I have been involved in a number of successful tenders for new utility clients.
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the firm provides
excellent opportunities
to learn and develop
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jane barlow
What attracted you
to Carter Jonas?
Carter Jonas has an excellent reputation for quality property services, as well as an experienced infrastructure team. They seemed to offer the opportunity to grow the infrastructures team by teaming my experience with Carter Jonas’ property expertise.
Tell us more about your journey with Carter Jonas so far.
I joined in November 2017 and spent some time with the Birmingham office infrastructure team to obtain a good understanding of how the team and Carter Jonas operate. I have been involved in a number of successful tenders for new utility clients and have spent a good proportion of my time working in the mobilisation team
for the Highways England
property management
contract. It has taken
12 months to fully mobilise the Highways England contract which has been extremely challenging, and rewarding to establish a team of 15 spread across three offices.
What skills do you need to be successful in your role?
I need to be organised, communicate well and be able to think outside of the box. In order to develop new business and mobilise a large contract, I have also had to quickly understand how Carter Jonas operates and have built great relationships across the business with IT, client accounts and
contract management.
Ben
Cocker
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE PART OF WORKING AT CARTER JONAS?
The nature of the workload at Carter Jonas is diverse and interesting, a working day does not feel chore-like or repetitive. As a junior member of staff seeking practical experience, the firm provides excellent opportunities to learn and develop in the role; senior colleagues are also very approachable and helpful! It is exciting to be involved in nationally significant infrastructure schemes such as HS2.
I believe those
who are successful in my role have good communication skills.
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Andrew chandler
understanding of how the team and Carter Jonas operate. I have been involved in a number of successful tenders for new utility clients and have spent a good proportion of my time working in the mobilisation team for the Highways England property management contract. It has taken 12 months to fully mobilise the Highways England contract which has been extremely challenging, and rewarding to establish a team of 15 spread across three offices.
What attracted you to Carter Jonas?
Carter Jonas has an excellent reputation for quality property services, as well as an experienced infrastructure team. They seemed to offer the opportunity to grow the infrastructures team by teaming my experience with Carter Jonas’ property expertise.
Tell us more about your journey with Carter Jonas so far.
I joined in November 2017 and spent some time with the Birmingham office infrastructure team to obtain a good
What skills do you need to be successful in your role?
I need to be organised, communicate well and be able to think outside of the box. In order to develop new business and mobilise a large contract, I have also had to quickly understand how Carter Jonas operates and have built great relationships across the business with IT, client accounts and contract management.
jane barlow
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE
PART OF WORKING AT
CARTER JONAS?
The nature of the workload at Carter Jonas is diverse and interesting, a working day does not feel chore-like or repetitive. As a junior member of staff seeking practical experience, the firm provides excellent opportunities to learn and develop in the role; senior colleagues are also very approachable and helpful! It is exciting to be involved in nationally significant infrastructure schemes such as HS2.
What does a typical day look like for you?
A typical day is dependent on the ongoing project at the time. Currently, I am working with Birmingham City Council to facilitate
the acquisition of a retail parade, which is required for the Commonwealth Games. My day-to-day activities involve strategic advice to the client in relation to the submitted compulsory purchase order; engagement with affected parties, to negotiate and acquire affected interests; and to compile Red Book compliant recommendation reports.
What are the skills you need to be successful in your role?
I believe those who are successful in my role have good communication skills. Compulsory purchase can be a controversial field; often the parties affected would rather be removed from the scheme, and sometimes inspections can be contentious. Ahead of meetings it is important to be as informed as possible, as this will help manage expectations.
