Liaison Support Officer
Dalcour Maclaren is an innovative and highly dynamic multi-disciplinary consultancy working on a huge range of exciting and diverse projects for a growing client base within Utilities and Infrastructure – think HS2, Offshore wind farms and Nuclear Energy! We are immensely proud to be working on some of the largest infrastructure projects taking place across the UK (and beyond!), which are instrumental in shaping the future of our planet. If you want to play your part in helping the planet become more sustainable and reach NetZero by 2050, you would be making the right choice by joining the team here at Dalcour Maclaren.
Our Telecoms Team is circa 30 people strong, spread across 5 offices in the UK, including our close-knit team in Bristol. We work on behalf of a variety of corporate clients, delivering advice on mobile and fibre networks.
Our fibre networks service offering saw vast growth in 2021-2022, and we are now looking for a Liaison Support Officer to join our market-leading Telecoms Team to negotiate Wayleave Agreements. Helping to facilitate the roll out of Government and Local Authority Fibre to the Premiss’s projects to future-proof some of the most rural communities across the UK. You will work within a dynamic and well-established team and benefit from being part of our invaluable Training Academy. You will receive regular advice on progression and ongoing support, to enable you to develop your career for the long-term with us here at Dalcour Maclaren.
As a Liaison Support Officer you will:
- Be the main interface between the client and landowners, occupiers and agents on a day-to-day basis and build key relationships with the affected parties.
- Share insightful knowledge about agricultural practices
- Keep the client up to date and advise them on practical matters affecting land
- Attend pre-entry meetings before the scheme enters the construction phase
- Review contractor works to ensure they fall in line with any agreements made during pre-entry meetings
- Deal with landowner complaints regarding on-site activities
- Arrange site visits for serving notices, undertaking record of conditions and undertaking site meetings
- Complete land referencing, including finding owners and occupiers of land
- Assist the team and settle compensation claims
The successful candidate will:
- Be an excellent communicator with the willingness to learn and develop
- Have an awareness of agriculture and rural affairs
- Are self-motivated and organised
- Have a full UK driving licence and be willing to travel
- Be a great team player and have a can-do attitude
Please note: The office location is Bristol, but the work is based in and around Tavistock in the South West, so the ideal candidate will live equidistant from both areas (Somerset region). You will likely spend 75% out on site, and the other 25% office-based.
Why Dalcour Maclaren? What makes us different?!
Really and truly, it’s our people and our culture. We are ‘One Team’, and this is the lifeblood of our organisation. We champion new ideas and are fully committed to our Corporate Social Responsibility, and Diversity & Inclusion. Our winning formula for success is investing in the fantastic people within our team to deliver an unparalleled and unique service to our clients. If you are looking to work for a growing organisation who are not afraid to be bold and push the boundaries to challenge the ‘norm’, then a career with DM should be the one for you!
Benefits:
- Annual performance bonus scheme
- 25 days annual leave plus 1 day to celebrate your birthday
- Private healthcare (through Vitality Health)
- Generous pension scheme
- Life insurance (4x Salary)
- 26 Weeks paid Maternity Leave
- 2 Weeks paid Paternity Leave
- Electric vehicle purchase (provided by Octopus Electric Vehicles)
- Professional development – paid study leave
- Military service paid leave (7.5 days per year)
- Flexible working through our ‘Flexible Advantage’ supporting working families & your work/life balance
- Free on-site parking
- Subsidised gym membership and other Vitality Member discounts
- Charity support – volunteering your time encouraged
- Cycle to work scheme
Dalcour Maclaren is an equal opportunities employer.
