Land Manager

Job Title: Land Manager - Housebuilder

Location: Chorley

The Company:

Penguin Recruitment is delighted to be supporting a Five-star Housebuilder who are looking for a Land Manager to join the Land and Planning Department.

Job Purpose:

To identify and secure sufficient land on appropriate contractual and commercially sound terms to service the business plan and manage the planning requirements of all regional projects.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Land Identification

• Maintain a high profile with external property contacts by establishing and maintaining
  effective working relationships with local authorities, local agents, land owners and other
  developers within the region's geographical area, in pursuit of opportunities for the
• Source off-market deals through contact base and via saturation surveys.

Land Appraisal

• Develop and maintain a full understanding of the Story Homes viability system and the various internal procedures involved in investigating, reporting and ultimately purchasing land.
• Develop and maintain a sound knowledge of the planning system and working closely with the planning and technical teams and external consultants, be highly involved in the
  planning process, monitoring site progress through to implementable consent.

Land Acquisition

• With minimal day-to-day supervision, responsible for acquiring land opportunities within a specified geographical area and developing a detailed knowledge of development
  opportunities and competitor activity within the area.
• Enter negotiations and formulate offers to pursue land opportunities in order to meet the company land requirements; within annual budgets and forecasts.
• Maintain a sound knowledge of all technical aspects covering the acquisition and
  development of land and associated legal agreements.
• Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of legal issues relating to development including title constraints, contracts, joint ventures and partnerships.
• Produce, negotiate, and agree heads of terms for agreements as necessary for the acquisition and development of any given site.
• Formulate offers, co-ordinate investigations, negotiate with local authorities, agents and
  solicitors, to produce contracts for signature. With minimum supervision, for
  unconditional / conditional contracts, responsible for overseeing the project until legal
  completion and for liaising with all internal departments accordingly.
• Act as a conduit between the Land and other internal departments to ensure opportunities are optimised and effective working relationships are developed.
• Management of option agreements and obligations within, following handover from Strategic land.
• Act as land lead/ project lead as necessary for pre-development sites in accordance with company processes.
• Ensure familiarity with Story Homes Health, Safety and Environmental policies and comply
  with employee responsibilities.
• At all times comply with company policies, procedures and instructions.
• Contribute to improving the business, protecting and enhancing the reputation of the
  company, by putting forward new ideas and, when requested to do so, implementing change.

Post land purchase

• Management of any land issues on all sites.

Manage any overage or any other ongoing obligations associated with live sites.

Qualifications and Experience:

Core:

• Minimum of 3 years experience in residential land acquisition or planning.

Interested?

The hiring manager is looking to meet with suitable candidates ASAP so if you meet the above criteria, please contact Josh Jones on (phone number removed) or (url removed)