Senior Surveyor

About The Opportunity The role Gateley Hamer are a property consultancy who provides our clients with solutions around to extracting the most value from their development assets with specific expertise relating to CPOs DCOs, easements and wayleaves, infrastructure projects, land referencing and public inquiries.
Read on to find out what you will need to succeed in this position, including skills, qualifications, and experience.
Operating across the public and private sectors, we work with commercial and residential developers, planning professionals, local authorities and scheme promoters, providing expertise on complex, large-scale developments.
We are looking for a Senior Surveyor to join our Infrastructure team. Your key responsibilities will include:

You will be leading on landowner consultations and advising clients on all aspects of Development Consent Orders for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.
This will include overseeing and drafting of all Lands related documents for the preparation and implementation of Development Consent Orders and providing advice to clients on the promotion and implementation of Compulsory Purchase Powers.
You will also be required to engage and negotiate with landowners and carry out landowner consultations as part of this process.
The role will also include working alongside other professional disciplines throughout the full life-cycle of major projects.
You will be required to assist with all compulsory purchase matters, including drafting valuations, preparing compensation claims and negotiating compensation settlements and agreements.
You may also be required to prepare reports and advice notes on all matters relating to compulsory purchase and compensation.
Assist and provide advice to landowners affected by Compulsory Purchase, including assisting with the preparation of objections and petitions, preparation of compensation claims and negotiation of claims and agreements.
Advise acquiring authorises on the promotion and implementation of compulsory purchase powers.

Your role will include third party consultation and reporting to clients on all matters required in the land assembly process.
Involvement in all stages of the compulsory purchase process from pre-application consultation to negotiating compensation claims.
You are likely to be involved with all stages of the process, working for both landowners and acquiring authorities across a range of projects, although you may be required to work on a single project for sustained periods from time to time.
Build relationships with key clients and seek to extend instructions and secure new instructions from new and existing clients and to support the Company in pursuing new opportunities, identifying new enquiries and helping to build their reputation.
Prepare reports and advice notes in accordance with the business’s quality assurance procedures.
Assist in graduate development across the team.
Lead and oversee the preparation of Property Costs Estimates. The team Gateley Hameris part of Gateley Built Environment, a multidisciplinary consultancy made up of four established specialist businesses:
Gateley Hamer, Gateley RJA, Gateley Smithers Purslow and Gateley Vinden.

Together, we bring more than 600 property specialists together with the property and construction lawyers in Gateley Legal.
This gives our clients access to connected expertise across the full property lifecycle, from strategy, funding and development through to occupation, long-term asset management and exit.

For our people, it means being part of a specialist business with its own established identity and close-knit culture, while benefiting from the range, scale and career opportunities available across Gateley Built Environment and Gateley plc.
You will have opportunities to work on varied projects, collaborate with experts across different disciplines and build a long-term career within the wider group.

The person

Applicants should also be able to demonstrate the following attributes:

BSc Hons MRICS qualified Experience negotiating and advising clients Excellent verbal and written communication skills Proactive and disciplined An ambitious individual who thrives on negotiating with multiple parties to achieve the best possible outcome for their client Excellent interpersonal skills with the confidence to communicate effectively at all levels to be able to foster and develop relationships with new and existing clients Excellent organisational skills and attention to…