Associate Surveyor

Dalcour Maclaren; Stamford; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus scheme

25 days annual leave + birthday day

Vitality Health membership

Pension scheme

Life insurance (4x base salary)

Cycle to work scheme

Sabbatical policy

Professional development – paid study留

Job summary

Dalcour Maclaren is a leading land, environmental and geospatial consultancy delivering consents for UK utilities and infrastructure. The Associate Surveyor will lead a team delivering land and property advice for clients, ensuring high quality work, strong client relationships, and financial performance.

You will develop relationships with external clients and stakeholders, drive service scores, and contribute to business growth while maintaining professional standards and ongoing CPD.

Qualifications

• Experience with the application and construction elements of a major project and ability to manage client relationships and finances to deliver each client’s Business Plan goals.
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to generate new work from clients through networking and cross-selling of professional services.
• Lead by example and promote the company’s ethos to get the best out of people.
• Support and participate in company groups, initiatives, events and socials.
• Maintain and improve own expert knowledge and skills through CPD and company-run programs.
• Ensure compliance with relevant legal, regulatory, contractual and organisational requirements and policies in own area of responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Motivate and manage a team in the delivery of land and property advice and services for our clients.
• Set out, manage and review team objectives in line with company business plan and strategies, taking pride in and full ownership of the standard of work, financial performance, client satisfaction and team performance.
• Develop strong working relationships with both external clients and stakeholders and own team, holding regular meetings to report on key milestones and acting on feedback and suggestions to drive and improve DM service scores.
• Provide ad hoc assistance on other projects to deliver high-level strategic advice, to resolve complex or sensitive issues and seek financial and operational gains.
• Monitor and ensure team time recording and client reporting requirements are met, maximising billing and taking responsibility for meeting and exceeding financial targets whilst always maintaining gross margin.
• Provide supportive line management, holding regular constructive one-to-ones, empowering individuals by recognising achievements, encouraging feedback and effective delegation whilst also being able to hold difficult conversations.

Skills

Client relationships

Commercial awareness

Leadership

Networking

CPD

Job description

At Dalcour Maclaren, we're key players in the Utilities and Infrastructure industry, bringing the UK and Ireland closer to Net Zero every day. Our land, environmental and geospatial experts work together to unlock the consents needed by our clients to deliver key projects. Our services include land access and assembly, agricultural liaison, planning, environmental impact assessments and geospatial mapping. Join us, and play your part in helping us to achieve our vision; to be the professional services team of choice, leading the Utilities and Infrastructure industry to a sustainable future.

Associate Surveyor responsibilities

• Motivate and manage a team in the delivery of land and property advice and services for our clients
• Set out, manage and review team objectives in line with company business plan and strategies, taking pride in and full ownership of the standard of work, financial performance, client satisfaction and team performance
• Develop strong working relationships with both external clients and stakeholders and own team, holding regular meetings to report on key milestones and acting on feedback and suggestions to drive and improve DM service scores
• Provide ad hoc assistance on other projects to deliver high-level strategic advice, to resolve complex or sensitive issues and seek financial and operational gains
• Monitor and ensure team time recording and client reporting requirements are met, maximising billing and taking responsibility for meeting and exceeding financial targets whilst always maintaining gross margin
• Provide supportive line management, holding regular constructive one-to-ones, empowering individuals by recognising achievements, encouraging feedback and effective delegation whilst also being able to hold difficult conversations

Qualifications and attributes for successful candidate

• Have experience of the application and construction elements of a major project and be able to demonstrate experience of managing client relationships and finances to help deliver each client’s Business Plan goals.
• Display clear commercial awareness and contribute to team and company growth by generating new work from new and existing clients through networking and cross-selling of professional services
• Lead by example, actively promoting the company’s ethos and always engendering positivity to get the best out of people
• Actively support and participate in company groups, initiatives, events and socials
• Maintain and improve own expert knowledge and skills through company run and specialist CPD
• Ensure compliance with relevant legal, regulatory, contractual and organisational requirements and policies in own area of responsibility

Benefits

• Annual bonus scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus 1 day to celebrate your birthday
• Vitality Health Membership (including Private healthcare, subsidised gym membership and other discounts)
• Flexible working through our ‘Flexible Advantage’ supporting working families & your work/life balance
• Pension Scheme via The Peoples Pension
• Life insurance (4x Base Salary)
• Cycle to work scheme
• 26 Weeks paid Maternity Leave
• 4 Weeks paid Paternity Leave
• BHN Extras – provides discounted gift cards for hundreds of popular retailers
• Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme (provided by Octopus Electric Vehicles) effective at 1 years’ service
• Sabbatical Policy effective at 3 years’ service
• Professional development – paid study leave
• Military service paid leave (7.5 days per year)
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) plus wider Mental Health & Wellbeing support
• 2 x Company-wide events every year, in addition to multiple office socials throughout the year

Dalcour Maclaren is an equal opportunities employer.

At Dalcour Maclaren, our people help drive the transition to net zero by unlocking consents for the UK’s utilities and infrastructure sector.

Whether you're starting out or bringing years of experience, a Dalcour Maclaren job has a real impact on your career, our clients, and the systems that power and connect the UK.

We’re always open to hearing from top talent.