Land Consultant

Location/s: London or Croydon, UK
Relocation supported: Not supported
Recruiter contact: Emma Cantley

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. 

We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual. 

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.

About the division
Our industry-leading specialist advisory teams offer a range of transformational services that support our core project, programme, and commercial offering, as well as supporting our clients in addressing their business needs. These includes climate change, estimating and cost intelligence, health, safety and wellbeing, land advisory, planning PMO, quality management and risk management. 

The specialist advisory team brings together multiple critical services in a connected offering, drawing on cross-sector best practice and expertise. We add huge value to our clients through our integrated approach, whilst relentlessly focus on excellence and our passion for improving society. 

Overview of the role
In this role, you will report directly to the experienced Senior Land Consultant in our Land Advisory team. Your primary responsibility will be to provide detailed, high-quality land ownership information for our clients. This will involve researching Land Registry records and Ordnance Survey maps, searching databases, and liaising with landowners and their agents. This exciting opportunity focuses on supporting the team in delivering some of the UK's largest infrastructure projects

Key responsibilities and duties include:

• Undertaking land referencing activities including identification and interpretation of detailed land rights through HM Land Registry research, desktop research, review and analysis of landowner questionnaires
• Landowner identification and liaising with the general public and property owners both onsite and via phone or email
• Working with our GIS & Mapping team to interpret spatial data and produce Land Ownership and Access Plans
• The production and quality checking of statutory notice and access licences Producing the Book of Reference, Land Plans and associated statutory documents
• Management of arranging access to land for environmental surveys with landowners
• Liaising with Local Authorities and other bodies to ascertain details of adopted highways, public rights of way
• Production of weekly and monthly reports
• Communicate professionally with clients
• Working within our consents and engagement team of planners, stakeholder engagement and land and digital/ GIS specialists

Candidate specification
Essential:

• Geography Bachelors degree or in a relevant discipline or experience
• Experience of delivering land services on major infrastructure schemes
• An understanding of the different statutory planning processes and procedures
• Engage professionally as part of a broader network
• Taking ownership of small workstreams/packages of work
• Apply geographical skills, knowledge and understanding
• Demonstrate self-direction and originality in using and developing geographical skills, knowledge and approaches
• Demonstrate an understanding and commitment to professional standards, the profession, your organisation and the environment. Take the initiative to plan and implement tasks to achieve goals, demonstrating leadership and working effectively within teams
• Communicate with clarity and enthusiasm to different audiences, influencing colleagues and other professionals. Listen to and accept the value of different views
• Plan and organise projects, tasks, resources and/or people effectively and responsibly, managing risk and change
• Achieve intended goals when engaging with clients, colleagues and other stakeholders, independently and in a team
• Actively engage in continuing professional development (CPD) necessary to maintain and enhance competence in an area of practice
• Communicate effectively and build strong working relationships
• Use effective influencing and negotiating skills with colleagues, clients/external bodies and other stakeholders to achieve intended goals
• Be aware of the context(s) in which you use and deliver services and products
• Proven ability in prioritising a busy workload with challenging deadlines Competent in Microsoft packages including MS word and Excel
• Highly motivated and conscientious
• Able to work to a high level of accuracy and attention to detail in tasks such as data capture and the production of documents
• Strong team player and decision-maker
• Willingness to travel
• UK travel and office working essential 

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Agile working  

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion 

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.

 Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.