We're looking for a Senior Land Consultant to join our team. As a Senior Land Consultant, you will secure land access, arrange surveys, and build strong relationships with stakeholders and landowners. You will lead audits and quality assurance reviews, drive integration of land access with engineering, planning, and environmental strategies, and provide senior-level advice to clients and project boards on land acquisition risks and opportunities.
Requirements
- Experience managing land access projects in the Energy industry
- Lead audits and quality assurance reviews of land access documentation and processes
- Drive integration of land access with engineering, planning, and environmental strategies
- Provide senior-level advice to clients and project boards on land acquisition risks and opportunities
- Resolve disputes and escalate sensitive issues with diplomacy and authority
- Contribute to commercial strategy and risk management for land-related contracts
- Establish training programmes and succession planning within the land team
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to engage with landowners, communities, and stakeholders
- Ability to arrange and coordinate land surveys, ensuring compliance with legal and environmental standards
- Experience working on infrastructure, utilities, or energy projects (preferred)
- Consulting with landowners to explain proposed scheme, programme, discuss potential impacts and ensure accurate consultation notes are taken and uploaded to our consultation database
- Skilled in stakeholder engagement, building trust and maintaining positive relationship
- Ensuring that WSP H&S procedures are adhered to for all site work
- Knowledge of Ops & non ops Land access permissions, land access Licence's S172s, E Permit Procedure, RAMS and Site Safety experience (preferred)
- Management of junior members of Land Team providing support and technical training
- Strong knowledge and experience of UK Land Access and Licence requirements, such as S172's and permits
- Good commercial awareness with an understanding of budget, scope, change control and other project management activities
- The ability to work in a fast-paced environment on major infrastructure projects in multi-disciplinary teams
- Evidence of leading teams to deliver complex work
- Excellent communication and organisational skills and ability to liaise at all levels with both internal and external stakeholders
- Demonstrable experience of reducing land risk for clients and advising them on land related matters throughout all stages of a project lifecycles
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships with colleagues, landowners and client at all levels
- Enthusiasm for continuous professional development, and professional accreditation
- General IT skills, Microsoft Office suite including Teams, and strong skills with GIS/mapping tools
Benefits
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Opportunities for career growth and professional development
- Collaborative and supportive work environment
- Access to a global network of talented individuals and industry experts
- Flexible working arrangements and work-life balance
