Development Project Manager

Salary: £42,503 to £46,549 per year, plus up to 5% PRP

Contract: Permanent, full-time, 37 hours’ per week, Monday to Friday

Location: Hybrid working from our Northallerton office, on-site, and at home

Office: Racecourse Lane, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, DL7 8AD

Benefits: 28 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 34 days’ after 5 years’ service

​“Find your happy place, whilst building ours”

Do you consider yourself a dedicated and hardworking professional focussing on development, construction or project management? At Brierley Homes we have an exciting opportunity for a Development Project Manager to join us on a full-time, permanent basis.

You will take the lead on the day-to-day running of projects to ensure they, as well as the wider business plan are delivered efficiently, safely and to an agreed timeframe and budget. Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will co-ordinate with a large number of contractors, architects, engineers, planners and surveyors clearly and positively to develop good professional relationships. This requires strong communication and interpersonal skills, as well as being an approachable and understanding individual.

Drawing on your experience in new-build developments from start to completion, you be able to effectively demonstrate resilience and problem-solving skills to overcome unexpected challenges that occur during the construction process. This role requires great organisational skills, and the ability to prioritise workload and function well under a pressured environment.

With your experience of the new-build industry you will be able to provide strong commercial management, strategic direction and professional advice to the Brierley Homes Board. You will be able to confidently demonstrate your knowledge and experience of developing business plans, business cases, leading people and performance management and applying creativity and innovation to problem solving.

As we continue to scale up and grow as a business, being able to use your professional judgement to make clear business-focused decisions is very important. You will be currently in a position of project or development management, demonstrating the initiative and motivation to develop this position and grow with the business.

A New Opportunity

Due to continued growth of Brierley Homes, this is a fantastic opportunity to join our small and friendly team and use your knowledge and experience to create and shape this role. Building a positive brand image is very important and we are looking for a creative and pro-active person capable of contributing researched ideas to the table.

It is essential as a successful candidate you have;

· A degree, or equivalent qualification, in a relevant discipline

· Experience in a project management, or similar, position

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills

· Great IT Skills, particularly Microsoft Office suite

· Ability to reliably travel to our various sites in North Yorkshire

For a more comprehensive Job Description and Person Specification, please visit the NYCC Careers Page.

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“We put design, quality, customer care and social value at the heart of everything we do”

Brierley Homes was established in 2017 by North Yorkshire County Council to support front-line Council services across North Yorkshire. Since our first highly sought-after scheme in Thorpe Willoughby, the company has gone from strength to strength, offering a range of high-quality homes across North Yorkshire.

Being part of the Brierley group of companies including NY Highways, Align Property Partners and Yorwaste, companies who work together for mutual benefit and whose revenue is reinvested into essential front-line public services across the County. At Brierley Homes we have a long-term funding agreement in place with our shareholder North Yorkshire County Council which means there will not be a need to source finance in the open market. We operate independently, enabling us to operate, compete and grow commercially, with the benefit of public sector support.

​We are an A1 rated NHBC developer, proud members of the Home Builders Federation and also subscribe to the Consumer Code for Home Builders. Our developments are made up of 10 to 50 well designed, quality homes, all bespoke and in highly desirable locations, such as York and Harrogate.

Our developments complement the surrounding area through the choice of finish and style of our homes. Each development is tailored to suit its location, ensuring it meets local housing needs and integrates well into the community. Attractive planting, practical car parking and spacious gardens reflect the quality of our developments from the moment you see them. We take the opportunity to utilise the land assets we own, to provide housing solutions that add social value.

Find out more about us, our developments and homes at www.brierleyhomes.co.uk.

Apply

To apply, please send your CV, along with a short supporting statement to Bradley on bradley.naylor@northyorks.gov.uk. To have a confidential and informal discussion about this role, please call Bradley on 07815644909.

It is important that your CV includes: your full contact details, complete employment history, education history and explanation of any gaps in employment or experiences. Your supporting statement should outline your motivation for applying and how you meet the criteria for the role, as outlined in the Job Description, and be no more than 500 words.

Interviews may take place throughout the recruitment process, and we reserve the right to remove this vacancy before the proposed deadline in the event of the position being filled.

Key Dates

The deadline for applications is midnight on Sunday 19thMarch 2023

Shortlisting will be completed on Monday 20th March 2023

Interviews are planned for week commencing Monday 27thMarch 2023.

Brierley Homes is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, any disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief.

We will not accept applications from agencies and can only consider applications from individuals with right to work within the UK.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £31,507.02-£71,176.67 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Flexitime
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Sick pay
• Store discount
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Flexitime
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bedale, DL7 8AD

Reference ID: BH20646