Land Acquisition Manager

4 weeks ago


United Kingdom tdm recruitment Full time

Land acquisition manager

£60k - £80k basic plus bonus and package

London

Are you an experienced land buyer/ acquisitions manager within the solar farm industry or are you a rural surveyor with experience in advising land owners? If so we want to speak with you.

Our client is a leading international solar farm and battery storage developer who is looking to strengthen its acquisitions team with another 3 x senior land manager. Your role will be to source, review, negotiate, and then purchase land to build solar farms and battery storage facilities on.

They have a team of 6 already in the acquisitions function and need another senior land buyer. You will already be working in the solar farm development industry, with a strategic land company, or with a leading national rural surveying development agency.

The business is a very dynamic and entrepreneurial one and as such you will be given a high level of autonomy to grow and develop your development pipeline on land. They have an office in central London and it is expected you will be in 1 day a week for the land team to catch up but other than that there is a high level of flexibility.

Critically and firstly you will be a born deal maker and have a track record of doing 3-4 land deals a year.

Responsibilities

  • Sourcing and acquiring land to build solar PV farms or battery storage facilities on
  • Building and maintaining relationships with land owners and land agencies so you are first to be made aware of new opportunities
  • Overseeing and managing initial site feasibility and viability studies
  • Working closely with internal and external planning and legal terms pre and post-acquisition
  • Monitoring other renewable developments and grid connection agreements for market intelligence
  • Contract negotiation for freehold purchase or option agreement leases on sites.
  • Maintaining a database of potential sites and keeping in contact with relevant agents/ landowners.

Key Requirements

  • Degree-qualified and ideal property-related
  • Natural born deal maker doing 3-4 land deals a year consistently.
  • Experienced Land buyer, land manager, or acquisitions executive who has a proven background in sourcing sites for solar farms.
  • Currently working for either a solar farm developer or a rural surveying agency
  • Detailed understanding of the planning application and appeals process.
  • A strong network of contacts in the land agency world.
  • Determined, hungry, and ambitious.
  • Ability to work autonomously and independently from the rest of the team.


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