Senior Engineer

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Engineer to join our team within Vistry South Central Midlands, at our Coleshill office. As our Senior Engineer, you will coordinate and manage the engineering due diligence of land acquisitions on behalf of the regional land team and technical teams, ensuring that all abnormal elements are managed and value engineered to ensure best value for the region and our pursuit of land purchase opportunities.
Let's cut to the chase, what's in it for you...

Competitive basic salary and annual bonus

Company car, car allowance or travel allowance

Agile working possible (dependent on role)

Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Private Healthcare

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave

Competitive contributory pension scheme

Life assurance - 4 x your annual salary

Share incentive schemes

Employee rewards portal with many more benefits...

In return, what we would like from you...

Behave in line with our company values - Integrity, Caring and Quality

Bachelor of Engineering degree (BEng), or

Masters degree in Civil Engineering (MEng), or

Equivalent qualifications (HNC/D etc)

Experience working within a residential house builder or relevant consultancy

In-depth knowledge of the engineering function and its delivery

Knowledge or other engineering packages (Geosite, Smart Engineer, Autotrack, Microdrainage, PDS)

Understanding of changes to regulations and legislation

Strong mathematical and IT ability

Able to analyse complex data and critically evaluate plans

Good understanding of budget management

The ability to visualise and explain design ideas

Able to work under pressure

Able to work with a high degree of accuracy

Decision maker with pragmatic approach to problem solving

A self-starter capable of creating and maintaining momentum in projects

More about the Senior Engineer role...

Prepare site acquisition due diligence reports based on Vistry life of site reporting documentation.

Procure service records and enquiries for potential developments, ensure that any service constraints are clearly identified and messaged and ensure any pre-development enquiries are undertaken.

Procure budget service and diversion quotations as appropriate.

Oversee the design and detailing carried out by externally appointed Consulting Engineer's responsible for providing acquisitions designs for Civil Infrastructure, Private plot works and foundations ensuring the consultants are accurately briefed to ensure designs constitute best practice and value.

Assess and report on constraints and arising from issues note directly related to engineering such as Ecology, Noise, Archaeology etc and report appropriate mitigation measures to the business having taken appropriate expert advice.

Assist in programming and monitoring key dates for potential sites for engineering strategy and information delivery.

Obtain acquisition designs for foundations ensuring that designs are as robust and as economic as possible whilst ensuring the business is protected from future abnormal costs.

Maintain a continuous process of evaluation of Consultant's designs to ensure that proposals adhere to best practice in value Engineering through the land acquisition process.

Liaise with other technical team members and others as necessary to ensure acquisition documentation and reporting is accurate.

To assist the technical team with all Engineering related work and manage drawing & design issues as necessary.

Preparation of appropriate Health and Safety documentation in line with Vistry LOS procedures

To check all drawings that are supplied by consultants in relation to the Civil and Structural Engineering aspects of acquisition designs and provide guidance to external consultants as necessary.

Always represent Vistry Housebuilding professionally in both personal appearance and conduct.

Attendance to meetings with both internal and external stakeholders as appropriate.

Managing proposed service enquiries with relative stat providers. Co-ordinating existing services disconnections and diversions where required.

Finally, let's tell you a bit more about us...
We're Vistry Group, the UK's leading provider of affordable mixed-tenure homes. Our core values of integrity, caring, and quality shape all we do; our partnership-led approach helps us build sustainable communities where they're needed most.
You're probably familiar with our unmatched portfolio of brands: Linden Homes, Bovis Homes, and Countryside Homes. We also have Vistry Works, our timber frame manufacturing operation, and Vistry Services, our support functions. Together, we build more than homes, so there's nowhere better to build your career. We're proud that our culture sees everyone treated fairly and respectfully, with diversity and inclusion a top priority and reasonable adjustments provided during the application process. Join us in making Vistry.
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Benefits
Agile Working
Offers a flexible way of working.
Annual Leave
Enjoy 28 days' holiday plus all UK Bank Holidays. There are options to carry leave forwards and buy up to 5 days.
Pension with Legal & General
Eligible employees are auto-enrolled. You contribute 4%, we contribute 6%. Salary Sacrifice and options to increase contributions available.
Volunteer Days
With 2 paid volunteer days a year, you can give back to communities and charities.
Regional Office Location
Why Vistry
Joining Vistry is just the start of building your perfect career. In return for your passion and skills, we invest in your future, providing all the support and training you need to thrive in your career and realise your potential. Our work is rewarding in itself, but we also offer a range of financial, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits, plus plenty of recognition incentives. We value you and everything you help us build as we make Vistry together.

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