Principal / Associate Land Consultant

Location/s: Croydon, UK
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 
Environmental and social considerations are central to Mott MacDonald’s Purpose and its offerings across all sectors and territories. Our environment and social business provides essential services and innovative solutions which anticipate our clients' needs across all sectors.

Overview of the role
We are looking for a passionate and collaborative Associate Land Consultant to join our established Land Advisory business to lead land referencing, land assembly and offer strategic advice for major infrastructure development projects. Our Land Advisory team is based across the UK and deliver a diverse range of advisory services primarily in the transportation, water and energy markets. We are looking for candidates with an entrepreneurial spirit who understand our clients’ commitments whilst helping shape the direction of our business.

As an Associate Land Consultant, you will work closely with the senior leadership team and play a leadership role in the delivery of complex infrastructure and development projects, leading land referencing and land assembly teams and advising strategic client needs and establishing trusting relationships. You will manage direct reports, providing mentoring and direction to support their professional development and performance whilst nurturing a single team, communal approach. Working across multiple projects, you will draw on your track record to lead the delivery of high-quality technical work by drawing on a flexible pool of resources and adopting an agile, responsive approach to meet client expectations. You will oversee project budgets, contribute to commercial planning, and ensure delivery aligns with programme, quality and cost objectives. You will also lead and contribute to the growth of our service by:

• Coordinating and writing technical proposals for competitive bids
• Representing our technical services externally through professional networks and with clients and partners, promoting the value of land referencing and advisory services
• Identifying and developing opportunities for growth

Candidate specification
Essential: 

• Evidenced track record leading and delivering land referencing, land assembly and offering strategic consultancy advice on infrastructure or development projects
• Demonstrable leadership and line management experience, with a focus on mentoring and team development
• Strong project management skills, including budget oversight and resource coordination
• Experience in client-facing roles and external stakeholder engagement
• Knowledge of relevant statutory processes such as Development Consent Orders (DCOs), hybrid Bills or Transport and Works Act Orders (TWAOs)

Desirable:

• Track record of sensitively engaging with landowners or local communities in relation to major infrastructure consents and construction
• Experience writing technical bid responses
• Relevant chartership status
• Membership of a relevant professional or industry body, connecting with external professional communities

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.

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.

Agile working  

We are happy to talk openly about flexible working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace. 

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.

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