Engineering Manager

Make a Home at Taylor Wimpey

At Taylor Wimpey, we don’t just build houses; we build futures. Not just for the people who live in our homes, but for our own people too. When we bring our collective skills together, we make amazing things happen - for ourselves, for each other and for our customers. There are incredible opportunities on your doorstep, and we want you to discover them all. 

With 22 regional offices across the UK and operations in Spain, we bring our vision to life locally. Here, you’ll be given the tools to develop your skills and the freedom to explore new avenues. Share your ideas, experience a no-blame culture, and shape your work around your life.

Every single one of us plays a vital role in bringing to life incredible places and spaces, where anyone can thrive. We believe in making a positive difference to our planet, as well as to people. 

Home to work that matters, and you can be a part of it.

Job Summary

As an Engineering Manager, you will oversee all pre-construction and construction engineering functions, ensuring technical excellence, cost-efficiency, and compliance across infrastructure, utilities, and groundworks. You will be a key liaison between planning, local authorities, utility providers, design consultants, contractors, and site teams. The role ranges from initial viability exercises, detailed development design, gaining technical consent and providing advice to all other departments as well as key external stakeholders.

Primary Responsibilities

Health, Safety & Environment

• Clear understanding of CDM, BSA, Health, Safety and Environmental regulations and demonstrate a working knowledge of how these should be implemented into designs and site delivery
• Discharge the Designers’ responsibilities under CDM regulations
• Maintain a good understanding of environmental and ecological constraints and ensure that appropriate mitigation is undertaken and relevant permits and licenses obtained
• Preparation, monitoring and reporting of Surface Water Management Plans
• Preparation and supervision of Material Management Plans
• Support the Technical team on all aspects of implementation of Taylor Wimpey CDM, EMS and BSA processes and procedures

Land and Planning

• Knowledge and understanding of the planning process, changes in legislation and policies impacting the engineering function
• Secure planning approval for value engineered commercially viable and compliant schemes
• Ensure planning applications are optimised and meet the needs of our customers and all areas of the business
• Contribute to land appraisals by providing technical input on constraints, abnormal costs, and engineering solutions.
• Contribute to site specific planning, technical and commercial land viability reports
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the importance of viability in the negotiation and delivery of development

Pre- Development Management

• Scope, tender and appoint competent consultant teams to prepare planning, technical applications and construction drawings
• Manage external engineering consultants, ensuring deliverables are issued on time, to scope, and within budget.
• Review and approve civil engineering designs, including road, drainage, levels, and external works
• Undertake value engineering reviews of infrastructure and engineering designs to identify cost-saving opportunities without compromising quality or compliance
• Monitor and manage technical risks, including ground conditions and abnormal costs
• Apply for and manage new and existing utility connections (gas, water, electricity, telecoms) across all development sites
• A thorough and up to date knowledge of technical and regulatory requirements related to residential construction
• Procure technical approval for highways, drainage and utilities.
• Manage all aspects of Section 38, Section 278, and Section 104 Agreements.
• Co-ordinate and manage key relationships with utility companies, highways authorities, water companies and the Environment Agency on engineering matters
• Track progress of technical approvals and ensure all conditions are met for sign-off and bond release.
• Ensure all Information is available for project milestone meetings: concept, pre-tender, site and sales pre-starts
• Ensure the design of schemes is compliant with all external requirements (Building Regs, TW Technical Bulletins, Water Authority, Highway Authority, NHBC etc)
• Overall management of the bonds database and forecast

Experience, Qualifications, Technical Requirements

• A degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline
• Previous experience leading a team of engineers
• At least five years’ experience with a national/regional housebuilder. 
• Extensive experience of engineering issues gained within housebuilding industry e.g. roads and sewers, foundations, land drainage, utilities, etc.
• High level of proficiency in AutoCAD/ PDS/ Windes/Micro Drainage and 3D ground modelling software
• Ability to undertake civil engineering design in-house and to manage and assess external designs
• Ability to interpret geotechnical and environmental reports and make suitable recommendations
• Demonstrate a track record of producing technical site appraisals
• Thorough knowledge of assessment of ground conditions for foundation and sub- structure design
• Thorough knowledge of remediation techniques and methodology
• Track record of negotiating successful technical approvals
• Understanding of how to create value from design and the impact of the business of design changes

What we offer at Taylor Wimpey

At Taylor Wimpey, we are committed to enabling you to make a home with us. Our work is not just about building homes; it's about doing work that matters, making a positive impact on the lives of our customers and the communities we serve.

We enjoy many benefits as standard, including excellent retail discounts, company funded life insurance and private healthcare, and access to a quality pension scheme with company contributions.  We also offer our discounted house purchase scheme, car leasing scheme and share plans, as well as the opportunity to tailor your benefit package to suit your needs with options such as buying extra annual leave or adding dependants to your benefit cover.  Our total reward offer works perfectly with our culture, we are a welcoming community where everyone can feel at home.    

We create a home to your future by providing opportunities for growth and development. We offer industry leading professional training and development, which supports you to unlock your potential and fulfil your career and personal goals in a variety of opportunities and environments. We look to develop our people in the skills and areas they are most interested in, leveraging your qualities and appreciating your unique competencies, skills and expertise that, when we come together, make this a great place to work.

If you want to do work that matters and build a career that lasts, make a home at Taylor Wimpey. 

Inclusivity Statement

As a proud Disability Confident Employer, Taylor Wimpey is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We actively collaborate with individuals who have disabilities and long-term health conditions which have an effect on their ability to do normal daily activities, ensuring that barriers are eliminated when it comes to employment opportunities. In line with our commitment, we guarantee an interview to applicants who declare to us during the application process that they have a disability and meet the minimum requirements for the role. Join us in building a truly diverse and empowered team.

Internal Applicants:

Please inform your line manager if you wish to apply for this role.