Land Manager / Solar and BESS

Mint Selection | B Corp; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

25% bonus

Job summary

Mint Selection is recruiting a Land Manager for a UK solar and storage developer transitioning to long-term ownership of its assets. Remote-first with office attendance 1 day per month in London; travel to sites as portfolio requires.

The role covers land manage­ment across the portfolio from consent through operation, protecting value as projects progress. You will own the land bank end to end, handle options, leases, easements, and renewals, and work with grid, planning, and asset teams to

Qualifications

• Experience managing land agreements for renewable energy in the UK.
• Strong grasp of UK land agreements: options, leases, easements, wayleaves, rent reviews.
• Proven ability to maintain long-term landowner relationships.
• Experience with planning, grid and asset operation impacts on land.
• RICS background is useful but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage the existing land bank: options, leases and renewals across the portfolio.
• Own landowner relationships across the portfolio through consent to operation.
• Track and discharge land obligations, access, easements and wayleaves across lifecycle.
• Collaborate with grid, planning, development and asset teams to align land with projects.

Skills

Land management

Renewable energy

Relationship building

Land agreements

Education

RICS background

Tools

Land registry systems

Job description

Remote first with 1 day/Month in London, UK (Hybrid)

25% bonus

Our client is a UK solar and battery storage developer moving into ownership and operation, shifting from building projects to sell towards holding them as an IPP. That changes what land means to them. It's no longer something to secure and pass on, it's an asset they'll manage for decades. They're hiring a Land Manager to look after the land bank sitting under that portfolio and keep it sound as projects move from planning into construction and long-term operation.

The Company

A developer building out a utility-scale solar and storage portfolio in the UK and transitioning into an IPP. The team is lean and multidisciplinary, so land sits close to grid, planning, development and asset management. You'd own the land bank end to end and have a direct hand in protecting the value of what gets built.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the existing land bank: options, leases and agreements across the portfolio, handling renewals, variations, rent reviews and extensions.


• Own landowner relationships across the portfolio, keeping them strong as projects move from consent through construction into operation.


• Track and discharge land obligations, access, easements and wayleaves through the full asset lifecycle.


• Work with grid, planning, development and asset teams so land supports projects long after financial close.

Experience & Qualifications

• Track record managing land agreements for renewable energy, or comparable infrastructure, in the UK.


• Solid grasp of UK land agreements: options, leases, easements, wayleaves, rent reviews and variations.


• Relationship skills that hold up over years, not just to signing, since these sites are held for the long term.


• A rural surveying, land agency or RICS background is useful, though not essential if the land management experience is there.


• Awareness of how planning, grid and asset operation place ongoing demands on land.


• Competitive salary with 25% bonus.


• Remote with office attendance 1 day/month, with travel to site as the portfolio needs it.


• Pension and standard holiday allowance.


• A land bank role at a developer building towards long-term ownership, so your work holds value well past first energisation.

Mint Selection is committed to inclusive hiring and equal opportunities. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are focused on building diverse teams that reflect the global energy transition.