Land Referencing Manager
CV-LibraryB4, Birmingham, West Midlands (County)permanentPosted: 6 March 2026
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Our client is looking for an experienced Land Referencing Manager to play a key role in the delivery of statutory land referencing services across major infrastructure, energy, utilities and regeneration schemes. The role combines hands-on technical delivery with quality assurance, mentoring, and active involvement in the deployment and embedding of their Land Referencing platform.
Our client is offering an excellent overall salary package which includes fantastic benefits and a car allowance of £4,515.
Main tasks:
Lead and support land referencing activities for CPO, DCO, TWAO and GVD schemes
Undertake ownership identification, title analysis and interests reconciliation
Prepare and review Books of Reference, land plans, schedules and statutory documentation
Ensure consistency between GIS datasets, plans and written schedules
Support quality assurance processes, peer review and audit readiness
Provide technical support and mentoring to junior land referencers.
Liaise with surveyors, land agents, legal teams and clients to resolve complex land matters.
What will it take to be successful?
Have gained extensive Land Referencing skills and ideally have experience of working in land referencing on statutory infrastructure schemes.
A thorough knowledge of planning and compulsory purchase legislation, DCO, TWAO and GVD processes and experience working with GIS-supported land referencing workflows are ideally required.
If you have a thorough knowledge of digital delivery platforms or data-led QA processes this would be advantageous as would strong commercial awareness and experience supporting system or process improvement initiatives.
Previous experience of mentoring, developing and managing a team is essential to this role.
Our client would like you to possess a business development-orientated attitude, with a focus on providing excellent customer service and quality to their clients.
If you don’t feel you quite meet the above criteria but do feel you have some of the qualities they are looking for, we would welcome the opportunity to discuss the role further
Our client is looking for an experienced Land Referencing Manager to play a key role in the delivery of statutory land referencing services across major infrastructure, energy, utilities and regeneration schemes. The role combines hands-on technical delivery with quality assurance, mentoring, and active involvement in the deployment and embedding of their Land Referencing platform.
Our client is offering an excellent overall salary package which includes fantastic benefits and a car allowance of £4,515.
Main tasks:
Lead and support land referencing activities for CPO, DCO, TWAO and GVD schemes
Undertake ownership identification, title analysis and interests reconciliation
Prepare and review Books of Reference, land plans, schedules and statutory documentation
Ensure consistency between GIS datasets, plans and written schedules
Support quality assurance processes, peer review and audit readiness
Provide technical support and mentoring to junior land referencers.
Liaise with surveyors, land agents, legal teams and clients to resolve complex land matters.
What will it take to be successful?
Have gained extensive Land Referencing skills and ideally have experience of working in land referencing on statutory infrastructure schemes.
A thorough knowledge of planning and compulsory purchase legislation, DCO, TWAO and GVD processes and experience working with GIS-supported land referencing workflows are ideally required.
If you have a thorough knowledge of digital delivery platforms or data-led QA processes this would be advantageous as would strong commercial awareness and experience supporting system or process improvement initiatives.
Previous experience of mentoring, developing and managing a team is essential to this role.
Our client would like you to possess a business development-orientated attitude, with a focus on providing excellent customer service and quality to their clients.
If you don’t feel you quite meet the above criteria but do feel you have some of the qualities they are looking for, we would welcome the opportunity to discuss the role further