Senior Development Manager

Pinnacle Recruitment are working with a highly desirable investment arm of a known Developer who is looking for an experienced Senior Development Manager to manage large consented strategic type greenfield sites through detailed planning and driving the pre development team to split several hundred acre sites to package together serviced parcels for disposal to other developers and contracting organisations.

This role is exclusive to Pinnacle Recruitment and we have been tasked with finding them the best individual we can for this forward thinking developing organisation. to you.

·    Role is based in Surrey
·    Flexible home working in addition
·    £80,000 – £95,000 DOE (will go higher for the right person)
·    Full package including bonus, pension, life assurance and generous holidays and car allowance

We need you to be fully experienced at leading a team of numerous Land owners, be exposed to running large sites through the front end, be used to managing the full infrastructure of utilities and road design and be able to manage internal project teams, external architects, engineers, planning consultants and other type consultants offering bespoke services.

Key Responsibilities

• The Development Management role will embrace all functions of the business (ie; Land, Sales, Commercial and Technical). You will drive and support the pre-development project teams and  improve project management across all the key development sites.
• Oversee the successful administering of Land contracts with a key focus on (i) effective forward planning to ensure that all contractual obligations are duly met and (ii) in making key sites effective (ie; ready to start) within a pre-agreed pre-development programme that recognises key Legal Contract timescales.
• Working successfully across all functions of site delivery (ie; Land, Sales, Commercial and Technical) to ensure that the Land & Planning strategy recognises both the Political and Statutory Landscapes (ie; planning).
• Taking a lead role alongside our Technical consultants  to achieve commercially optimised planning consents, which will include managing  internal project teams, external architects, engineers, planning consultants and other consultants providing bespoke services.

Knowledge Required

• Have experience in playing a lead role in analysing and delivering large scale residential projects from inception to site completion;
• Be able to demonstrate experience and an ability to work effectively within the Planning System;
• Ability to demonstrate a high degree of commercial awareness in relation to maintaining site/project viability as the development solution evolves;
• Project Managing multi-disciplinary internal and external teams;
• Excellent communication, problem solving, negotiation, and inter-personal skills;
• Excellent analytical skills with outstanding attention to detail;
• Broad knowledge of the residential development sector and the key industry stakeholders therein with an ability to build good relationships and reliable networks.

Skills needed

• Programme and project management
• Preparation of feasibility and detailed residential layouts
• IT proficient, especially in the use of project management software
• Negotiating planning consents
• Commercial awareness of design decisions
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

This is a highly engaging and rewarding role for someone who really wants to roll their sleeves up and deliver a 3000 unit scheme.
The rewards are fantastic, an opportunity to earn an excellent package, work with a flexible company outside of London and have many promotional opportunities that will be attributed to your hard work and success. You have an opportunity to work with one of the best names in the industry that will value your hard work and commitment and allow you to progress in your career.