Senior Surveyor

Dalcour Maclaren Limited; Leatherhead; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus scheme

25 days annual leave

Private healthcare

Job summary

Dalcour Maclaren Limited in the UK provides land, environmental and geospatial advisory services to utilities and infrastructure clients. This role contributes to managing client teams, delivering specialist land and property advice, and overseeing schemes to a high standard while aligning with business goals.

You'll develop relationships with client stakeholders, coordinate tasks, support junior staff, and participate in company initiatives, with a strong emphasis on quality, CPD and

Qualifications

• Experience delivering land and property advice to utilities or infrastructure clients.
• Strong client management and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to oversee multiple tasks and schemes to high standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide land and property advice and services for utilities and infrastructure clients.
• Manage a range of tasks and schemes with initiative to meet objectives.
• Develop relationships with senior client personnel and external stakeholders.
• Maintain up-to-date project records, notes and billing information.
• Support the development of junior staff and CPD.
• Engage in company groups and initiatives and promote DM values.

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.

Role Purpose

To provide a significant contribution to the management of a client team and be qualified in the delivery of specialist advice and services to utilities and infrastructure clients, managing operations, schemes or client estates to a consistently high standard with a view to meeting and exceeding organisational and client objectives. To actively contribute to company business plan goals whilst promoting DM’s values.

Key Activities

• To provide a significant contribution in delivering land and property advice and services to and on behalf of utilities and infrastructure clients.
• Manage a range of tasks and/or schemes to a consistently high standard. Using initiative and a proactive approach to ensure client and company business plan objectives are met, taking pride and ownership in the quality of work delivered.
• Develop strong working relationships with senior client personnel and internal and external stakeholders including contractors, consultants, land owners and occupiers, holding challenging conversations, successfully managing expectations and discussing feedback to improve the level of service provided.
• To maintain up to date record keeping on all projects and tasks you are working on including meeting notes, comprehensive file updates and records of activities to monitor and review progress, manage billing and provide key client updates.
• Monitor and support the development of more junior members of staff, sharing own experience to support the development of people in the wider organisation whilst maintaining and improving your knowledge and skills through specialist CPD.
• Develop line management skills, where applicable, provide constructive line management to line reports, engaging in regular progress review and feedback meetings, delegating tasks effectively and showing genuine interest in their welfare and development.
• Actively participate and support company groups, initiatives, events and social activities, promoting DM’s values and always engendering a positive attitude within the workplace.

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.