Surveyor - Technical Land Rights

National Grid; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Surveyor in Technical Land Rights, contributing to the transformation of Great Britain's electricity infrastructure. This role offers the opportunity to manage land rights acquisition, support negotiations with stakeholders, and mentor junior colleagues. With hybrid working options and a competitive salary, you will play a vital role in connecting clean energy to homes and businesses. Be part of a team that is at the forefront of energy innovation, ensuring a cleaner, greener future for generations to come.

Benefits

Annual performance bonus

26 days annual leave

Generous pension scheme

Flexible benefits

Family care benefits

Access to health and fitness apps

Qualifications

• Experience in high-value negotiations in a high-risk environment.
• Ability to negotiate with various external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage land rights acquisition for operational projects.
• Liaise with stakeholders and represent the company in negotiations.

Skills

Negotiation Skills

Stakeholder Engagement

Land Use Planning

Data Analysis

Education

Degree in related discipline

AssocRICS or MRICS (working towards)

Job description

About the role

Surveyor - Technical Land Rights

Location: Home Based, National (With office hubs in Leeds, Warwick and The Strand, London)

Great Britain’s electricity infrastructure is undergoing an ambitious, exciting and vital transformation. Together with industry, we are creating a cleaner, greener system, one that protects the planet and serves generations to come.

We are at the forefront of the biggest period of change in the electricity network since the 1960s to meet the demands of Net Zero; upgrading infrastructure across the country to connect more clean, affordable energy to the grid - moving it from where it’s generated to where it’s needed by UK homes and businesses.

There’s never been a better time to work in energy. It’s a time of opportunity and transformation! As a result of this, we're seeing unprecedented growth in our network and are looking to grow our Land Teams.

As a Surveyor, you'll support the delivery of technical land rights for existing National Grid assets and provide expert advice to the land teams in the delivery of our land rights strategy in accordance with current best practice, process and guidance.

In this role you can enjoy our hybrid working from office and home. You'll be flexible to travelling to offices and project sites as required. We are open to full time and part time applicants, as well as flexible working arrangements.

Key accountabilities

• Manage the acquisition of land rights, activities and processes for operational purposes to ensure projects are achieved to time and cost.
• Support the Technical Lead to manage the resolution of loss of development claims associated with National Grid assets.
• Liaise effectively with internal and external stakeholder, landowner and customer requirements providing excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to articulate complex, technical and nuanced ideas concisely and effectively to a range of audiences.
• Represent National Grid at external meetings with major stakeholders and assist in negotiations with institutional landowners and representative organisations.
• Support the setting of policies and rolling out to the business, relating to the acquisition of land and land rights, property and legal challenges in relation to the protection and installation of National Grid assets.
• Support the management of all wayleaves and easements for existing assets to ensure consistency of our land rights.
• Oversee and mentor junior colleagues, provide coaching and assistance as necessary.
• Share lessons learnt and best practice across the wider land team to drive consistency across the portfolio and deliver continuous improvement.

About you

What we do isn’t just important - it’s essential. That’s why we look to recruit current - or potential - experts in their field. In this case, we’re looking for someone who has:

• Experience of dealing with complex and high value negotiations in an externally focused high-risk environment.
• Proven ability to negotiate with a wide range of external stakeholders from individual members of the public, landowners, commercial establishments, contractors, developers.
• Thorough knowledge and application of the principles of land use planning and rights over land and the principles of compensation.
• Experience in supervising resource, both internal and external, including specialists, to deliver land related activities.
• Experience of analysing data from a variety of sources and using this to support business decisions.
• Support and mentor junior colleagues, provide coaching and assistance as necessary to deliver land rights efficiently and effectively.
• Desirable - degree qualified (or equivalent) in a related discipline and/or working towards AssocRICS or MRICS.

Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t match the job description exactly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right person for our growing business in this role or another one.

What you'll get

• A competitive salary between £46,000 - £56,000 - dependent on capability.
• Market supplement of £3,000 per annum.
• Job requirement car.
• An annual performance bonus.
• 26 days annual leave (plus bank holidays).
• The option to buy additional or sell holiday days.
• Generous contributory pension scheme - we will double-match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%.
• A comprehensive internal training programme along with support for relevant external courses.
• 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 11 May 2025 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.

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