Land Buyer or Senior Land Buyer

Churchill Living Ltd; Warrington; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading property development company based in Warrington is seeking a Land Buyer/Senior Land Buyer. The role involves full life cycle land buying, including site identification, appraisal, and negotiation. Ideal candidates will have a genuine passion for land acquisition, strong networking skills, and prior experience in related sectors. Competitive salary and attractive commission structure offered, alongside comprehensive benefits including a company car or cash allowance, and support for personal development.

Benefits

Competitive basic salary

Company car or cash for car allowance

Annual salary review

Private medical

Group personal pension plan

Life assurance

Health screening

24 days holiday plus birthday off

Colleague land referral bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Previous land buying experience within the property sector or related fields.
• Genuine passion for land acquisition and development.
• Competent driver with a valid UK driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Investigate opportunities through networking.
• Identify sites through targeted marketing.
• Conduct desktop research and data analysis.
• Carry out site appraisals and create reports.
• Manage the offer and negotiation process.

Skills

Land acquisition

Data analysis

Negotiation skills

Networking

Drive and ambition

Tools

Land Insight

Job description

Job Title

Land Buyer / Senior Land Buyer

Location

Office based in Warrington

Hours

37 Hours per week, Monday to Friday

Package

Competitive salary, with company car or cash for car plus excellent commission structure and excellent Colleague benefits

Land is our lifeblood, which is why, we are expanding our Land teams across the country to support our growth strategy.

This is an exciting time for our Churchill Land Colleagues as we have a clear strategy, strong appetite for new sites, agile infrastructure, and industry leading planning support.

You can expect to be joining a high‑performing team which is motivated, focused, and goal orientated.

Why join Churchill’s Land team?

• Maximise your earning potential We offer an attractive commission scheme, which rewards you for each site you secure, with “top‑ups” for enhanced deals, (paid upon exchange) in addition to a team bonus scheme.
• Competitive basic salary, which is reviewed annually
• Company car or cash for car allowance
• Ongoing investment into your personal development with the opportunity to achieve professional qualifications
• Career progression that is tailored to your goals
• Plus we offer other benefits, which include 24 days holiday plus a day off for your birthday, private medical, group personal pension plan, life assurance and health screening
• £200 John Lewis vouchers for new parents
• Long service awards
• Colleague land referral bonus scheme for Colleagues
• We are a socially responsible company with our own Charitable Foundation which offers a fund matching programme for Colleagues
• Colleague wellbeing programmes and initiatives, including access to our Employee Assistance Programme

About the role

Our Land Buyers play a critical role in the overall success of the business, and we’ll ensure you have all the tools needed to be successful. You can be expected to be trusted, respected, and supported in your career with us.

Our in‑house team of experts, which include architects, planners, technical, legal, commercial and construction teams, enable you to create offers efficiently and effectively, drawing from their wealth of experience and specialist knowledge. Our Colleagues, including senior management, are very much land focused and work together towards our aligned goals.

Responsibilities

In this fast‑moving and all‑encompassing role, you will be responsible for the full life cycle of land buying, including:

• Investigating opportunities through an extensive network of contacts
• Identifying sites directly through your own efforts of targeted marketing
• Desktop research, data analysis and utilising Land Insight
• Carrying out site appraisals, creating reports and proposals
• Managing the offer and negotiation process

We believe there is nothing better than seeing something for yourself to appreciate which sites will meet our customers’ needs, so we would expect you to visit your target towns in person.

About you

We are looking for motivated, ambitious, and proactive people to join us at this exciting time. You’ll have a genuine passion for land acquisition and development, and be keen to build your skills, knowledge and experience.

You’ll have previous land buying experience within the property sector, but this does not need to be within residential; many of our successful Land Buyers have joined us with a background in land acquisition from the commercial, retail and hospitality sectors. We also have Colleagues who joined us directly from property and land agencies.

There are a range of roles within the Land teams but what everyone here has in common is an unwavering passion for their work, dedication, self‑motivation and a hunger for success.

This is supported by a strong desire and support from the Executive Directors to secure good quality sites for our developments.

We are looking for people who are confident and competent drivers, with a valid UK driver’s licence as you’ll be spending a large proportion of your time out of the office.