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Development Manager (Fixed Term)
Salary Competitive
Location St Austell, Cornwall (Head office)
Full Time
Fixed Term to June 2027
Join Gilbert & Goode as a Development Manager
Help shape the future of high‑quality homes across Devon and Cornwall with one of the South West’s leading housebuilders! Join Gilbert & Goode — a company known for inspiring places, exceptional design, and a genuine commitment to people and communities.
About the Role
As our Development Manager, you’ll lead schemes from land handover to planning consent, ensuring each development is viable, deliverable, and aligned with our growth ambitions. You’ll coordinate consultants, engage with local authorities, shape design strategies, and champion high-quality outcomes at every stage.
What You'll Be Doing
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Leading development strategy, viability, design coordination and planning work.
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Managing multi‑disciplinary teams to produce high‑quality planning applications.
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Building strong relationships with landowners, planners, stakeholders and local communities.
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Identifying and mitigating risks while keeping projects on track.
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Reporting on budgets, milestones and progress across the pre‑construction phase.
About You
You’re commercially aware, confident, collaborative and motivated by delivering excellent residential developments. You bring knowledge of the planning process, strong communication skills, problem‑solving ability and a proactive approach to teamwork and project delivery.
The successful candidate must have strong, demonstrable knowledge and experience of the full development process within housebuilding, from land acquisition through to sales. They will bring a clear understanding of central and local government housing strategies and policies, alongside a proven track record of securing successful planning consents for residential schemes within a housebuilding environment. Essential to the role is solid knowledge of legal matters relating to land acquisitions, including options, contracts, and Section 106 agreements.
For more information on the role including skills, experience and knowledge please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification
Why Gilbert & Goode?
Bring your skills to a company with a strong regional reputation and a values‑led purpose:
We build more than homes — we create places where life unfolds.
Gilbert & Goode is committed to “building inspiring homes and creating lasting memories”, placing customers at the heart of everything they do.
Award‑winning customer satisfaction.
The company proudly holds the In-house 2026 Platinum Award for Customer Satisfaction, reflecting trust and exceptional buying experiences.
A leading regional housebuilder with purpose.
Since 1972, Gilbert & Goode has grown into one of the South West’s leading new homes developers, creating inspiring neighbourhoods across Devon and Cornwall.
Your work has social value.
As part of Ocean Housing Group, profits are gift‑aided back to support affordable housing, meaning your contribution helps deliver homes for local people and strengthens communities.
Community‑first approach.
Gilbert & Goode believes that “the most successful developments are shaped by the people who live in them”, ensuring community voices influence design and outcomes.
What are our benefits?
We offer a supportive, flexible, and forward-thinking work environment with fantastic benefits:
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27 days holiday + bank holidays
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Professional membership fees paid
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Car Allowance at 10%
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Company sick pay scheme
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Workplace pension with death in service benefit
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Home office work payment
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Medicash health plan (including dental & optical)
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Cycle to work scheme
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Rewards & recognition programme
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On-site parking
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Employee assistance programme
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Family-friendly policies
Key Dates:
Closing Date: Thursday 23rd April 2026 at Midday
Interviews to be held: Friday 1st May 2026 (via Teams or Stennack House)
NB This role may require a two stage interview process
How to Apply
If you’re passionate about shaping high‑quality homes and want to make a meaningful impact within a respected regional housebuilder, we’d love to hear from you. Click apply!
We may close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications—so apply soon!
The Company
As part of the Ocean Housing Group, with a reputation for creating inspiring new homes, Gilbert & Goode has grown from humble beginnings in 1972 to become one of the South West’s leading new homes developers.
Putting our customers at the heart of everything we do we are committed to delivering exceptional new homes that you will enjoy living in for years to come.
Gilbert & Goode is proud to promote and retain excellent relationships with local landowners, stakeholders and supply chain to bring the best opportunities, sustainable local products and services to create inspirational neighbourhoods whilst investing into the local community by making contributions towards highways, schools and local facilities.
Mission Statement
“To be an innovative provider of quality homes and services, with residents and staff at the heart of Ocean, and Ocean at the heart of the community.”
At Ocean our vision is to be the employer of choice for Cornwall. We want to create a work environment where everyone feels like they belong, can bring their best, authentic selves to work every day and are provided with the support they need to do a great job.
Our purpose is to create a modern, dynamic and agile work environment, fit for the 21st Century and one of which all of our colleagues feel included and proud to be a part of. An environment which enables colleagues to provide quality, affordable homes and services for the people of Cornwall. We believe work is what you do, not where you go and therefore colleagues deliver their work where it best suits the need, whether that be in the office, home or around a local area or site using local facilities. Colleagues are agile and work or have meetings in any place to suit the need and task