many great discounts with leading high street names.

Our range of network groups are also there to support you to be yourself at work and play a key role in helping shape our future.

If you are a member of a professional body, we’ll pay for your membership and once you get your digital kit, you’ll be good to go.

Homes England are a geographically diverse community. We work to a 50/50 office/ home based model. Moving back into our office environments has enabled us to utilise our space and time together in the most collaborative way.

We’re a diverse team of more than 1,000 professionals spanning 17 professions, helping Homes England to be effective, efficient and deliver for communities.

Our people remain at the heart of everything we do, and we’re committed to building an Agency that not only reflects the diverse communities we serve, but also champions inclusion in how we shape homes and places across the country. For more information about our EDI strategy please see our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Report 2024 to 2025 — Second Edition - GOV.UK

You will be required to have the Right to Work in the UK and Homes England do not offer visa sponsorship. If your application is shortlisted to interview we will require you to provide proof of your Right to Work in the UK at this stage.

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