Development and Delivery Manager

Job Description - Development and Delivery Manager (251987)

Job Description

Development and Delivery Manager - ( 251987 )

Salary £40,000 - £45,000 per annum (negotiable on experience)

Temporary (12 months contract), Full Time (37.5 hpw), Hybrid working

Newcastle upon Tyne or West Village office in Leeds

We can’t offer a CoS for this role

We have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as Development and Delivery Manager, supporting us to build the right homes, in the right places for our customers. You’ll be delivering our new‑homes schemes of mixed tenure across the North‑East and Yorkshire region on time and to budget, ensuring that an excellent offer for our customers and communities always lies at the heart of delivery.

Working across both development and delivery, this is a unique opportunity to manage our projects from start to finish and to continue to develop your skills to Senior Manager as you grow with us.

Work across project stages, from identifying sites and project appraisals to securing planning permission, completion of legals, site handovers to the end of the Defects Liability period.

Carefully manage budgets and expenditure, keeping projects on track and meeting performance targets while delivering real value.

Build and maintain strong relationships with developers and contractors, ensuring our projects are managed with rigour and diligence to meet the highest standards.

Oversee compliance and design‑led quality across all developments, keeping our customers’ needs at the heart of every decision.

This is more than a job, it’s a place where you feel valued. You get great training, support from friendly colleagues and a chance to make a real difference every day. Be part of one of the UK’s top 10 Great Places to Work!

Proven project management experience, delivering multi‑site residential led development sites to design standards.

Experience in the commercial aspects of housing development, including planning, contractor procurement, contractor management through to sales.

Strong project management skills, with a track record of working with contractors to deliver design‑driven, compliant, and efficient schemes. You have delivered complex, mixed‑tenure new home projects to time and budget.

Great knowledge and experience in the planning system and laws to implement compliant and approved schemes.

An eye for detail, be a great influencer, organiser and driver to handle multiple priorities across different schemes. You work seamlessly with partners, customers, and colleagues alike.

You’ll have a full current driving licence as you’ll travel around our development sites to support our customers and colleagues.

Working Monday to Friday, you’ll shape your own diary around work and your own commitments.

This is a hybrid role, so you’ll spend two days in our office at either Newcastle upon Tyne or Leeds and the others across our development sites and from home.

You must be able to use technology for delivering projects and managing budgets, online learning and collaborating with colleagues.

34 days leave (including bank hols and a “me day” to use for whatever you fancy) increasing to 39, and time off for volunteering too!

Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We’ll cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies and lots more.

Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike or car? Save money with us.

We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course!), when you’re ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!

Colleagues really matter to us, that’s why we’re the 10 th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing. Our tools and support help you when you need them.

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