HARRON HOMES LIMITED
Adoptions Engineer
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Adoptions Engineer - Yorkshire
Ready to take ownership and shape the future of infrastructure adoptions at Harron Homes?
As our business continues to grow, we are creating a brand new opportunity for an Adoptions Engineer to establish and lead our infrastructure adoption function across Yorkshire. This exciting opportunity is to establish and develop the infrastructure adoption function, helping to shape best practice across our Yorkshire developments and supporting the business in delivering timely, compliant and cost effective asset adoptions.
The role
- Lead the adoption process across multiple residential developments from construction through to final adoption.
- Manage and coordinate highway, drainage and utility adoption agreements.
- Develop and implement robust adoption tracking and reporting procedures.
- Build strong working relationships with local authorities, water companies and statutory undertakers.
- Work alongside technical team and site teams to ensure infrastructure is designed and constructed to the standards required for adoption.
- Identify and resolve technical or procedural issues that could delay adoptions.
- Arrange and attend inspections with adopting authorities.
- Coordinate the completion of remedial works and manage defect resolution.
- Monitor adoption programmes and provide regular progress updates to senior management.
- Review engineering drawings, as build information and technical documentation.
- Maintain accurate records relating to agreements, inspections, certificates and adoption status.
- Identify risks associated with delayed adoption and work proactively to minimise commercial exposure.
- Champion continuous improvement by developing best practice for adoption management across the business.
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Your experience
- Experience within the housebuilding, civil engineering or residential infrastructure sector.
- A sound understanding of the adoption process for highways, drainage and associated infrastructure.
- Knowledge of Section 38, Section 278 and Section 104 agreements.
- Familiarity with SuDS, drainage, and residential infrastructure construction.
- Experience working with local authorities, water companies and consultants.
- The confidence to work independently whilst collaborating effectively with multiple teams.
About you
- Strong organisational and project coordination skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
- Confident and influential, able to communicate with people at all levels and driving progress through effective relationships.
- Understanding the importance of delivery quality outcomes whilst considering the wider impact on the business commercially.
- Self-motivated able to thrive with autonomy and enjoy making a meaningful contribution.
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Why Harron Homes?
This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a growing and ambitious business where you will play an integral role in supporting successful delivery of new homes across Yorkshire.
If you are looking for a role where you take full ownership and your influential skills will genuinely make a difference and where you will have the opportunity to grow your career within a supportive and collaborative technical team, we would love to hear from you.
Apply today and become a part of The Journey Home.
We believe Harron Homes is a place for everyone, no matter where you come from, what you look like or how you identify.
Please note due to the volume of applicants, if you have not heard from us within 14 days, please accept this as confirmation that we will not be progressing with your application further on this occasion.
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