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