Senior Land Consultant

Description

• Establish training programmes and succession planning within the land team
• Successfully led a technical team of land consultants to deliver land consenting or land assembly services on Survey Engagement
• Consulting with landowners to explain proposed scheme, programme, discuss potential impacts and ensure accurate consultation notes are taken and uploaded to our consultation database
• Drive integration of land access with engineering, planning, and environmental strategies
• Resolve disputes and escalate sensitive issues with diplomacy and authority
• Management of junior members of Land Team providing support and technical training
• Ensuring that WSP H&S procedures are adhered to for all site work
• Oversee compliance with statutory processes and ensure projects meet regulatory and legal obligations
• Provide senior-level advice to clients and project boards on land acquisition risks and opportunities
• Contribute to commercial strategy and risk management for land-related contracts
• The position focuses on securing land access, arranging surveys and and building strong relationships with stakeholders and landowners
• Lead audits and quality assurance reviews of land access documentation and processes

Requirements

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to engage with landowners, communities, and stakeholders
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships with colleagues, landowners and client at all levels
• Good commercial awareness with an understanding of budget, scope, change control and other project management activities
• Skilled in stakeholder engagement, building trust and maintaining positive relationship
• Ability to arrange and coordinate land surveys, ensuring compliance with legal and environmental standards
• Demonstrable experience of reducing land risk for clients and advising them on land related matters throughout all stages of a project lifecycles
• Excellent communication and organisational skills and ability to liaise at all levels with both internal and external stakeholders
• Ideally have experience of managing land access projects in the Energy industry
• Experience working on infrastructure, utilities, or energy projects (preferred)
• Strong knowledge and experience of UK Land Access and Licence requirements, such as S172’s and permits as well as an understanding of the land and property industry would be beneficial
• General IT skills, Microsoft Office suite including Teams, and strong skills with GIS/mapping tools
• Evidence of leading teams to deliver complex work
• The ability to work in a fast-paced environment on major infrastructure projects in multi-disciplinary teams
• Knowledge of Ops & non ops Land access permissions, land access Licence’s S172s, E Permit Procedure, RAMS and Site Safety experience (preferred)

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance