Dalcour Maclaren

Land Referencer

Dalcour Maclaren  •  Manchester, GB (Onsite)  •  4 hours ago
Apply
AI can make mistakes so check important info. Chat history is never stored.

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.


As a 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.

  • Work closely with Project Managers and GIS Specialists to collect, interpret and review land ownership data to be presented to our clients in a variety of formats

  • 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 and be comfortable visiting sites; meeting with project stakeholders to record and update land ownership data.

  • Receive full training in our client's specific areas of expertise and ongoing mentoring whilst you develop your Land Referencing knowledge.

The successful candidate will:

  • Have a degree in an area broadly related to land (e.g. Geography, Geospatial Science, Estate or Property Management, Planning, Land or Property Law)

  • Great IT skills with good working knowledge of Microsoft Office

  • 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 (desirable)

  • Have a full UK driving licence and willingness to travel to site and project locations

  • Be a great team player and have a can-do attitude

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.

Dalcour Maclaren

About Dalcour Maclaren

Dalcour Maclaren: delivering land, stakeholder and environmental solutions.

We are proud to say we’re now a Certified B Corporation. This means DM meets B Lab’s integrated social, environmental, and governance standards. It embeds our purpose and plans for positive impact in our company DNA, so that we’re aware of our impact on people and the planet.

We are a leading professional services consultancy, helping to drive the UK and Ireland towards a cleaner, greener future since 2003.

Our teams unlock land access and acquisition, geospatial data, planning permission and environmental consents, and, launched in 2025, stakeholder engagement.

The essential work we do enables clients to develop ground-breaking projects such as offshore wind developments, major airport expansions, water security, new pipelines and green recovery schemes.

The services we provide include:

- advising on the strategic use of land

- writing and submitting planning applications

- devising and running all engagement strategies with stakeholders

- carrying out environmental impact assessments

- digitising and analysing land and property data

- land assembly, access and acquisition, including DCOs

- asset, property and estate management

With an exclusive focus on the utilities and infrastructure sector, we combine scale and expertise to deliver industry-leading solutions. The work we do it is essential for all major projects including:

- Digital infrastructure

- Electricity transmission & distribution

- Energy storage

- Flood & coastal resilience

- Hydrogen

- Nuclear

- Transport (air, road, rail)

- Solar

- Water

- Wind

We have more than 670+ employees across four expert teams who deliver professional services throughout our clients’ project lifecycle:

- Environment & Planning

- Geomatics

- Land & Property

- Stakeholder Engagement

Industry
Consulting & Advisory
Company Size
501-1,000 employees
Headquarters
Chesterton, GB
Year Founded
2003
Social Media