Looking for a Utility Land Rights Manager to work on High Speed Two, this is a unique opportunity to work on and negotiate a wide variety of utility land rights across the whole Hs2 Programme. You will be negotiating land rights with a wide variety of landowners & following an agreed process for land HS2 already owns.

Working within HS2 Land & property department working on utility land rights (access, easement, wayleave) responsible for managing the processes established to ensure timely delivery of utility land rights required for the HS2 project largely to allow for multi-utility divisions (gas, electric, water, comms). This scope covers non-contestable and contestable utility diversions (electricity, gas, water, telecoms) for the entire HS2 line of route 2.  Reporting to a Senior Land Rights Manager the role offers huge opportunities for progression.

Since February 23, 2022, the compulsory purchase order for HS2 Phase 1 expired, meaning HS2 Ltd no longer had the power to push through utility land rights, therefore, the Utility land Rights Manager must be adept at negotiating to ensure the rights are secured in a controlled and timely manner striking the right balance between delivering value for money to the taxpayer and ensuring fairness to the parties.

Excellent opportunities for progression within the Large HS2 land & property department.

Duties & responsibilities

• Responsible for overseeing utility land right cases on the route that includes a highly diverse mix of land and property; spanning cities and large areas of rural land on behalf of the Senior Utility Land Rights Manager
• Overseeing the process to ensure consideration sums are negotiated to settlement within governance, industry guidelines and budget parameters so that land rights are complete at the right time for the project
• Proactively build relationships across a range of organisations; external strategic suppliers and utility companies along with internal stakeholders and teams, enabling the negotiation process to be carried out effectively
• Provide relevant technical advice to the delivery function to inform decision making at the early stages of design and construction work
• Collaborate and communicate with other members of the Land and Property Acquisition and Management teams to ensure a common and consistent approach is adopted across HS2

Working Situation

The office location is either Birmingham Snowhill or London Euston, they operate a flexible hybrid working model with plans to be working 2/3 days a week from the office; however, they will take into account the current state of the pandemic.  Overall this is a very flexible modern employer who cares about delivery not where you deliver from.

Salaries
 
Birmingham            £50 – 52,152.60 Pen (6:12) + 25 hols (potentially £54,760)

London                   £50 – 56,465 + Pen (6:12) + 25 hols ((Potentially £59,288)

Want to talk to people who

Interested in people who negotiate land rights such as right to access, Easements & Wayleaves.  Also interested in people who have experience with utility new connections, land acquisition knowledge, compulsory purchase orders open to people working for acquiring authority (local authority, National highways, network rail etc), land consultancy or utility authority (water, gas, electricity, telecoms)  as a Wayleave coordinator / manager.

Especially looking for individuals with strong negotiating skills alongside excellent communications and stakeholder management skill.

SKILLS

• Ability to manage communications and negotiations in a tactful way
• External Strategic Supplier management to ensure efficient delivery
• Stakeholder management
• Communicating effectively with teams to ensure smooth flow of information
• IT skills, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint or equivalent
• Ability to access and maintain information from multiple IT databases and systems.

KNOWLEDGE

• Comprehensive knowledge of Utility Land Rights
• An understanding of the compulsory purchase process or other government compensation schemes (training will be provided if not).
• A detailed understanding of the utility and telecommunications industries

TYPE OF EXPERIENCE

• Experience of working in or with the utilities sector – working for a utility authority or into one.
• Experience of working with suppliers to develop effective working relationships and manage performance to ensure delivery through the supply chain.
• Experience in managing Strategic Suppliers (large stats authorities)
• Experience in delivering largescale infrastructure projects (useful)