Land Technician

Job Introduction

Gleeson Land specialises in land promotion by securing residential planning consents on land mainly in the South of England. Due to continual expansion, we are now looking for a Land Technician to join the Gleeson Land team, an individual with excellent IT skills, and able to work as part of a team. 

Role Responsibility

To work under the direction of the Land Director, Development Director and MD to assist in the acquisition of new quality Land Opportunities to supplement the existing Land Portfolio

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist the Land team in identifying new land opportunities (sites with the potential for planning permission for residential development);
• Map sites on our in-house GIS system, inputting relevant data;
• Produce maps for use in internal reports;
• Liaise with landowners, agents, consultants, and the internal Planning and Technical teams;
• Assist in the appraisal of new opportunities;
• Maintain and update land list of new opportunities;
• Carry out land registry searches, data entry and formatting as required by the Land team;

Update the Company website as necessary.

The Ideal Candidate

• Experience in mapping systems such as GIS, ProMap;
• Team player;
• Currently working for a Local Planning Authority, or another developer/promoter.
• Able to navigate Council websites quickly

Package Description

• Generous holiday entitlement of 26 days per annum + bank holidays
• Choice of company car or car allowance
• Discretionary Bonus Scheme
• Holiday Buy Back Scheme
• Company Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance Scheme
• Healthshield membership
• Life Assurance Scheme
• The opportunity to join our Share Purchase Plan upon completion of a year working with Gleeson

Why Gleeson?

Gleeson Land, part of MJ Gleeson PLC, is one of the most successful promoters in the industry. With a team of highly skilled land, planning and technical specialist and a healthy, growing land portfolio with the ability to deliver 23,000 much needed homes, Gleeson Land is driving growth for MJ Gleeson PLC whilst also ensuring the UK has homes to meet demand.

With extensive experience stretching back decades, Gleeson Land boasts a 96% success rate for gaining planning permissions on their sites. As part of MJ Gleeson, one of the biggest housebuilders listed on the stock market, we are also one of the most secure and financially stable promoters in the industry.

Our in-house experience also sets us aside from other promoters with a dedicated technical team that can quickly aide the land and planning teams to find solutions to complex issues on all kinds of sites.

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