Development Manager

DEVELOPMENT MANAGER – HORIZON CAPITAL

Company Description

Horizon Capital is a boutique Property and Corporate Finance House based in Cape Town, specializing in property investment, management, and development services. Horizon Capital Commercial Property (HCCP) focuses on building and managing diverse commercial property portfolios for High Net Worth clients with the goal of long-term wealth creation. The company primarily operates in the Cape Town region, leveraging deep market knowledge to manage directly-owned, high-quality investment properties effectively. HCCP also offers tailored property development services to meet the specific needs of end-users or investment partners, ensuring exceptional returns for its clients.

Role Description:

This is a full-time, on-site role located in the City of Cape Town for a Development Manager (Property). The Development Manager will oversee property development projects, including conducting feasibility studies, managing budgets, negotiating contracts, and ensuring efficient project management to bring in projects on time and in budget.

Qualifications and Requirements:-

·       Qualifications, one of the following:

a)     
Architect (Bachelor of Architectural Studies) or M.Arch
with Project Lead experience

b)    Architectural Technologist with Project Lead experience

c)     
Development Manager with Project Lead Experience

5 + years of industry and site experience, with a good construction knowledge and understanding of the JBCC Building Contract

Excellent project management and communications skills

Good team player

Good at planning and organization

Confident and willing to direct meetings

Strong administration and management skills to drive projects

Ability to bring in projects on time and on budget

Duties:-

The Development Manager will be responsible for driving the entire development process, from inception to completion. This will include:

Due Diligence and purchase of sites for development

Analysis of site setbacks, title deed restrictions and what can be developed on the site

Arranging Conveyancer's Certificates, Town Planning opinions, traffic and heritage assessments etc.

Requesting opinions from various professionals, documenting findings for sign-off

Assess information and make recommendations on development opportunities

Development feasibilities and preparation of documentation to investment partners

Appointment of the professional team and pre-construction

Development of project scope for briefing of the professional team

Requesting fee proposals from all professionals, assessment, negotiation and finalization of appointments

Overseeing the design process by external architects

Pre-Construction: holding bi-weekly team meetings with professional team, taking minutes and following up on required items

10.  
Ensuring all information required from various professionals is obtained and timelines & deadlines met

11.  
Obtaining demolition permits and dealing with council related applications

12.  
Setting up of project timelines and ensuring all items are attended to – from council submissions, preparation of marketing images and brochures, project launch and site commencement

14.  
Assisting with marketing brochures for developments – obtaining relevant plans, 3D renders, interviews etc.

15.  
Work within selected PC allowances to specify finishes on developments

16.  
Assist with NHBRC registration and enrolment

17.  
Arranging various insurances required for construction commencement

18.  Preparing monthly
drawdown requests, monitoring project finances and payment of the professional team

Construction period

19.  
Attend weekly site meetings and provide relevant info to professional team timeously

20.  
Assess monthly cost reports from QS and prepare documentation for feedback to Investment partners

21.  
Monitor project timelines

22.  
Prepare documentation for monthly drawdowns from the bank for timeous payments of contractors and the professional team

23.  
Drive the process of obtaining required info for the Occupancy Certificate and allow for timeous transfer of end units

24.  
Ability to bring in projects on time and on budget

Please note that the 'qualifications and

requirements

' section is the most important. We assume that many of the 'duties' will be learnt while at Horizon Capital.