Senior Land Manager - Wakefield, WF2 7UA

Make a Home at Taylor Wimpey. At Taylor Wimpey, we don’t just build houses; we build futures. Not just for the people who live in our homes, but for our own people too. When we bring our collective skills together, we make amazing things happen - for ourselves, for each other and for our customers. There are incredible opportunities on your doorstep, and we want you to discover them all.

With 22 regional offices across the UK and operations in Spain, we bring our vision to life locally. Here, you’ll be given the tools to develop your skills and the freedom to explore new avenues. Share your ideas, experience a no-blame culture, and shape your work around your life. Every single one of us plays a vital role in bringing to life incredible places and spaces, where anyone can thrive. We believe in making a positive difference to our planet, as well as to people. Home to work that matters, and you can be a part of it.

Job Summary

You will manage current assets through to delivery, ensuring adherence to good practice and processes. Your responsibilities will include:

• Undertaking land purchase exercises for new opportunities.
• Establishing technical constraints and solutions for successful development.
• Negotiating contracts for the Land Director's approval and completion.
• Continuously monitoring and reacting to land market activity, capitalising on emerging opportunities.

Primary Responsibilities

• Undertake land purchase exercise.
• Prepare appropriate briefs for architects for the preparation of feasibility schemes.
• Collate build costs, market research, local planning policy summary, any technical information to produce a clear assessment of the potential success of a development.
• Liaise with the internal team to produce an initial land value appraisal.
• Build relationships and liaise with RPs and/or HA consultants to obtain offers for affordable housing disposals.
• Successfully negotiate terms for land acquisition.
• Build and maintain relationships with internal staff to enable the sharing of information to ensure land purchase exercise information is provided accurately and on time.
• Prepare and obtain the necessary approvals to execute documentation.
• Consider health and safety issues for any potential new sites.
• Attend relevant meetings as required under the Company’s procedures.
• Undertake any other duties as required by the Land Director.
• Provide and monitor land market activity on a continuing basis and react to opportunities.
• Build and maintain relationships with local contacts to ensure up-to-date knowledge on current and future market opportunities.
• Monitor competitor activity, as well as identify new opportunities to work with competitors.
• Good knowledge of the geographical area and the main players within it.
• Record and retain any land information received from external providers for future reference.
• Manage and maintain the land register/portfolio for previously completed sites for any further value or commercial opportunities.
• Support the Technical Department, ensuring commercially viable layouts, advise on planning policy.
• The commissioning, co-ordination and checking of various consultant designs and reports.
• Design economically and understand the commercial aspects of design decisions.
• Must be able to communicate well at all levels.
• Have a working knowledge of the planning system.
• Liaise with external consultants to ensure the successful delivery of applications and decisions.

Experience, Qualifications, Technical Requirements

• Previous successful experience in land acquisition process in housebuilding industry.
• Knowledge of planning policy and process.
• Commitment to a progressive career.

What we offer at Taylor Wimpey

At Taylor Wimpey, we are committed to enabling you to make a home with us. Our work is not just about building homes; it's about doing work that matters, making a positive impact on the lives of our customers and the communities we serve. We enjoy many benefits as standard, including excellent retail discounts, company funded life insurance and private healthcare, and access to a quality pension scheme with company contributions. We also offer our discounted house purchase scheme, car leasing scheme and share plans, as well as the opportunity to tailor your benefit package to suit your needs with options such as buying extra annual leave or adding dependants to your benefit cover. Our total reward offer works perfectly with our culture, we are a welcoming community where everyone can feel at home. We create a home to your future by providing opportunities for growth and development. We offer industry leading professional training and development, which supports you to unlock your potential and fulfil your career and personal goals in a variety of opportunities and environments. We look to develop our people in the skills and areas they are most interested in, leveraging your qualities and appreciating your unique competencies, skills and expertise that, when we come together, make this a great place to work. If you want to do work that matters and build a career that lasts, make a home at Taylor Wimpey.

Inclusivity Statement

As a proud Disability Confident Employer, Taylor Wimpey is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We actively collaborate with individuals who have disabilities and long-term health conditions which have an effect on their ability to do normal daily activities, ensuring that barriers are eliminated when it comes to employment opportunities. In line with our commitment, we guarantee an interview to applicants who declare to us during the application process that they have a disability and meet the minimum requirements for the role. Join us in building a truly diverse and empowered team.

Internal Applicants: Please inform your line manager if you wish to apply for this role.