Land Access Manager - Grays

Balfour Beatty; Grays; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Land Access Manager for a significant infrastructure project. This role involves managing a dedicated team, coordinating with various stakeholders, and ensuring compliance with land access regulations. The successful candidate will play a crucial part in supporting construction efforts, promoting environmental culture, and maintaining strong relationships with landowners. Join a company that values diversity and inclusion, offering a range of benefits and a supportive work environment. If you're passionate about making a difference in infrastructure, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Pension Savings Schemes

Employee Discounts

Refer a Friend Bonus

25 Days Paid Annual Leave

Family Friendly Policies

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in relevant fields like Agriculture or Civil Engineering.
• Strong communication skills and experience in construction environments.

Responsibilities

• Manage Land Access Team and coordinate with stakeholders for land access.
• Monitor and manage pre-condition surveys and land files.

Skills

Communication Skills

Root Cause Analysis

Stakeholder Engagement

Project Management

Education

Degree Level Qualification

Diploma from RICS

Tools

Land Access Tracker

CSCS Card

Job description

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About the role

Our Balfour Beatty Highways business has a terrific opportunity for a Land Access Manager for our Lower Thames Crossing project.

Balfour Beatty Highways maintain, manage and operate major highway networks across the UK and support local authorities creating communities where people want to live work and play.

We provide high quality asset strategy, management and planning consultancy services to a wide range of public and private sector customers. We provide specialist, reliable, sustainable and creative advice for asset management planning and implementation in the UK. We put our customers first and prioritise completing schemes safely, efficiently and to a high standard.

What you'll be doing

As a Land Access Manager, you will manage the Land Access Team, work with the National Highways Lands Team, co-ordinate interface between Project Teams, Security Manager, Landowners and Stakeholders for Land and Property Access, Pre-condition Surveys, Monitoring and Hand Back process to support the construction teams in delivering the project:

• Manage Land Access Tracker, data collection, collation, and analysis of Land Plots.
• Maintain and update Land Files.
• Coordinate and undertake (or manage supplier resource) for the pre-condition surveys.
• Monitor LTC Roads North Land Access Management Plan, Land File, handover, monitoring use of land, soils, and hand back process.
• Promote a positive environmental culture through proactive engagement and communications with project teams, including the supply chain.
• Build and develop relationships with all relevant internal and external stakeholders.
• Implement the standards and expectations across the Project relating to Balfour Beatty's responsibilities concerning land including duties in respect of principal contractor as per Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 in line with section S1100.
• Agreeing period of maintenance post Completion of the whole of the works, remediation, making good and post-condition survey for land that is to be handed back.

Who we're looking for

• Degree Level qualified or Diploma accredited from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) desirable, with relevant experience in Agriculture or Civil Engineering, or related similar discipline such as Rural Enterprise and Land Management (REALM).
• Relevant CSCS Card.
• Knowledge of Energy and Carbon [PAS 2080] (desirable).
• Understanding of investigation (root cause analysis) techniques for Environment and Health Safety incident investigation.
• Experience of taking notes and records of meetings with client, stakeholders or supply chain.
• Strong and effective communication skills.
• Experience in construction environment (desirable).

Still interested? then come and become colleagues with 26,000 staff and join a business which recorded 8.6bn in revenues last year, achieved industry leading customer satisfaction scores and has unrivalled employee engagement statistics.

An excellent range of benefits awaits the successful candidate:

• An attractive salary.
• Pension savings schemes.
• A whole host of other BB staff employee benefits (discounts, exclusive offers etc).
• Refer a friend bonus scheme.
• Scores of other Balfour Beatty opportunities available as well via our balfourbeattycareers.com portal.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UKs most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata).
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave.
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more.

About us

Balfour Beatty's Highways business delivers major schemes including motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways. We have a strong order book and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put the road user at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions and add social value to the communities within which we work.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion.

We are a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/.

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [e-mail].