At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead engineering design and manage technical functions for quality home projects.
- Company: Keepmoat Homes, a top 10 UK housebuilder focused on creating desirable living spaces.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, annual bonuses, exclusive staff discounts, and career development opportunities.
- Other info: Dynamic team environment with opportunities for leadership and personal growth.
- Why this job: Join a market leader and make a real impact in the housing industry.
- Qualifications: 2+ years in technical new build environments and strong engineering knowledge.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 55000 £ per year.
Keepmoat Homes is a fast growing top 10 UK housebuilder. We design and build quality homes and create places where people want to live.
Reporting to the Engineering Manager, the Senior Engineer plays a key role in the day-to-day management of the technical function, ensuring it effectively supports business objectives and long-term growth plans.
This role is responsible for coordinating all design information between external consultants and internal teams, ensuring approvals are secured on time and high-quality, accurate information is issued across the business.
You will be involved throughout the full project lifecycle, from site feasibility through to construction, completion, and handover.
The role includes preparing reports, supporting planning submissions, managing technical approvals, and providing live site support.
You will also work cross-functionally, building strong relationships to ensure successful project delivery aligned to targets and timelines.
Key responsibilities include
- Leading the engineering design process to meet business objectives
- Supporting feasibility studies and preparing constraints and opportunities plans
- Coordinating planning submissions and securing technical and regulatory approvals
- Managing design information, drawings, and site-related engineering queries
- Supporting procurement of foundations, remediation, and service designs
- Assisting with road and sewer adoptions, and statutory processes (e. g. S38, S278, S104)
- Monitoring budgets, managing payments, and producing accurate business reports
- Ensuring all engineering outputs meet high quality, commercial, and compliance standards
The role also includes leadership responsibilities, including building and developing a high-performing team, supporting talent development, and managing performance and engagement.
Skills, knowledge & experience
- Experience working within a technical new build environment (minimum 2 years)
- Strong engineering knowledge, including foundations, roads, sewers, and geo-environmental disciplines
- Proven experience delivering S38, S278, and S104 designs and approvals
- Good understanding of planning and building control processes
- Ability to plan, organise, and prioritise workload effectively
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels
- High level of interpersonal skills with a professional, proactive approach
- Self-motivated, resilient, tenacious, and enthusiastic
- Experience providing proactive support to operational teams
- Experience in people management, including talent mapping and succession planning
- Previous exposure to working in a more senior or leadership capacity
- HNC /HND / Degree in Engineering
- Building Safety Act
Under the Building Safety Act 2022, this role supports Keepmoat Homes’ compliance with building safety and regulatory requirements by coordinating design information, managing technical approvals and supporting the delivery of compliant design solutions.
This includes working with consultants, suppliers and internal teams to ensure that designs meet Building Regulations and relevant standards, and that any risks or compliance concerns are identified and escalated appropriately.
The role contributes to the effective management of design information and supports the implementation of Gateway processes and Golden Thread requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
Why work for us?
At Keepmoat Homes we pride ourselves on being a great place to work.
As the market leader in our industry we want to ensure that we attract, motivate and retain the best people who can deliver the best service for our customers.
- Competitive rates of pay – We regularly check our pay against our competitors to make sure they reflect our position as market leader. We also review our pay every year.
- Bonus Scheme – Our annual bonus scheme is linked to team and company performance.
- Special offers for staff – We run a range of offers and discounts exclusively for our employees including holidays, health club memberships and days out.
- Trust – We encourage you to come up with ideas and get the most out of your job with us.
- Development – we offer genuine development opportunities to progress your career.
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