Engineer

Job Title: Engineer

Location: Mansfield, NG18

Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity? Join Persimmon Homes as an Engineer and step into a role where your success is celebrated, your growth supported, and your work truly matters.

Why Persimmon Homes?

At Persimmon, we don’t just build homes — we build careers. When you join us as an Engineer, you’ll benefit from:

• Competitive salary
• Bonus
• 5* housebuilder - Be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction
• Life Cover & Contributory Pension
• Employee Benefits Platform – giving you access to high-street discounts, wellbeing support, and more
• Committed to diversity, inclusion, and empowering your development

What is the role?

The role of an Engineer is to support a number of housing developments through the delivery of cost effective engineering solutions. The successful candidate must be adaptable, have a strong and consistent management approach to managing external consultants.

Primary Responsibilities

• Assist in the production of layouts and technical reports for Land Appraisals; and required working drawings
• Brief and commission site investigations, topographical survey and other assessment reports on land acquired
• Brief engineering consultants on scope of design, which includes roads sewers private drainage, retaining walls, foundation designs any other substructures below DPC level either private or adopted
• Initial negotiations/enquiries with statutory bodies and utility undertakers on environmental, drainage, highways and other engineering issues when appraising land
• Issue engineering information to Commercial, Construction and Sales departments
• Fee negotiation and appointment of consultants
• Answering Technical queries
• Comply with responsibilities as laid down in the Group’s Health, Safety and Environment Policy

What experience do I need?

• Ideally qualified to HNC level or equivalent in a civil engineering or building-related discipline with some residential project experience
• By way of technical experience you will be conversant with current building regulations and CDM you will also have a thorough knowledge of current EA/Water Authority/Highway regulations and adoption agreements
• Must have excellent knowledge of AutoCAD and be able to communicate effectively with both internal departments and external bodies
• You must be an enthusiastic and hardworking individual who is willing to undertake all necessary training