Permanent - Full Time (37.5 hours per week)
We are looking for a highly motivated candidate to join our growing regional business to undertake the role of Development Manager based in Cardiff.
Reporting to the Regional Development Director you will be responsible for managing and ensuring the timely management and effective delivery of mixed tenure residential developments from bid stage through to handover to the project team in readiness for site start on projects across South Wales and the South West. You will be an excellent communicator, comfortable leading meetings and presenting to clients, senior leadership within Lovell and to all levels of the business.
We ask that you should be familiar with and are able to:
Lead the design team and planning stage meetings to secure planning and drainage consents.
Legal process for land acquisition/ contract.
When required lead the land purchase contract.
Prepare initial Pre-Start programmes.
Review S106/planning position/liaison with planning consultants.
Appoint and manage design teams of external consultants including, Architects, Engineers, Ecologists and other specialist companies
You will have previous experience within a similar role, along with residential new build experience in both private sale and social housing markets. We also ask that you hold extensive experience and/or a degree qualification and / or professional membership in Development or Chartered Surveying field, which is essential to the role.
Benefits
Bonus entitlement based on performance KPIs
Holidays - 26 days
Life Assurance
Pension
Private medical insurance
Ability to purchase additional holiday
Access to discount portal
Cycle to Work scheme and the Lovell Way to EV (car salary sacrifice)
Digital GP
Employee assistance programme
Sharesave scheme
As an Investors in People Gold award employer, Lovell is the UKs leading provider of mixed tenure affordable homes and has a reputation for innovation and excellence in the delivery of high-quality housing development and regeneration projects.
We are committed to enhancing the communities in which we work, building quality homes for real people and looking after our own people; developing talent is key to achieving this. We understand that the success of our organisation comes from the strengths, skills and personalities of our people. Lovell is an equal opportunities employer who encourage and value diversity and inclusion within our teams.
The Lovell culture is one that has been successful for many years. It is based on empowering colleagues to make decisions at a regional and local level, and to challenge the status quo whilst working as one to achieve our goals and make Lovell a great place to work for all.
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