Consents & Liasion Officer

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 deliver specialist advice and services to utilities and infrastructure clients, 
delivering tasks and/or schemes to a high standard and ensuring team and client 
objectives are met. To contribute to the delivery of company business plan goals
whilst engendering a positive attitude within the workplace.
Key Activities 
• Manage liaison activities with clients, contractors, landowners, farmers,
occupiers and other stakeholders in support of client objectives. Activities 
likely to include arranging access to private land, serving notices, obtain 
agreements/consents, evidencing condition of land before entry, advise 
and agree reinstatement of land and deal with agricultural loss claims. 
• Ensure the team proactively engages with landowners and occupiers on 
site as required, showing empathy and employing tact, diplomacy and 
negotiating skills to meet objectives whilst maintaining positive 
relationships and projecting a professional image of the client and DM.
• Work closely with the project team(s), often operating from project / client 
(site) offices. 
• Ensure all parties are kept updated and report on requirements by working 
closely with key stakeholders and their subcontractors, providing client 
updates through IT systems and meetings. 
• Ensure good record keeping in the team, including meeting notes and 
comprehensive file updates and records of activities to monitor and review 
progress, provide regular client updates and ensure accurate billing. 
• Support the development of graduates and other future talent employees 
in own area of responsibility and provide constructive line management to 
own direct reports, engaging in regular progress review and feedback 
meetings and delegating tasks effectively.
• Provide the wider sector team with ad hoc assistance on other projects and 
schemes and support team and wider business development, reinforce 
company protocols and processes, assist in identifying areas of new work 
and look for opportunities to cross-sell wider company services.
• Participate in and support company groups, initiatives, events and social 
activities and embrace DM’s values, engendering a positive attitude within 
the workplace.
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• Maintain and improve own knowledge and skills via company run and wider 
CPD.
• Carry out work in compliance with relevant legal, regulatory, contractual 
and organisational requirements and policies.

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.