Senior Land Referencer

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.