Assistant Development Manager

untypical are an ambitious, customer focused housebuilder that put people and the planet at the heart of everything we do. We're dedicated to delivering the best possible standards in design, build quality, and service for our customers.

Our benefits package includes:

• Bonus Scheme
• Enhanced Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance
• 26 days holiday with additional bank holidays
• Holiday Buy Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

We have a new opportunity for an Assistant Development Manager to join a talented team working from our Bury St Edmunds office on a permanent basis. This role involves around 1 day travel to sites each week and 1 day per week flexible working.

Aim of the role

Assisting the Technical team with safety objectives through personal actions and communicate H&S best practice throughout the company to maintain a safe working environment.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Assisting the management of Residential Housing Development projects accordingly
• Assisting with risk within projects, ensure the risk register is regularly updated for review and that consultants incorporate risk assessment and CDM procedures in their designs
• Liaise with utilities providers in proactively obtaining design and cost proposals through to appointment and monitoring recording onsite works
• Assisting the coordination of key information, reports, assessments/status updates, activity analysis and recommendations
• Coordinate the communication and distribution of design drawings and specifications to the wider business as a matter of priority using the relevant document management procedures
• Assisting the preparation and maintenance of project delivery, implementing 'stop gate' milestones and control programmes and maintain tracking documents for the monitoring of progress and for use in providing status reports to the Technical Director and business Senior Management Team
• Help prepare and maintain detailed individual project tracking schedules and regularly update & report to the relevant manager on progress against agreed development design delivery programs that meet the Company's project delivery requirements leading up to and including pre-tender handover to the Commercial Department
• Coordinate the preparation of the Pretender Health and Safety Plan and temporary works design in line with Principal Designer duties
• Coordinate and manage project meetings with consultants and other departments in a timely and efficient manner, ensuring all relevant action points are noted and recorded
• Ensure all technical files are maintained and are up to date in accordance with policy and procedures.

We're looking for the following skills and experience:

• Experience or education that relates to technical within the built environment
• Newly completed or working towards relevant qualification in either civil engineering or architectural design
• Knowledge of technical process or requirements within housebuilding or similar
• Excellent attention to detail

Bringing together two trusted housebuilding brands, Tilia Homes and Hopkins Homes, untypical aims to make a positive difference to the UK housebuilding market and help to provide greater access to homes which are affordable for buyers.

Guided by an innovative approach and a commitment to excellence, untypical focuses on creating sustainable, inclusive communities, delivering homes across the UK that people want to live in and are good for the planet.

Our people are at the heart of what we do and in order for us to succeed in becoming the UK's most customer-centric housebuilder, we are looking for talented and ambitious individuals to join our team.