Senior Land Referencer

Dalcour Maclaren; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

25 days annual leave

Private healthcare

Flexible working

Pension

Life insurance

On-site parking

Cycle to work

Maternity leave

Paternity leave

EAP & wellbeing

Study leave

Sabbatical

Job summary

Dalcour Maclaren is seeking a Senior Land Referencer to lead the land referencing process for high-profile DCO/CPO projects in the UK. You will manage data, ensure quality of Books of Reference, and act as a key contact for clients and delivery teams.

You will mentor junior team members, drive due diligence, and help optimise processes while adhering to statutory requirements and company policies. Travel to site locations will be required as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience in land referencing for DCO and CPO projects.
• Ability to mentor and train junior team members.
• Excellent client-facing communication and stakeholder management.
• Strong IT skills with GIS familiarity and data handling capabilities.
• Attention to detail and strong organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the land referencing process for DCO/CPO projects and be main client contact.
• Manage projects, assets, requirements, and ensure objectives are met.
• Identify data sources, license suppliers, and set up environments for value.
• Verify information and upload to the internal land referencing database.
• Guide stakeholders to capture land ownership data and maintain records.
• Ensure deliverables meet legal, contractual, and policy standards.
• Maintain commercial awareness and provide regular client updates on billing.

Skills

Land referencing

DCO/CPO knowledge

Client liaison

Data management

Quality assurance

Mentoring juniors

Project management

Billing & records

Tools

GIS (ArcGIS)

Data systems

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.

This opportunity is a senior role within the Geomatics team, to lead the land referencing process, manage data, quality assure Books of Reference production and associated documentation for internal and external clients in support of large scale, fast paced projects. To be an expert Land Referencer, take ownership of own and team’s work, and specialise in due diligence tasks associated with the DCO and CPO submissions, with proven examples of successful deployment to improve business processes and a real drive to create positive change. A qualified professional, to undertake regular CPD and mentor junior team members to work towards and achieve their career aspirations. To support company growth whilst promoting DM’s values.

As a Senior Land Referencer You Will

• Play a key and wide-ranging role in exciting, high-profile projects by acting as a consistent point of contact between affected parties, communities, and organisational delivery teams to successfully submit Development Consent Order (DCO) and Compulsory Purchase Order (CPOs) Books of Reference on behalf of our clients.
• Manage projects and requests, ensuring requirements and objectives are met, building positive relationships with clients and the team.
• Lead in identifying key data sources, engaging with suppliers to license, obtain and set up the required environment and process to gain best value of them.
• Have an eye for detail to ensure all relevant information is identified, extracted, verified, and uploaded to our bespoke internal land referencing database.
• Have strong communication skills when meeting with project stakeholders to record and update land ownership data.
• Understand all client requirements to provide guidance to junior team members and quality assure deliverables to ensure standards are always met.
• Carry out work in compliance with relevant legal, statutory, contractual, and organisational requirements and policies.
• Be commercially aware, maintain good records and requests to provide regular client updates and ensure accurate billing.

The Successful Candidate Will

• Have experience of land referencing for development consent order (DCO) and compulsory purchase order (CPO) projects.
• Have expert knowledge of the statutory processes and be comfortable mentoring and training members of the team to ensure quality standards are maintained at all times.
• Be client facing and will be confident communicating with stakeholders of all levels.
• Have great IT skills, be familiar with GIS and be ready to take on new challenges.
• Have excellent attention to detail and organisational skills, be results-driven and a keen problem solver.
• Have the ability to manage a large amount of both quantitative and qualitative data.
• Have an awareness of GIS.
• Have a full UK driving licence and willingness to travel to site and project locations.

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)
• Free on-site parking in non-city centre offices
• 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.