Land Manager/Surveyor

Ardent Management Limited; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 40.000 - 65.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Hybrid working

25 days annual leave

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Company pension scheme

Benenden Health Care

Cycle to Work scheme

Electric car leasing

Recognition awards

Long service leave

Discretionary annual bonus scheme

Zusammenfassung

Ardent Management Limited is seeking a Land Manager/Surveyor to join our Land Assembly team in Glasgow. The role involves delivering land access strategies across infrastructure projects, with opportunities to work rurally and in urban settings, and potential UK-wide assignments. Hybrid working is supported.

Ideal candidates will advise on land rights, compensation, and habitat management agreements while contributing to growth and client satisfaction within a dynamic, purpose-driven environment.

Qualifikationen

• Ability to build effective working relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Comfort with cross-functional teamwork and clear, timely communication.

Aufgaben

• Project Delivery – assist in the delivery of projects tasks, ensuring project delivery and outcomes are met.
• Exceed client expectations through client delight score and maximise performance of the team.
• Communication - liaising with landowners, serving notices, negotiating access, client interaction and responding to public inquiries.
• Strengthen stakeholder relationships and improve public trust, reducing conflicts or delays to land access.
• Support Project Account Manager with financials, timesheets and expenses to be accurate and on time.
• Provide guidance on land rights processes and lead negotiations to secure land access agreements.

Jobbeschreibung

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Job Title Land Manager/Surveyor

Directorate (and Team) Land Assembly

Location (supported by Hybrid Working) Glasgow

Full Time or Part Time Full Time (but happy to discuss flexible working)

Company Overview

Ardent is the UK’s leading provider of land, consent management and stakeholder engagement services to support major infrastructure and regeneration projects from concept to delivery.We are Project Managers, Chartered Surveyors, Engagement specialists and Land Referencers, based in London, Birmingham, Warrington, Leeds, Glasgow and Dublin and supporting projects throughout the UK and Ireland.Established in 1992, we are a high-growth business with a client portfolio that includes some of the biggest players across our four core sectors of transport, renewables, utilities and regeneration.We are passionate about delivering life-improving change for communities and future generations and we are proud to play a key role in facilitating and delivering the UK and Ireland’s net zero and growth agendas, improving connectivity, enabling the repurposing of high streets and town centres and delivering new homes.We are problem-solvers that are outcome focused working collaboratively with our clients to provide strategic advice and services that identify and mitigate risks, deliver efficiencies, delivering buildable consents and then implementing those consents to positively change people’s lives and the world that we live in.

Role Purpose

Ardent is seeking a land professional Land Manager or Surveyor to work within existing project teams and contribute to the day-to-day activities in relation to utilities, renewables, transport and regeneration projects.. This role is critical in ensuring cohesive delivery and support for key a range of infrastructure projects. Leveraging your experience, you will provide advice, consider the implications of delivering land access and rights for our clients across Scotland. Our Projects are diverse and can be located rurally or in urban environments and may also include potential opportunities to the rest of the UK and Ireland.

The role will come with the opportunity to travel to meet with affected parties and working with industry experts across our specialist teams.This position provides the opportunity to further develop expertise in compulsory purchase, land rights, compensation, and habitat management agreements, while contributing to the growth and reputation of Ardent.

Values Alignment & Shared Commitment

You will be an ambassador of the Ardent values, promoting a culture of integrity, collaboration and excellence, inspiring a commitment to inclusivity, change and innovation.

Thirst for knowledge - We embrace every opportunity to learn, grow and continuously improve Own it - We do what we say we will do. We own our individual actions, are accountable for them,

and take pride in adding value Be the difference - Focus energy to make things happen. Go beyond process. Stand up, Stand out Enjoy the journey - Have fun, be engaged and be proud to be Ardent Adapt - We drive change and innovation to deliver growth and new opportunities in an ever

changing world

Key Accountabilities, Responsibilities & Outcomes

Accountabilities and / or Responsibilities Outcome

Project Delivery – assist in the delivery ofprojects tasks, ensuring project delivery andoutcomes are met.

Exceed client expectations through client delight scoreand maximise performance of the team.

Communication - Liaising with landowners,serving notices, agreeing access, negotiating,client interaction and dealing with publicenquiries.

Strengthen stakeholder relationships and improvepublic trust, resulting in smoother project delivery andreduced conflicts or delays to access land.

Project hygiene – support the Project AccountManager with the financial requirements andensuring timesheets and expenses areaccurate and submitted on time.

Help to exceed forecasted commercial performancefor the project and support the directorate andbusinesses WIP and debtors KPIs are met.

Technical Knowledge –provide guidance to theclient in relation to land right processes whilstlearning and seeking guidance from teammembers where needed.

Deliver instruction in an effective and efficientmanner, building confidence of the client andstakeholders. Fair, timely resolution of claims.

People Leadership - Act as a mentor to juniormembers of the team supporting withtechnical advice/CPD.

Increase teams knowledge base and performance bypassing on experience and advice, improve teamretention and engagement scores.

Growth – Business development and crossselling.

Support with the wider growth of the business,expanding instructions by exceeding client

Competency, Skills & Experience Outcome

Ability to build effective workingrelationships with clients and otherstakeholders, both internally and externally.

Enhance cross-functional teamwork and faster, morealigned decision-making, leading to increased projectefficiency, resulting in improved team collaborationand strategic alignment across projects and increased

Desire to develop and learn peopleleadership skills to inspire, develop, andempower high-performing teams.

Learn how to lead a high-performing engaged team.

Basic infrastructure market knowledge andawareness of policy and upcoming potentialchanges.

Able to give advice to clients in support of theirprojects. Improving client delight scores and repeatbusiness.

Knowledge of land access, land rights, way;leaves, easements, licenses, compensationframework, stakeholder engagement and

Exceed client expectations by providing effectivesupport finding solutions / efficiencies to deliver majorinfrastructure projects inline or ahead of program.

Lead on negotiations, develop and completeagreements while evidencing meaningful

Proactively secure agreements on behalf of the client,improving delivery of projects and maintainingrelationships with key stakeholders for the project.Securing withdrawal of objections and reducing risk atexamination.

Excellent interpersonal skills and ability tocommunicate effectively verbally and inwriting to a variety of audiences.

Clear and concise communication to team members,clients and project teams leading to successful projectoutcomes and reporting to the project team, thebusiness and the client.

What we offer

We are a purpose, and values led business with a strong focus on personal growth and opportunities to contribute to impactful infrastructure and regeneration projects across the UK and Ireland, living our purpose in delivering life improving change for communities and future generations.

We promote a supportive and collaborative culture, where our people are empowered through coaching, hybrid working, and a healthy work-life balance. Our commitment to professional development is clear, from supporting early-career professionals to enabling progression through professional qualifications and continuous learning, living our Thirst for Knowledge value. We provide purposeful work, which includes our contributions to the UK’s net zero agenda and community regeneration, and seek people who value the opportunity to solve complex challenges in a culture that thrives on innovation.

We’re a fast-growing business with a culture centered on learning, innovation, and opportunity.Through our company-wide coaching programme, we empower our people with faster, personalised career development, a deeper connection to our culture and values, and greater ownership of their progression.

We’re looking for curious, ambitious individuals who thrive in a dynamic, purpose-driven environment, where learning, openness, trust, and collaboration are at the heart of everything we do. We also know the importance of enjoying the journey, which is why we value social connection and having fun along the way.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the health and wellbeing, engagement, and work-life balance of our team.

• hybrid working
• 25 days of annual leave (with options to buy or carry over)
• enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• company pension scheme
• Benenden Health Care, offering mental health support, 24/7 GP services, physiotherapy, optical and dental cover, and personal accident protection (depending on level)
• Cycle to Work scheme
• electric car leasing
• recognition awards
• long service leave
• discretionary annual bonus scheme

We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer, and we’re passionate about creating a workplace where you’re empowered to bring your authentic self to work every day.

We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive team where everyone belongs.

We welcome talent from all backgrounds and actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups.