Development Surveyor / Project Coordinator
Location: Wilmslow, Cheshire
Salary: Competitive
Employment Type: Permanent, Full-Time
The Role
This is a hybrid role combining development surveying and project coordination. The successful candidate will manage due diligence, viability, planning, and legal documentation for land transactions, acting as a central point of contact between internal teams (land, commercial, technical) and external advisors (solicitors, consultants). You’ll ensure legal processes progress smoothly and support commercial teams in driving land deals through to completion.
Key Responsibilities
Development Surveying
* Renew initial site appraisals (market, planning, technical) to assess development potential, working closely with planning, land, and technical teams.
* Coordinate with planning and design teams to ensure development proposals align with business objectives and planning policy.
* Support value-engineering exercises to optimise scheme design, cost, and delivery.
* Coordinate delivery of letters of reliance from design consultants in respect to land sales.
Legal Coordination
* Manage the legal process for land transactions (acquisitions, disposals, leases) — from Heads of Terms through to exchange and completion.
* Develop and maintain legal documentation templates (e.g. Heads of Terms, option agreements, contracts).
* Track and maintain a live legal schedule of all matters (options, contracts, key dates, obligations), ensuring obligations are met and risks are flagged early.
* Act as a liaison between internal teams (Land, Technical, Commercial) and external legal advisers (solicitors), ensuring all queries and actions are coordinated efficiently.
* Prepare regular reports (weekly, monthly) summarising legal milestones, deadlines, and upcoming deliverables.
* Support negotiations on legal terms, working with Land Directors / Sales Directors, to agree commercial deal points.
* Maintain proper records (legal files, correspondence, contracts) and ensure high standards of documentation.
Skills & Qualifications
* Proven experience (2–5+ years) in property development, land promotion, or surveying environment.
* Strong understanding of the planning process and development lifecycle.
* Excellent legal coordination experience, ideally with property / real estate transactions (options, contracts, completions).
* Commercial acumen, with a good sense of risk, opportunity, and land value.
* Strong stakeholder management: able to communicate with lawyers, landowners, consultants, and internal teams.
* Very good project management skills, with a disciplined approach to tracking milestones, deliverables, and deadlines.
* Highly organised, detail-orientated, and adept at managing multiple live transactions.
* Excellent communication skills (written & verbal), including report writing.
* Proficiency in MS Office; experience with financial / modelling tools (e.g. Excel) essential.
* Educated to degree level (ideally in Surveying, Real Estate, Planning, or similar).
* Membership or working towards chartership with RICS is advantageous.
* Financial modelling skills: viability assessments, cash flow modelling, scenario analysis is advantageous.
Personal Attributes
* Proactive and self-starter: you will own processes and drive them forward.
* Collaborative: you enjoy working in a cross-functional team.
* Resilient under pressure: ability to manage competing priorities and tight deadlines.
* Analytical mindset: you can interpret financial, legal, and technical data and draw meaningful conclusions.
* Integrity: high standards of professional conduct, particularly when dealing with sensitive legal and commercial information.
Benefits
* Competitive salary (dependant on experience).
* Employee benefits including pension, profit share, long-service awards, and holiday.
* Opportunity to work across a dynamic business with real exposure to land acquisition, planning, and development.
* Professional development support (e.g., RICS chartership).
* Collaborative, entrepreneurial working environment.
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable company, please do not hesitate to apply.