Senior Land Manager

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!

We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

Crest Nicholson's South West Division are recruiting for a Senior Land Manager, to support our Land Director in managing all land acquisition and applications as part of the Development strategy.

The successful candidate will lead on the identification, initial research and appraisals of new sites, with a focus on negotiating and agreeing prices and terms directly with vendors and Agents. A key area of this role will be to have strong commercial acumen to make decisions on the feasibility of the project by liaising with internal teams on benchmarking, costing and terms.

Your clear and open communication style in communicating planning and site information for each team is absolutely key, in order for everyone to deliver high quality work to set deadlines. This will include regularly reviewing and updating site valuations and budgets to ensure they reflect the current proposals and values and continue

What are we looking for in a successful candidate?

Significant Land Management experience in the New Homes Development field

A solid understanding of Land purchase processes and other regulatory legislations

Sound knowledge of design and construction processes

Be confident in chairing Land meetings and dealing with Consultants

High degree of commercial acumen and awareness

Ability to build relationships and interact effectively with all stakeholders

Ability to organise, plan and manage workloads and work under pressure

Confident in leading presentations and group meetings

Have vision, commitment and enthusiasm for change

Naturally an influential character with a strong ability to listen and negotiate

Resilient and able to persevere during challenging negotiations

Desirable

Degree educated within a relevant discipline, e.g. Real Estate, Town Planning, Urban Planning, etc.

The Company

Crest Nicholson is a leading developer of quality homes and thriving, sustainable communities.

We create great places for our customers to live, selecting desirable locations for our developments and taking a holistic approach to the design of our homes and their surroundings.

Attractive placemaking helps us deliver appealing and well-connected communities where people and nature can thrive.

As an employer of choice, we offer an extensive range of benefits, to include:

Competitive Salary

Company Bonus Scheme

Car Allowance

Private pension

Private healthcare and cash plan options

25 days' annual leave

Cycle to work scheme

Share save scheme

Gym membership discounts

We are an inclusive employer; the Company will consider flexible working requests for all roles.

We seek to be an ethical and progressive employer which encourages a culture of openness, creativity and continuous professional development and which rewards the effectiveness and loyalty of our employees as an equal opportunities employer. If you are applying to work at Crest Nicholson, we will ask you to supply us with sufficient personal information to help us process your application. To learn more about what personal information we will need to process and why, please refer to our recruitment privacy notice which can be found on the Crest Nicholson website under ‘Recruitment Privacy Policy'.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

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