Land Manager

Windward Energy Group; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Windward Energy Group as a Land Manager, focusing on securing land rights for innovative renewable energy projects. You will collaborate with diverse teams and manage stakeholder relationships while contributing to the company's sustainable energy vision. With a flexible work environment and numerous employee benefits, this role offers an exciting opportunity to make an impact.

Benefits

28 days annual leave

Private Medical Insurance

Annual pay review and discretionary bonus

Electric car scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Tech scheme discounts

Qualifications

• Proven track record within land management roles.
• Ability to manage large workloads and multiple stakeholders.
• Experience in progressing land agreements.

Responsibilities

• Secure land rights and manage land access for projects.
• Support hydrogen and LDES project readiness.
• Produce quality maps and reports for stakeholders.

Skills

Negotiation

Stakeholder Management

Commercial Acumen

Self-Motivation

Education

RICS qualified or equivalent

Tools

GIS

Job description

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About Haldane Energy

Windward Energy and its affiliated businesses Haldane Energy, Bute Energy, Green Gen Cymru aim to be a leading player in the development and implementation of innovative renewable energy solutions across the UK. As a group we have made significant progress in building the business and leveraging significant energy transition capital in support of our business activities.

Haldane Energy Limited is focused on developing solutions to utilise constrained wind energy through electrolysis and long duration energy storage to provide peak energy using green Hydrogen.

We have made significant progress in defining our strategic ambitions, through expert modelling and analysis and we are now embarking on the next phase of converting our exciting plans into reality.

As we reach this pivotal stage in our company development, we are looking to build and strengthen our expert team to bring increased external focus and market knowledge to support our transition towards project closure and delivery.

What you can expect as a Haldane Colleague

• Full flexibility with the option to work from home or in the office as needed.
• Flexitime with the ability to work core hours and take time back in lieu throughout the week.
• Fridays are allocated as 'no meeting' days to ensure down time at the end of the week.
• 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays.
• Private Medical Insurance from day 1 with cover for immediate family including spouse or partner and children, including direct mental health pathways and support.
• Annual pay review and discretionary bonus.
• Employer pension contributions up to 7%.
• Electric car scheme via salary sacrifice.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Tech scheme - discounts on latest technology including laptops, phones, and iPads for personal use.
• Life assurance cover and income protection.
• Travel insurance.
• Suite of enhanced policies and provisions to support colleagues through all the moments that matter.
• Regular team socials, activities, sporting events and charity fundraisers.

The Role

REPORTS TO: Head of Land

LOCATION: Edinburgh

The Land Manager will be an integral member of the Haldane Energy team, specifically focusing on securing land rights across all facets of the land assembly strategy as well assisting with the wider commercial and development teams as and when required.

The successful candidate will be highly professional and aspirational with a strong interest and experience within the land industry. This is an exciting opportunity to join a business with a growth mindset and be a significant contributor to its continued success.

Main Responsibilities

• Support the development and readiness of hydrogen and long duration energy storage (LDES) projects as part of the Development team with a primary focus on securing the necessary land rights for designated project locations, both at land level and subterranean.
• Arrange and manage access to land for non-intrusive and intrusive environmental and engineering surveys as required for the development of the project sites.
• Provide guidance to assist with the land acquisition strategy, including identification of opportunities to outperform milestones.
• Produce and maintain an accurate database covering landowner or occupier contacts, to support if necessary, achieving a positive outcome through a compulsory purchase order (CPO) process.
• Continue to develop and maintain the relationships with the groups network of landowners and agents.
• Positively engage with directors, project managers, designers, and support staff to ensure that strategically important programme milestones are achieved, with risks and issues identified and mitigated at an early stage.
• Work with teams of externally appointed land surveyors and agents that will engage directly with landowners and occupiers on behalf of Haldane Energy to achieve necessary agreements.
• Maintain as part of the wider team, accurate land-related budgets for all commercial discussions and report directly to Finance Department to ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Work with Haldane's external professional support team primarily lawyers, agents and consultants.
• Be aware and develop relationships with key stakeholders. Provide and support escalation process for challenging engagements.
• Production of high quality maps, charts, reports and other data deliverables for internal and external issue to local drives as well as online GIS portals;

What we look for in return

Knowledge & Skills

• A technically competent and highly skilled individual that thrives on the challenge to deliver new low carbon electrical and storage infrastructure to the UK energy market.
• A highly motivated individual with the ability to self-manage engagement and relationships with a wide range of counterparties.
• A requirement to be able to manage a large and dynamic workload, as well as internal and external support in execution of business objectives.
• A requirement to be a self-starter with an ability to manage their own workload, whilst committing to spend a large amount of traveling and interacting with key land stakeholders.
• Highly commercial with strong negotiation skills.
• Enthusiastic, ambitious and with a strong desire to create and add value to an organisation through business development.
• Strong people skills with an ability to create and build lasting, trusted, and meaningful relationships with a diverse range of counterparties.
• Confidence, presentation skills, and an ability to think on their feet with a requirement to chair and present to large meetings of landowners and stakeholders.

Experience & Background

• An experienced and appropriately qualified professional (RICS or similar) with a proven track record of success within a similarly challenging role.
• Strong commercial acumen with the skills to develop commercial contracts and negotiations.
• Experience of progressing and managing land agreements and relationships for linear infrastructure development.
• Comprehensive understanding of farming and land management practice is useful but not essential
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills with the ability to drive business initiatives forward and to embrace change, efficiencies, and new innovations.
• Ability to develop strong relationships with landowners to further Haldane Energy's interests.
• A good strategic thinker who can assesses situations quickly and will resolve issues confidently and decisively.
• Desired but not essential experience with GIS providing basic mapping for HoTs and other plan requirements.
• Able to function well within an entrepreneurial team environment whilst at the same time fostering a team culture.
• A proactive self-starter with an ability to manage their own workload, whilst committing to spend a large amount of traveling and interacting with key land stakeholders.
• Someone who is passionate, determined and who is looking for an opportunity to make their mark.

Note: The above responsibilities are neither exclusive nor exhaustive and the incumbent may be called upon to carry out such other appropriate alternative or additional duties as may be required, which are within their capability and competence.

The role will require periodic travel to industry and corporate events, as well as to portfolio sites throughout the UK.

What does our culture mean to us and you?

At Haldane Energy, we are committed to having a workplace that encourages and promotes diversity, equity and inclusion. This means taking account of social or personal challenges that some colleagues may face and making available, the right workplace environment, resources and opportunities, which allow all of us at Haldane Energy, to THRIVE.

Our culture and the way we do things is centred around 'belonging'. We believe that everyone should be able to be their true authentic self at Haldane Energy and encourage this through promoting an inclusive environment which values and encourages different perspectives, thoughts, ideas and backgrounds, to ensure a truly innovative and exciting place to work.

We do not accept any discriminatory attitudes or behaviours. Every single colleague and potential colleague who wishes to join us, should feel confident in equality of opportunity and be free from any bullying, discrimination or harassment on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We hope and encourage all suitably qualified individuals to feel comfortable and energised to join our dedicated team and contribute to GB' s shift towards sustainable energy solutions.