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Construction Director - as featured on Grand Designs!

Employer
Deverell Smith
Location
England, Oxfordshire, Bicester
Salary
£90000 - £110000 per annum + bonus, flexi working, good holidays
Closing date
26 Jun 2019
Reference
PR/023524

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Sector
Property, Construction
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Specialism
Project Management, Construction

Job Details

We are delighted to have been retained by a very exciting and unique developer who are pioneering self and custom built homes in the UK, as featured on the TV series, Grand Designs!

Based on a large c. 200 acre site just outside of central Oxford, our client is looking for a construction director to fulfil an integral part the senior management team, leading on the successful delivery of their exciting and unique development of over 1,900 new bespoke homes over the next 10 years.

The role will mainly be managing a mixture of self-builds, custom builds and affordable housing builds, whereby health and safety, quality, cost, completion time and customer satisfaction are of the up most importance.

This isn't just building houses, but building communities too - Public realm and place making are of integral importance and this must be given consideration all the way through the developments.

The Individual;

  • Due to the varying types of build and the range of live projects of differing size, delivery stages, value and complexity, whilst construction delivery experience is key, it is also useful if the candidate posses wider overall development experience. Not limited to, but including demonstrable skills in pre-construction, tendering, procurement, planning and feasibility.
  • Community and stake holder engagement management skills are also vital to this post, as well demonstrating sensitivities to social infrastructure.
  • You should have sound knowledge of residential development and fully understand the commerciality behind mixed tenure schemes, and support the sales and marketing of them.
  • You should ideally have at least 5 years of experience as a construction director or similar, and ideally have had a mixture of public and private sector experience on high value regeneration schemes, involving significant housing elements in excess of 50 million.
  • Having a residential development or/and contractor background would be extremely desirable, and being to work in stressful situations
  • This role may also suit a very experienced senior construction manager looking for their next step up, looking for a long term career move.

This truly is a fantastic organisation with great people, offering a good work-life balance on an genuinely unique opportunity - the only one of it's kind in the UK!

Company

Deverell Smith are the UK’s fastest growing property recruitment firm offering strategic recruitment services across all disciplines of the property industry both domestically and internationally. We cater for all levels of seniority and provide individuals on a permanent, temporary, contract and interim basis. 

People are our business so whether you are a Deverell Smith client, candidate or employee, you are always our top priority and we promise to make a positive and tangible difference. Like you, we love property. Most, if not all, of our staff have joined us from the property industry and this gives us the insight, understanding and credibility to make lasting and value-adding placements. Ultimately, we believe – and can prove – that we can make a career and change the course of a business. 

Company info
Website
Telephone
+44(0)20 7291 0900
Location
2nd Floor
Cannon Green
1 Suffolk Lane
London
London
EC4R 0AX
GB

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