At Shanly Homes, we do not just build houses; we create distinctive, high-specification homes designed for modern living.
As a privately owned, multi award-winning regional housebuilder, we take pride in delivering thoughtfully designed developments in some of the South East’s most sought-after locations.
We are looking for an experienced Civil Engineering Manager to join our Technical team and become our principal in-house civil engineering specialist.
This new position will strengthen our in-house engineering expertise and provide a broad scope across our developments, from land acquisition and planning through to construction and completion. You will play a key role in assessing new land opportunities, identifying and managing technical risks, influencing design solutions and ensuring developments are supported by practical, cost-effective and deliverable engineering solutions.
This role will suit someone who is a residential civil engineering specialist, with strong experience across new homes and a detailed technical understanding of drainage, highways, utilities, levels, earthworks and ground conditions, combined with a practical, commercially minded approach to finding effective engineering solutions.
Scope of the role
What you will be doing:
As Civil Engineering Manager, you will provide specialist civil engineering advice across the development lifecycle. Key areas of focus will include:
- Land acquisition: provide civil engineering input into potential land acquisitions, reviewing topography, existing infrastructure, utilities, flood risk, drainage, ground conditions and highways access
- Technical risk: support land bids through technical risk assessments, engineering advice and the preparation of relevant budgets
- Planning: work closely with the Land and Planning teams to develop planning strategies, influence site layouts and support planning applications, drainage capacity checks and negotiations relating to highways, drainage and infrastructure
- Engineering design: oversee the preparation of highway designs, drainage strategies, levels strategies, earthworks assessments, utility layouts and external works designs
- Consultant management: identify where external engineering expertise is required, agreeing appropriate scopes, fees and timescales and ensuring consultants deliver practical and commercially viable solutions
- Value engineering: identify opportunities to improve engineering solutions and reduce costs without compromising quality or deliverability
- Infrastructure and adoption: drive the production of design information required for Sectional Agreements and manage the engineering elements of the adoption process
- Construction support: work closely with the Construction teams to resolve engineering and infrastructure issues, review design changes and support the delivery of infrastructure and utilities
- Site inspections: undertake site inspections to review and sign off civil engineering and infrastructure works
- Verification: oversee the collation and production of engineering verification reports
- Continuous improvement: share expertise and promote best practice, helping to strengthen civil engineering capability across the Technical team
About you
We are a design-led and quality-driven business, so experience within residential development and a strong understanding of practical engineering solutions are essential.
- Degree, HNC or HND in Civil Engineering or a related discipline
- Proven experience in civil engineering within a residential housebuilding or development environment
- Strong experience in managing utility procurement
- Strong understanding of residential infrastructure design, highways, drainage, utilities and ground engineering
- Experience managing engineering consultants and external design teams
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify practical and commercially viable solutions
- Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities
- Confident working collaboratively with Land, Planning, Technical, Commercial and Construction teams
- A proactive approach to identifying technical risks and finding effective solutions
- An interest in industry developments, emerging technologies, legislation and best practice within residential development and infrastructure design
What we offer
- The security of a financially strong, privately owned business
- Competitive salary
- Discretionary annual and long-term bonus scheme
- Enhanced pension scheme via salary exchange
- Private medical cover (BUPA)
- Annual leave starting at 25 days, increasing to 30 days
- A comprehensive range of wellbeing benefits, including on-demand GP access, fitness classes, discounted gym membership, Employee Assistance Programme and cycle to work scheme
- Retail and lifestyle discount scheme
- A programme of regular company and team events throughout the year
If you’re a Civil Engineering professional who wants to play a key role in shaping developments from land acquisition through to construction, we’d love to hear from you.