DCO Project Manager

Role Overview

You will lead and further develop our Major Projects Team, develop strong working relationships with partners across the practice and manage the delivery of our DCO Portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the delivery of DCO Land Programmes throughout the whole project lifecycle to ensure they are delivered safely, on time, to budget, meeting business & technical requirements.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert/Senior Advisor across business for all DCO matters.
• Ensure effective client and stakeholder communications.
• Work collaboratively with other Savills teams (e.g. Land Referencing) to ensure DCO deliverables.
• Report and analyse team’s progress to Infrastructure business Board.
• Lead the assembly, review and implementation of DCO compliant Land Strategies.
• Provide full land support to CPO process.  

Key Skills

• Experience in managing and growing teams (line management, recruitment, training, implementation of best practices).
• A demonstrable track record in the successful development and implementation of land strategies for DCO projects.
• Awareness of necessary IT systems and GIS
• Relevant qualification (RICS, APM, etc.)
• Ability to work efficiently within a multidisciplinary integrated delivery team
• A detailed understanding of DCO processes and legislative requirements
• A good understanding of the transition from preconstruction planning consent through to commencement on site, with the allocation and handover of consents and obligations

Team Overview
The Infrastructure Projects team is a single department covering the whole of the UK. It consists of over 60 staff located throughout the country at entry level to those with over 30 years’ experience.

We specialise in Infrastructure and Utilities clients and projects and are passionate about the high levels of service and collaborative working with our clients.

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