Land Manager (Access to Land Team - Existing Infrastructure)

National Grid; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A major utility provider in the United Kingdom seeks a Land Manager to lead a team managing land access for maintenance and capital works. This role involves strategic planning and operational execution of land rights negotiations and compliance with safety policies. With a competitive salary range of £65,000 – £75,000 and additional benefits, this position allows for hybrid working arrangements across England and Wales. Join us in facilitating infrastructure projects and contributing to the nation's energy security.

Benefits

A competitive salary

Annual performance bonus

Job-requirement car

28 days annual leave

Generous pension scheme

Financial support for professional development

Access to flexible benefits

Family care benefits

Health and wellbeing apps

Qualifications

• Experience managing a geographically dispersed team.
• Technical understanding of legal and regulatory parameters for statutory undertakers.
• Good working knowledge of the Electricity Act 1989.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support a team of Land Officers.
• Report on programme delivery and project risks.
• Ensure compliance with National Grid’s policies for land acquisition.
• Support safety culture and show visible leadership.
• Manage the supply chain in workstreams.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Project management

Team management

Communication skills

Job description

About the role

At National Grid, we keep people connected and society moving. We own and maintain the high-voltage electricity transmission network in England and Wales. Every time a phone is plugged in, or a switch is turned on, we’ve played a part, connecting you to the electricity you need.

We also take green energy seriously. We're investing over £30bn between 2025 and 2029 in projects that support the UK’s net zero and power decarbonisation targets.

As a Land Manager, you'll lead a team of Land Officers and Suppliers to deliver access to facilitate a wide range of maintenance and capital works on existing National Grid assets, both overhead and underground, and provide expert advice and support to Asset Operations (AO) teams. Our electricity assets include overhead lines, pylons, underground cables, and transmission substations, with innovation and technology enabling us to operate more efficiently, reliably, and safely every day.

Our Access to Land team plays a pivotal role in delivering The Great Grid Upgrade. Our teams are dedicated to securing land access rights, negotiating with landowners, and navigating complex compensation settlements, without which it wouldn't be possible to build and maintain our future Grid. It’s no small feat – and we need the best to join us in our mission.

This role welcomes applicants UK wide, and we offer hybrid working from office and home. You'll be flexible to weekly travel throughout England and Wales as required. You'll also have a driving licence that permits you to drive in the UK.

Key accountabilities

• Lead and support a team of Land Officers to drive forward the delivery of land access across a wide portfolio of projects from development to delivery to AO desired programme.
• 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 in regular reports to the SI leadership team and ET/SI Project Directors.
• Ensure work is delivered in accordance with National Grid’s policies, processes and frameworks for the acquisition of land and land rights.
• Undertake long‑term work planning and ensure project resource requirements are identified, recruited and sufficiently trained ahead of need whilst minimising the risk of being over‑resourced.
• Support National Grid’s safety culture and show visible leadership to ensure that safety is foremost in all activities.
• Manage the supply chain in the delivery of the required workstreams.

About you

• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and communication skills to ensure effective engagement with all relevant stakeholders (internally and externally).
• Experience of working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams (engineering, legal, consenting) to support overall project delivery.
• Experience of providing project and contract management services.
• Experience of managing (or willingness to develop relevant skills) a diverse, geographically dispersed team to deliver a productive and sustainable work environment.
• Experience of analysing data from a variety of sources and using this to support business decisions.
• Technical understanding, knowledge and experience of the legal and regulatory parameters that statutory undertakers work within, including the range of statutory powers available, understanding how these then relate to the relevant project strategy and approach.
• Good working knowledge of the Electricity Act 1989 and the different types of voluntary land agreements used to secure National Grid assets or equivalent.

What you’ll get

• A competitive salary between £65,000 – £75,000 – dependent on capability.
• An annual performance bonus of up to 30% of your eligible earnings in the performance year.
• Job‑requirement car.
• 28 days annual leave plus eight statutory days.
• The option to buy additional or sell holiday days.
• A 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.
• 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.
• 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).
• Access to apps that support health, fitness and wellbeing.

About us

National Grid Strategic Infrastructure is a Business Unit created to propel our grid forward to deliver in 5 years, what has been achieved in the previous 30. By 2030 we aim to have 17 new major infrastructure projects live across England, Scotland and Wales.

Here at National Grid, we connect homes and businesses to power, making sure supply and demand match each other. We make sure the lights are on in schools, operating theatres, and sporting arenas; we’re thousands of people working on behalf of millions of people.

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

Whatever your role, wherever you work with us, you’ll help us hit stretching targets and achieve our far‑reaching goal: to secure, clean energy that supports our world far into the future. Here, you will be at the heart of energy.

More information

This role closes on 16 January 2026 at 23:59, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.