Engineer - North East

Competitive Salary & Discretionary Performance Bonus & Company Car Plan/Cash Allowance & Holidays (Buy, Sell and Accrual Scheme) & Company Pension & Private Healthcare & Life Assurance & Benefits With lots of exciting plans in the pipeline, there\’s never been a better time to join Avant Homes, let us tell you why Avant Homes is a housebuilder operating in Scotland, the North East and West of England, across Yorkshire, the East and West Midlands and Wales, with nine regional offices employing over 600 people. We have ambitious growth plans and are looking for passionate individuals to help us achieve them. Our mission is to provide affordable homes to our communities, ensuring that new homes are accessible and attainable for all with a product suitable for everyone. Avant Homes are proud to employ local people across our developments and within our regional offices, teamwork is key to everything that we do. We are looking for people who want to be a part of something special, so why not start the foundations and build your career with us today? Due to continued success and future business growth, we have an exciting opportunity for an Engineer to join our North East region, based at our regional head office in Sunderland. The Role Are you an Engineer with experience within the house building industry or working on housing projects for a consultancy? Are you capable of coordinating technical design and analysis on a variety of projects from planning through to construction phase? If the answer is yes, then look no further your next career could be with us! Joining our team as Engineer, you will be responsible for but not limited to: Managing and report all engineering requirements as per company policies and processes. Assisting in the production/procurement of comprehensive feasibility studies and technical investigations for inclusion in Land Appraisals. Managing technical and regulatory approvals, adoptions, bonds and reimbursements and provides key status reports and updates on all KPIs relating to the engineering function. Actively manage communications and operational interfaces with internal and external stakeholders, consultants and support site teams. Ensuing that all necessary utility/services/supplier enquiries, quotations, acceptances and approvals are obtained. Assisting in the delivery of effective and relevant legal documentation for each development or phase of development. Who are we looking for? To be successful as our Engineer, you will possess excellent communication skills (to include relationship building), proven and documented knowledge of all elements of residential developments such as environmental planning, ground & contaminated ground conditions, foundations and roads & sewers etc. To be considered for this role you should also possess; A full UK driving licence A working knowledge of all Auto CAD and MS Office packages Good awareness of codes of practice that impact on technical matters e.g. Planning policy, Building Regulations, NHBC requirements, HSE etc. Good knowledge of Construction Design Management Regulations HNC/HND or degree equivalent is desirable but not essential What will you get in return? Discretionary bonus Company car plan/cash allowance Buy, sell and accrual holiday scheme Private Health care Company Pension Life Assurance Other Benefits including our exclusive Avant discount platform If this sounds like you, join us and be a part of Avant\’s future success! Please note: we reserve the right to fill this vacancy and/or remove this advert prior to the vacancy end date. JBRP1_UKTJ