Land Consultant

WSP; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global professional services firm is looking for Land Consultants to support land access and stakeholder engagement for major infrastructure projects in Scotland. The successful candidate will work with multi-disciplinary teams to identify landowners and manage statutory processes. Candidates should have strong project management skills, advanced GIS knowledge, and effective communication. This role offers flexible working and the opportunity to contribute to high-profile projects across the UK and Ireland.

Qualifications

• Experience in land services and statutory processes.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and projects.
• Strong understanding of Scottish land ownership practices.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of land access and stakeholder engagement.
• Identify landowners and liaise with various stakeholders.
• Work with teams to secure land access for surveys.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Project management skills

Effective communication

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Advanced GIS skills

Tools

Microsoft Office

GIS/mapping tools

Job description

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

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WSP is a global professional services firm specialising in engineering and advisory services. We are also one of the UK's largest suppliers of Land Services to our clients who develop major highway, rail, energy and renewable infrastructure projects, all of which impact privately owned land.

We are currently working on projects for the following high profile clients:

• SSE - Transmission and Distribution
• National Gas
• Transport Scotland
• Heathrow Airport
• Thames Water
• Hynet
• Dublin Metrolink
• RWE Renewables
• Statkraft

To find out more about our Land business click on the following link and discover what awaits you at WSP:

Land referencing and land assembly | WSP

Your new role, what's involved?

• Your work will support our teams in the delivery of land access, landowner & stakeholder engagement, optioneering and statutory processes.
• Identification of landowners, occupiers and other parties that hold an interest in land, through interpretation and research of Registers of Scotland information.
• Liaising with landowners, land agents, legal representatives, planning authorities, stakeholders, contractors and clients.
• Working with multi-disciplinary teams to secure access to land for surveys, whether by agreement or through statutory mechanisms.
• Contribute to WSP Land delivery and success of high-profile infrastructure projects within Scotland and the wider UK and Ireland business.
• You will provide training and mentoring to junior colleagues and the ability to undertake technical assurance of other colleagues’ work.
• You will have commercial awareness with an understanding of budget, scope, change control and other project management activities, including identification of project risks to the project owner.
• The role will involve client-facing activities where you will represent the business at Land Consultant level on projects.

Your Team

As a result of continued project success and the award of new projects, our projected pipeline of work is already looking very healthy, and our 2026-2027 growth strategy is aiming to further increase our projected revenue. The Land Discipline is therefore looking to expand and strengthen the team of experienced land professionals by adding Land Consultants at flexible locations across Scotland.

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of WSP’s Land team in the delivery of land referencing, land acquisition, land access, formal consents, statutory orders and landowner engagement. Our Scotland Region is currently made up of land consultants, property specialists, and utility / topographical surveyors working across our Edinburgh, Glasgow and Perth offices, with expansion planned towards the Highlands, Moray and Aberdeenshire areas. We work closely with over 300 Land colleagues across the UK and Ireland delivering land services on a variety of projects across the energy, water, road, rail and active-travel sectors. Our clients develop major highway, rail, energy and renewable infrastructure projects all of which impact privately owned land. We are the largest Land Referencing business in the UK, with recent high‑profile projects include A9 Dualling, SSEN and various onshore renewables clients.

As part of our Land Team, you will combine office, home and on‑site working deliver components for the delivery of land consenting projects ensuring the validity, accuracy and auditability of information collected. You will work collaboratively in a fast‑paced environment, working with a team of Land Consultants to deliver the necessary information required to identify, notify, engage, and gain access to lands and secure required consents with landowners affected by infrastructure projects.

We work locally, making a difference to Scotland‑based projects but also nationally with other WSP teams, using our in‑house land information and consultation databases alongside GIS systems, with a focus on innovation and quality. Our colleagues are from a diverse range of careers backgrounds including Estate Management, Forestry, Agriculture, Project Management, Liaison Officers, Site Supervision, Land Agency and more. The diverse range of skills all combine to provide a full and comprehensive skillset within the business for our clients.

We would love to hear from you if you have:

• A keen interest in delivering land services for clients (whether land referencing, survey access, stakeholder and landowner engagement or statutory processes). If you have relevant transferable skills and are passionate about the land and consenting industry, we would love to hear from you.
• Experience of working as part of multi‑disciplinary teams to deliver high quality outputs for clients.
• Effective communication and organisational skills with ability to liaise at all levels with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to delegate and undertake technical assurance of other colleagues’ work.
• Drive and enthusiasm to create strong technical work.
• You must be able to travel to site and remote locations.
• General IT skills, Microsoft Office suite including Teams, and basic skills with GIS/mapping tools.
• Advanced GIS skills would be advantageous, accompanied by an interest in project land delivery.
• If you have specific skills in the following fields and have ambition to apply and extend your skills within Infrastructure projects as it applies to land and consenting projects.
• Identification of land, ownership, and interests in land.
• Strong understanding of Scottish land ownership and land management practices.
• Project management skills from infrastructure projects.
• Stakeholder engagement for infrastructure projects.
• Experience and/or knowledge of UK statutory consents requirements, would be an advantage, but not essential. Consents examples include Hybrid Bill, TWAO, DCO, CPO, and/or Vesting Order.
• Experience of W ayleaves and Necessary Wayleave agreements for Energy Projects would be beneficial.

Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team. Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.

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