Development Manager

Residential Development Manager: To acquire land for residential development to include the following: • Initiate and then maintain relationships with off-market land introducing agents, advising them of the development requirements; • Register company details on various property portals, and then monitor for alerts of sites for sale on the open market; • Identify potential residential development opportunities; • Visit sites to assess their suitability: accessibility, location’s character, identify potential abnormal costs; • Undertake appropriate market research – internet, telephone or in the field – to assess each unit’s value within a scheme; • Appraise sites using the in-house Excel-based viability program; • Make written offers for sites within the agreed parameters of the company; • Write reports for management and when required, for bank funding, detailing the elements of the scheme to be acquired; • Negotiate legal acquisition: Heads of Terms and subsequent purchase contracts with land owners, or their agents, and solicitors; • Negotiate section 106 agreements with local authorities; • Source and negotiate section 106 package sales with registered affordable housing providers; • Understand the construction process: material build costs, abnormal elements likely to be encountered, construction programmes; • Instruct: architects, planners, solicitors and the various technical consultants involved in the development process; • Liaise with and brief internal construction and sales department; • Discharge non-technical planning conditions through the use of consultants. • Represent the company in a professional manner at all times General Responsibilities Health & Safety • Comply with the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 • To fulfil your duties in accordance with the company’s Health and Safety policy and procedures In Return £65k,Car Allowance £300 per month BUPA Pension 4% employee contribution and 8.5% employer contribution 22 days off plus a week off at Christmas plus bank holidays Bonus of 1% of profit for schemes acquired and approved for purchase by Director