Senior Land Referencer

Dalcour Maclaren; Stirling; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Birthday leave

Private healthcare

Flexible working

Pension plan

Life insurance

On-site parking

Cycle to work

Maternity leave

Paternity leave

Discount cards

EV salary sacrifice

Sabbatical

Study leave

Military leave

EAP & wellbeing

Company events

Job summary

Dalcour Maclaren in the UK is seeking an experienced Land Referencing Specialist to support high‑profile DCO and CPO projects. You will act as the main contact between communities, stakeholders and our delivery teams to submit Books of Reference and ensure accuracy.

You will identify data sources, coordinate with suppliers, mentor junior staff and ensure compliant, well‑documented deliverables. A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel to site are required.

Qualifications

• Experience of land referencing for DCO and CPO projects.
• Expert knowledge of statutory processes; ability to mentor and train team members.
• Client-facing and confident communicating with stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong IT skills; familiarity with GIS and ability to adapt to new tools.
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills; results-driven and a problem solver.
• Ability to manage large amounts of quantitative and qualitative data.
• Awareness of GIS.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel to site and project locations.

Responsibilities

• Act as a key contact between affected parties, communities and delivery teams to submit DCO and CPO Books of Reference.
• Manage projects and requests, ensuring requirements and objectives are met, and build 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 processes to gain best value.
• Ensure all relevant information is identified, extracted, verified and uploaded to our bespoke internal land referencing database.
• Communicate with project stakeholders to record and update land ownership data.
• Guide junior team members to meet client requirements and quality standards.
• Carry out work in compliance with relevant legal, statutory, contractual and organisational requirements and policies.
• Be commercially aware, maintain good records and provide regular client updates and ensure accurate billing.

Skills

Land referencing

Statutory processes

Mentoring

Client-facing

GIS

IT literacy

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Problem solving

Data management

Driving licence

Job description

Responsibilities

• Play a key and wide‑range role in high‑profile projects by acting as a consistent point of contact between affected parties, communities and organisational delivery teams to submit DCO and CPO Books of Reference on behalf of our clients.
• Manage projects and requests, ensuring requirements and objectives are met, and build 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 processes to gain best value.
• 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 so 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.

Qualifications

• Experience of land referencing for DCO and CPO projects.
• Expert knowledge of statutory processes and comfortable mentoring and training team members to maintain quality standards.
• Client‑facing and confident communicating with stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong IT skills, familiar with GIS and ready to take on new challenges.
• Excellent attention to detail, organisational skills, results‑driven and a keen problem solver.
• Ability to manage a large amount of both quantitative and qualitative data.
• Awareness of GIS.
• 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 year’s 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 company‑wide events every year, in addition to multiple office socials throughout the year

Dalcour Maclaren is an equal opportunities employer.