Vacancy - Development Manager
Are you excited by the chance to expand your experience of driving commercial property opportunities within one of the UK’s leading port operators with significant land ownership? Do you thrive on identifying development opportunities and turning them into reality? We are seeking a Development Manager to join our experienced Group Estates Team to play a key role in supporting the delivery of £5 billion of investment projects over the next 5 years.
Your Role
In this new and exciting role, you will manage a broad spectrum of projects, working in collaboration with key internal and external stakeholders from inception through to delivery. You will play a key role in identifying, planning and delivering new commercial opportunities which champion our sustainability objectives, as well as developing plans to ensure we maximise value from our current land and properties. You will build and maintain positive relationships with regulators, contractors and consultants, to identify and support the delivery of projects which align to organisation and customer expectations.
What you'll bring
You will be a Development Manager, or an Assistant Development Manager ready to take the next step in your career, with experience of driving commercial projects through the development process. You will have the proven ability to identify, appraise and prepare due diligence reports for Board approvals to successfully bring commercial opportunities to market.
You will have strong influencing and negotiating skills with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You will ideally be RICS qualified or committed to achieving this.
Who are we?
Already one of the UK’s leading port and logistics companies, we are planning substantial capital investment over the next 5 years to achieve our vision of becoming the UK’s leading port operator. We have ambitious plans to grow and transform the supply chain to benefit our customers. Our investments are decarbonizing our operations, which in turn is helping us work towards our goal of having Net Zero Port Operations by 2040. Much of our success depends on our unrivalled facilities and technology. But in our sector, it comes down to having the right talent to enable our organisation to grow.
What we can offer you
In addition to a competitive salary, we have a strong track record of developing our people to expand their skills and experience and develop their careers. Valuing and rewarding our workforce is important to us which is why we offer a fantastic range of flexible benefits to choose from, such as:
- 27 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays)
- Car Allowance
- Pension
- Peel Ports Flexible Benefits including salary sacrifice car scheme, healthcare cash plans, Cycle2Work Scheme, critical illness insurance, gyms, retail vouchers
- Commitment to learning and personal development
- We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to colleagues via our employee assistance programme when required
If you believe you have the skills and experience we are seeking and you want to join a thriving and ambitious place to work, we’d really like to hear from you!
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