Property & Estates Surveyor

Mining Remediation Authority; Mansfield; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Surveyor to lead complex property transactions and manage a diverse land portfolio. This role offers the opportunity to influence strategic land use while ensuring compliance and fostering strong relationships with stakeholders. Join a values-driven organisation committed to making a positive impact on the environment and communities. With flexible working arrangements, generous holiday allowances, and a supportive team, this position is perfect for those looking to advance their career while contributing to essential projects. If you are proactive and resourceful, we want to hear from you!

Benefits

Pension scheme with 28.97% employer contribution

Flexible working arrangements

Generous holiday allowance of 27.5 days

Comprehensive parental leave policy

Support for professional qualifications

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee discounts

Annual health check

On-site free parking

Complimentary tea, coffee, and soft drinks

Qualifications

• Experience in land acquisition and management is essential.
• Strong legal knowledge related to property transactions is required.

Responsibilities

• Manage land acquisitions and disposals to support strategic needs.
• Ensure compliance with statutory responsibilities for surface property.

Skills

Land Acquisition

Property Management

Legal Knowledge

Negotiation Skills

Stakeholder Engagement

Attention to Detail

Problem-Solving

Education

Degree in Surveying or related field

Job description

Are you a skilled property surveyor looking to make a real difference through your work?

Would you like to shape and manage a diverse land portfolio that underpins essential environmental and operational projects?

Ready for a role that blends land acquisition, strategic advice, and hands-on portfolio management in a values-driven organisation?

If so, read on...

We’re looking for a Surveyor who can lead on complex property transactions, offer expert advice, and help shape and manage our land portfolio. If you recognize yourself in the points below, we’d love to hear from you:

• Property & Land Expertise: You bring solid experience in land acquisition, management, and disposals.
• Legal & Contract Knowledge: Confident in leases, valuations, covenants, clawbacks, and the legal aspects of property.
• Strategic Mindset: You offer insightful property advice and help steer long-term land strategy.
• Negotiation Skills: You know how to secure the right outcomes and deliver value in property deals.
• Stakeholder Engagement: You build strong, productive relationships with landowners, councils, and other key partners.
• Attention to Detail: You stay on top of contracts, compliance, and statutory duties with care and accuracy.
• Problem-Solving Ability: You’re proactive, resourceful, and confident handling complex property challenges.

This is an exciting opportunity for a property professional to play a key role in managing the Authority’s land portfolio, supporting critical operational and environmental projects.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Acquire, manage, and dispose of land and property to support the Authority’s operational and strategic needs.
2. Ensure compliance with statutory responsibilities for the Authority’s surface property, excluding shafts and tips.
3. Manage lease renewals, valuations, covenants, and property-related risks, ensuring best-value outcomes.
4. Provide expert property advice to internal teams, helping to shape decisions on land use and development.
5. Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, ensuring effective property management.

This is your chance to make a real impact—supporting vital projects that protect communities and the environment.

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

(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 and 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.