Regional Engineering Manager in Maidstone

Location: Maidstone, ME15

Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity? Join Persimmon Homes as a Regional Engineering Manager and step into a role where your success is celebrated, your growth supported, and your work truly matters.

Why Persimmon Homes?

• Competitive salary
• 5* housebuilder - Be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction
• Life Cover & Contributory Pension
• Employee Benefits Platform - giving you access to high-street discounts, wellbeing support, and more
• Committed to diversity, inclusion, and empowering your development

What is the role?

We are looking to recruit a Regional Engineering Manager to join the Technical team. This role typically reports to the Technical Director. The purpose of the role is to provide engineering design and technical support for the region and manage all external consultants of the Technical team in the production of drawings for the design of site developments whilst working to an internal brief from the Management Team.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Manage the site evaluation process and provide timely provision for economical and viable solutions to technical problems so the project remains within budget and the Build team can maintain the programme.
• Running a small team including a Design Engineer/coordinator, Adoptions Manager and Trainee Engineer.
• Run projects from initial site identification or from Planning Approval Stage; procure the Technical package and co-ordinate/check and issue information which enables on time site commencement.
• Establish and enforce quality and standards in schemes to maintain the good image of the company.
• Comply with responsibilities as defined in the Group's Health, Safety & Environment Policy and ensure compliance with the same throughout the team to promote safety in the way we build projects.
• Effective daily management of the consultant team to ensure the provision of required level of services in a pro-active and professional manner to enable the Build and Sales departments to fulfil their roles.
• Co-ordinate production information to a written programme to ensure company targets are met for a controlled and cost effective finish to the sites.
• Ensure the team are allocated tasks, where quality of work will need to be verified to maintain it is completed to a good standard within company guidelines.
• Given proven experience, the role will involve mentoring and training junior members of the team and developing their skills to a sufficient level where they can take on more responsibility and add value to the team.
• To agree the delivery programme of design information in accordance with the business development and procurement programmes on time and in accordance with Company standards.
• On occasion provide assistance to the Technical Director when making key business decisions and attend regular regional meetings as the relevant subject expert.

What experience do I need?

• Qualified to degree level or equivalent in a relevant civil/infrastructure engineering subject.
• Previous experience working in a similar role, ideally with a major housebuilder.
• Thorough knowledge of Adoption Agreements, sewers for adoption and various highway authority standards.
• Fully conversant with AutoCAD.
• Exceptional communication, organisation and time management skills.
• Valid Managers CSCS Card is desirable.
• Full UK driving licence required.

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