Senior Surveyor / Surveyor - North

Description

You'll be part of a diverse land team providing expert land rights and acquisitions services required for new electrical assets for National Grid. This will be in accordance with current legislation and guidance, best practice and procedure, to ensure National Grid adheres to its licence obligations.

• Report on programme, key milestone delivery, risk, contract and financial management on a regular basis. This includes being able to identify and distil complex land issues in a succinct and clear way to key stakeholders.
• Support the Senior Surveyors and Land Project Managers in the successful procurement and management of external resource to deliver required lands activities.
• Support and mentor junior colleagues, provide coaching and assistance as necessary to deliver land rights efficiently and effectively.
• Successfully develop & deliver land rights and acquisitions for our infrastructure projects from development to construction, including access to land, securing land rights, and the negotiation of compensation settlements.
• Share lessons learnt and best practice across the wider land team to drive consistency across the portfolio and deliver continuous improvement.
• Implement National Grid Lands Rights Strategy (and other supporting policies and procedures) in a transparent, credible, consistent and economic way.
• Use your strong grasp of DCO/CPO processes to champion and raise the profile of the land team across the projects and navigating complex lands challenges.

Requirements

You'll be flexible to travel to offices and project sites around the North of England, therefore a Northern base location is preferable.

• Experience of delivering start to finish land activities for utility projects including access to land, securing land rights, and the negotiation of compensation settlements.
• Understanding and knowledge of the legal and regulatory parameters that National Grid work within, including the range of statutory powers available.
• Experience in project, programme, risk, contract and financial management, including accurate and timely customer reporting.
• Communicate and manage internal and external stakeholder, landowner and customer requirements providing excellent written and verbal communication with the ability to articulate complex, technical and nuanced ideas concisely and effectively to a range of audiences.
• Desirable - degree qualified (or equivalent) in a related discipline and/or working towards AssocRICS or MRICS.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to ensure effective engagement with all relevant stakeholders (internally and externally).
• Ability to effectively manage (often competing) internal/external stakeholder, landowner and customer requirements.
• Ability to manage projects to deliver required outputs on time and within budget.
• Understanding and knowledge of the consenting regimes and processes relevant to complex linear projects. This includes the Planning Act (2008) Development Consent Order and Compulsory Purchase Order processes and practice including the compensation code.
• Demonstrate strong financial acumen and advanced negotiation skills including creative problem solving, and the ability to secure favourable outcomes when managing contractors and suppliers.
• Experience of working within multidisciplinary teams (engineering, legal, consenting) to support overall project delivery.

Benefits

Our investment in Strategic Infrastructure via The Great Grid Upgrade will mean more home-grown power, greater energy security and a cleaner future.

This role offers hybrid working from office and home. Our Head Office is based in Warwick, and we have office hubs in Leeds, Birmingham and London.

We need people with the skills and enthusiasm to help deliver for our customers today and build an energy network that’s fit for the future. In return we can offer you the chance to make a real impact at work.

• 26 days annual leave (plus bank holidays).
• Family care benefits including a back-up care service for when your usual care arrangements fall through (six paid days each year as standard with the option to purchase further days).
• Market supplement of £3,000 per annum.
• Access to flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.
• A comprehensive internal training programme along with support for relevant external courses.
• Access to apps that support health, fitness and wellbeing.
• An annual performance bonus.
• Job requirement car.
• Generous contributory pension scheme - we will double-match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%.
• Financial support to help cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions, course fees, books, exam fees and time off for study leave - so long as it's relevant to your role.
• A competitive salary between £48,000 - £67,000 – dependent on capability.
• The option to buy additional or sell holiday days.

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