Principal Property Manager - Metal Mines

Mining Remediation Authority; Mansfield; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to transforming landscapes and restoring rivers through innovative land management. As a Principal Property Manager, you will lead the UK's Metal Mines Programme, tackling complex legacy land issues and securing essential land for environmental projects. This role offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on community resilience and environmental improvement while working collaboratively with various stakeholders. Embrace a flexible working environment that values your contributions and supports your professional growth.

Benefits

Pension Scheme with 28.97% Employer Contribution

Flexible Working Arrangements

Generous Holiday Allowance

Parental Leave Policy

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee Discounts

Annual Health Check

Free On-site Parking

Complimentary Beverages

Qualifications

• Extensive post-qualification experience in land acquisition and property strategy.
• Strong leadership and effective communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead property activities supporting the Metal Mines Programme.
• Secure land rights for vital remediation infrastructure.

Skills

Land Acquisition

Property Strategy

Stakeholder Management

Negotiation Skills

Project Management

Education

Chartered Surveyor Qualification

Job description

Are you an experienced and versatile Chartered Surveyor looking for a unique leadership opportunity where your work supports cleaner rivers, protects communities, and delivers long-term environmental change?

Are you ready for a new challenge - one that combines commercial negotiation, public interest, and complex legacy land issues across England and Wales?

Are you interested in joining a growing, innovative and enthusiastic team, where you will have the opportunity to deliver important projects and learn new skills?

If so, read on...

Role

We’re looking for someone who can bring leadership, expertise, and vision to this role. If you tick the following boxes, we want to hear from you:

1. Chartered Surveyor Expertise: You bring extensive post-qualification experience in land acquisition, property strategy, and complex site negotiations.
2. Leadership Skills: You’re a strong leader, a collaborative team player, and an effective communicator.
3. Programme Delivery Experience: You’ve successfully secured and managed land interests for infrastructure or environmental projects, working at pace and across multiple stakeholders.
4. Stakeholder Management: Skilled at navigating complex stakeholder relationships in property matters.
5. Organisational Excellence: You excel at managing high-volume, detailed caseloads, with superb oral and written communication skills.
6. Financial and Commercial Acumen: You understand cost recovery, funding agreements, and value-for-money principles in public or commercial settings.

As Principal Property Manager - Metal Mines, you’ll lead the land acquisition and estate management elements of the UK’s Metal Mines Programme - part of a multi-year commitment to halve river pollution caused by historic mining by 2038.

Your role will be central to securing land for new mine water treatment schemes and diffuse pollution interventions, delivering projects in collaboration with Defra, the Environment Agency, and the Welsh Government.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Leading and directing all property activities supporting the Metal Mines Programme in England and Wales.
• Securing leaseholds, freeholds, licences, and other land rights to enable the delivery of vital remediation infrastructure.
• Managing risks and legacy liabilities arising from complex land ownership and historical mining activity.
• Working in partnership with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure timely project delivery aligned with funding and environmental targets.
• Promoting innovation in land strategy and driving forward our commitment to environmental improvement and community resilience.

This role is your opportunity to help deliver the UK’s biggest river clean-up programme through skilled negotiation, strategic insight, and strong leadership.

Ready to take the lead?

Join us and be part of a once-in-a-generation programme that’s transforming landscapes, restoring rivers, and making a difference to the environment and communities we serve.

We don’t expect candidates to meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!

To find out more about the role, take a look at the job description.

Role location: Hybrid working (on average 2 days working out of our Mansfield office)

Schedule

Application closing date: 11th May 2025

Sifting date: 12th May 2025

Interviews: w/c 19th May 2025

(If you are unavailable on these interview dates, please make us aware and we will look at alternative dates)

Security

Successful candidates must pass basic security checks and will be subject to UK Immigration requirements.

Unfortunately we are unable to provide sponsorship for our roles.

Our Benefits

• A cutting-edge pension scheme with an impressive employer contribution rate of approximately 28.97%.
• Experience our values-based recognition scheme that celebrates your contributions.
• Flexibility in working patterns, whether it's full-time, part-time, or compressed hours.
• Embrace flexible working arrangements tailored to your needs.
• Enjoy a generous holiday allowance of 27.5 days annually, plus the flexibility to add 6 extra days to that, alongside 8 public holidays.
• Benefit from a comprehensive parental leave policy with 26 weeks of full pay (subject to eligibility).
• Get support to further your professional qualifications and payment for one annual professional subscription.
• Access a free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme to support your well-being.
• Unlock exclusive employee discounts.
• Ensure your well-being with an annual health check and receive £15 monthly towards well-being activities.
• Enjoy the convenience of on-site free parking, along with complimentary tea, coffee, and soft drinks at our Mansfield office.

Working With Us

We offer different ways to work flexibly, and the following types of flexibility are usually possible: job share, flexible hours, working from home for part of the week and compressed hours. Please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you at your interview.

With a genuine commitment to flexible working, we believe that work-life balance is incredibly important.

Who We Are

Here at the Mining Remediation Authority, we really are a great team to work with. We’re united in our passion and commitment to make a better future for people and the environment in mining areas.

We carry out a wide variety of essential services from responding to coal mining hazards, to keeping everyone and everything safe from mine water pollution.

We are excited about what our future holds. Our work is helping to develop a new sustainable source of renewable energy for the UK. By harnessing the energy from mine water heat, we hope to play a key role towards helping the UK to meet net-zero emissions by 2050.

We truly are a supportive organisation where we all live and breathe our values. We are inclusive, trusted and progressive in everything that we do.

Equality, Diversity And Inclusion

As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the minimum selection criteria who are disabled or from a minority ethnic community.

We want to recruit you based on your skills and experience, and not the colour of your skin, where you come from, or who you share your life with. What’s important is that you can carry out your role effectively. That’s why, when you submit your application to us, we remove all your personal data before the hiring manager reviews your details. If you are successful and you join us, you can be confident that this is because we trust that you will be successful and can make a difference. By continuing to improve our diversity, we continue to improve our knowledge and innovation and live our values of being trusted, inclusive and progressive.

If you have the skills and experience that we are looking for, but you require an alternative application form or other reasonable adjustments to apply, let us know. You can get in touch by email at [e-mail] or give us a call on 01623 637000.