Development Manager - Vistry Group PLC : Job Details

Role overview

• ID: 2025-7731
• Entity: Vistry Services
• Region: Vistry Services
• Department: Pre-construction
• Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time
• Job Location: Brentwood, Essex
• Date Posted: 01.09.2025

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Development Manager to join our team within Special Projects, at our Brentwood office. As our Development Manager, you will help to manage developments from inception to completion, interacting with the Technical, Commercial, Construction & Aftercare departments

We value in-person collaboration and team culture, but we’re also committed to supporting flexible working where possible. We encourage you to raise any specific requirements during the interview process so we can explore how this could be accommodated.

• Let’s cut to the chase, what’s in it for you...
  • Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
  • Car allowance or company car
  • Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to up to 39 days with service
  • 2 Volunteering days per annum
  • Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
  • Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice
  • Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary
  • Share save and share incentive schemes
  • Employee rewards portal with many more benefits...
• In return, what we would like from you...
  • Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality
  • Prepare and maintain management reports and attend management meetings where required.
  • Manage all projects in accordance with the business objectives in a timely and efficient manner.
  • Ensure all projects are in full compliance with Group SHE policies and practices and that all necessary assessments and documentation are in place.
  • Ensure all relevant information (including contractual/legal) is collated and protected
  • Build key contacts to ensure an up-to-date knowledge of regulatory intent or requirement is maintained and communicated within the Group
  • Agree with the team key business objectives; programmes; financial budgets forecasts and expenditure and monitor/report against all on a regular basis
  • Undertake works in such a way as to avoid future liability wherever possible
  • Liaise closely with Technical to ensure solutions are value engineered, are the most “efficient” and are not excessive for the circumstances, and that they are delivered in accordance with the proposals and certified on completion. Maintain good relations.
  • Communicate effectively and liaise closely with “stake holders” including Lease-holders; Managing Agents and Freeholders. Co-ordinate any “decanting” measures if required.
  • Feed into the recovery schedule/database for pursuing Contractor/Consultant contributions wherever prudent and beneficial to do so.
  • Provide feedback/advice to relevant parts of the business regarding impact of historic failures and means to avoid continuance of same going forward.
  • Explore added value and new business initiatives to benefit the special projects business unit.
  • Co-ordinate with Technical for the Quarterly Data Return to DLUHC for Director sign off. Issue Qualifying Assessments to DLUHC as and when required.
• More about the Development Manager role...
  • Liaise with all internal and external parties to collate information on legacy projects where liability may exist.
  • Review documentation to determine risk
  • Prepare and maintain Management Risk/Triage Schedules and Reports - communicating regularly on assessments of liability.
  • Monitor and maintain budgets.
  • Investigate/interrogate projects where liability suspected to determine facts
  • Liaise with Company legal advisors/external solicitors regarding all legal/lease/freehold status
  • Review documentation to determine if liability is shared with other Developer entities or off-set by other party’s actions (such as designers; specifiers; sub-contractors; main contractors; suppliers; certifiers; warrantors) and ensure notifications are issued at the earliest and pursued vigorously thereafter
  • Maintain and develop relationships with external parties (including Fire Safety Engineers; Architects; Project Managers; Cost Advisors; Contractors; Solicitors; Professional bodies etc) to ensure receipt of best advice at all times and availability of Consultant/Contractors able to deliver our business requirements at all times; effectively and efficiently
  • Prepare project plan (including anticipated programme and detailed cost assessment) for individual sites setting out the strategy for remediation as advised from the fire risk assessments.
  • Where/when appropriate, Tender and Appoint External Project Managers/Cost Consultants to manage and deliver remediation solutions and proceed following an agreed action plan.
  • Develop full Employers Requirements or Design solutions to enable fully competitive tendering of the works package(s) to pre-approved/recommended Contractors. Negotiate to secure most cost-effective solution and appoint suitable contractor(s) using pre-approved and standard Contract terms and conditions. Contract T&C’s are to be based on minimising risk to Vistry at all times.
  • Continue to communicate with all stake-holders at all times to ensure engagement and prevent adverse reactions – manage external communications with input of internal/external expert advice
  • Ensure throughout the development and delivery process that regular Project Meetings are held; minuted and communicated to all necessary parties and that action plans/deadlines are being met at all times against milestone.
  • Responsible for updating the milestones and communicating with all team members, escalating changes where necessary.
  • Liaison with technical to ensure all specifications are in compliance with regulatory requirements and do not change the building performance or appearance
  • Ensure the building contracts and remedial works contracts are appropriately negotiated in line with group risk and policy, obtaining Director sign off and then fully administered and documented

Finally, let’s tell you a bit more about us...

We build more than homes, we’re making Vistry. Being a responsible developer and award-winning employer means we live each day through our ethos - doing the right thing. Our behaviours reflect this, as well as our values of integrity, caring an