Commercial & Quality Engineer

Salary: £50,000 - £55,000 + up to 10% bonus per annum. In addition, up to £7,500 Regional Allowance depending on location.

Working Location: Homebased, Nationwide.

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

We are seeking a highly skilled and proactive Commercial & Quality Engineer to join our dynamic team. This role will be pivotal in ensuring the successful assessment, management, and delivery of engineering solutions across a variety of non-residential developments, conversions and retirement projects.

What we offer:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and a holiday purchase scheme
• Up to £7,500 Regional allowance, qualification depends on location (Inner London £7,500, Outer London £6,000, South-east £3,750)
• Generous pension scheme, with an employer contribution of up to 10.5%
• Life Assurance (x4 salary)
• Subsidised private medical insurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee discounts platform, including gym discounts
• 24/7 employee assistance programme supporting your mental wellbeing
• 2 days volunteer leave
• Equalised maternity, paternity, adoption leave and pay for all new parents
• Payroll Giving, this allows you to make donations to your chosen charity through monthly pay deductions

What you’ll be doing

In this role, you will be responsible for managing your workload and allocated tasks to ensure all relevant Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are consistently met. You will conduct engineering assessments of building regulation and warranty applications for non-residential developments, conversions, and the retirement sector, ensuring compliance with all relevant standards and regulations.

You will also collaborate with Major Project Engineers on the engineering aspects of Higher Risk Buildings, including Building Control assessments and Building Assessment Certificate applications for existing buildings, liaising with the Building Safety Regulator where necessary. As a key technical resource, you will provide professional advice and support in assessing designs to ensure compliance with Building Regulations and warranty standards, while also resolving any engineering issues arising from submissions.

• Negotiate with developers, builders, and their professional advisors, from initial design to completion, to ensure proposals are satisfactory in relation to building control, warranty and land quality in accordance with relevant regulations and NHBC Standards where appropriate.
• Manage the warranty aspects by supporting inspection staff with the provision of expert advice, inspection of high risk/complex elements of building work and review of progress.
• Prepare technical reports to builders and/or professional advisors and check reports prepared by others.
• On claims, agree brief with client, undertake investigations, report on findings, prepare solutions for remedial work schemes, issue tender information, assess costs and undertake site inspections.
• Manage all aspects of assigned claims projects to ensure delivery of outputs is within specific timescales and budget.
• Undertake training, coaching, and mentoring of Commercial & Quality team members and others as required.
• Undertake quality monitoring of Technical Operations staff, including Major Projects and claims reviews/reports, within area of specialism, as part of departmental quality management process.

The ideal candidate will have

• Extensive experience in the construction industry with knowledge of the housing and commercial sectors.
• Good communication skills both verbal and written with appropriate interpersonal and presentational skills.
• Able to work with a minimum of supervision in line with established policies and procedures.
• Expertise in appropriate specialism.
• Understanding and experience of forensic investigations of buildings, defect identification and repair.
• Wider knowledge of Technical Operation SOPs, company Systems & processes.
• IT literate with the ability to use a range of software programs.
• Significant relevant knowledge and understanding of all aspects of superstructure, foundation and geotechnical design with regard to building structures.
• Significant knowledge of environmental issues and relevant standards/legislation.

Education and Qualifications

• Chartered membership of an appropriate professional institution i.e. BEng/CABE/ IStructE.
• Relevant accredited degree i.e. Building Engineering or Construction related.
• Full Driving Licence.

Why you should join us

At NHBC we are proud to be unique. No other organisation in our sector combines the variety of services and scale that we offer. As the market leader, our name is synonymous with new home warranty and insurance. Our people are driven by our core purpose to raise standards in housebuilding and protect homeowners.

We are a modern, lifestyle and family friendly employer who are in a period of rapid growth, investing in technology, data and new ways of working. We need passionate, talented and driven people to join us on this journey.

We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly. We don’t promise we can offer you exactly what you want, but we are always happy to talk flexible working.

Your future with us

We have lots of fantastic examples across our business of people who are building their career with us. We are huge advocates of internal mobility and work hard to retain our best talent. We offer exceptional personal development and career progression opportunities. If you’re ambitious, driven and hard-working you will succeed with us. We’ll support you with full training, ongoing development, and the opportunity to gain recognised qualifications and professional memberships.

Our inclusive culture

We are committed to creating an inclusive culture that encourages everyone to bring their true selves to work. We fundamentally believe in the rights of all our employees and customers to be treated fairly, with dignity and respect, free from discrimination. We have active employee networks that support our colleagues and their allies, creating safe spaces for open conversations and the sharing of ideas.

If you need any adjustments or additional support with your application, please let us know at Recruitment@nhbc.co.uk