Development Manager

• Assist with managing the residential and commercial refurbishment and new build opportunities, both within the existing portfolio and with new acquisitions.
• Adopt a proactive approach to undertaking site evaluations including financial, technical and legal issues.
• Liaising with the in-house or external planners to prepare, submit and progress planning applications.
• Managing project initiation documents including the preparation of specifications for refurbishment and new build projects, reviewing tenders and instructing contractors.
• Responsible for the appointment and management of the external professional development team including architects, quantity surveyors, M&E Engineers, contractors, etc.
• Manage each stage of various projects, ensuring that they are kept to budget and within the required timeframes.
• Instruct and liaise with solicitors and other third parties over any required legal documentation.
• Work closely with and develop excellent relationships with colleagues specialising in planning, architecture, quantity surveying, sales and marketing.
• Keep up to date with current and new legislation and best practice relevant to the technical aspects of commercial and residential refurbishment and development.
• Adhere to Departmental and Group policies, procedures and guidelines.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to work under pressure.
• Flexible and adaptable.
• IT literate, including Word and Excel.
• Pro-active "can do" approach.
• Good team player and hard worker.
• Extremely self-motivated.

Our client is well established commercial property investment company who boasts numerous retained commercial and residential property assets within its property portfolio. They are growing their portfolio which includes a wide variety of property assets including retail, industrial, offices, residential and leisure properties., Right Talent is an online Flat Fee recruitment agency providing fixed fee recruitment and low cost advertising services. We offer an alternative to very high fee recruitment agencies. We help our clients reduce their costs on staff recruitment by providing talent sourcing and management solutions that complement their in-house recruitment processes.