Landowner Engagement Officer

2 weeks ago

Antrim, United Kingdom Eirgrid Full time

SONI is Northern Ireland’s Transmission System Operator. We are the people behind Northern Ireland’s electricity grid. We make sure that every home, business, school, hospital, factory and farm has power - when and where they need it.

And that’s just the beginning of our story. We have a critical mission. That mission is to transform the energy system to enable our society to reduce our carbon emissions and meet our climate change and net zero ambitions.

Our focus is on safety, security and reliability. Our work environment is challenging, fast-moving, collaborative and team orientated. Our culture is driven by continual development, knowledge and team work.

Our people are committed to reducing Northern Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels and making decarbonisation a reality - while providing a safe and reliable electricity supply in a way that secures the future for those who follow us.

The work you will deliver with us here at SONI matters. Be part of the transformation

**The Landowner Engagement Team**

The Landowner Engagement Team is part of the Communications & Engagement function. We are responsible for the voice of the business and for building and maintaining trusted relationships with key stakeholder groups. One of our most challenging and rewarding functions is delivering meaningful engagement with communities and landowners in relation to transmission grid investment projects.

We are growing our team and have an exciting opportunity for a collaborative and motivated individual who understands the needs of landowners and agricultural, urban, and residential communities to join the team.

This is a hybrid-working role with a blend of time in our Belfast Office and off-site at project locations across Northern Ireland.

**The Opportunity**

**You will be responsible for**:

- Supporting the Senior Landowner Engagement Lead and Wayleave Officer.
- Land referencing; including finding owners and occupiers of land.
- Securing land rights such as easements and wayleaves for high profile transmission infrastructure projects across Northern Ireland.
- Organising and attending site visits; meeting with project stakeholders to record and update land ownership data.
- Organising and attending site visit meetings with landowners, their agents, legal teams and other stakeholders and provide meeting records to upload to our landowner and stakeholder communication database.
- Regular communication with landowners and their agents to manage and build positive working relationships for the successful delivery of projects.
- Agreeing and documenting access with landowners for non-intrusive and intrusive surveys.
- Negotiating land related agreements such as Option Agreements.
- Providing expertise and support on agricultural and land management to facilitate access, way leaving and possession of land.
- Utilising statutory powers and other available mechanisms to acquire land (Necessary Wayleave or Vesting Order) to assist with the maintenance of existing electricity infrastructure and installation of new electricity infrastructure when consensual agreement cannot be obtained.
- Working collaboratively within the Landowner Engagement Team and offering advice/support with engineering, environmental, and planning teams when required.
- Understanding and implementing the Landowner Engagement Strategy for each specific project within SONI.
- Ensure and maintain quality assurance on all documentation relating to project specific information to lands rights which is being issued to landowners.
- Undertaking key administrative and data management functions to support the wider landowner engagement team.
- Increase knowledge and understanding of Northern Ireland and UK land management legislation to provide landowner, and agricultural best-practice advice to project staff, planners, legal advisors and consultants.
- Utilising and operation of GIS software such as ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Pro to assist with project data capture and digitation.

**About You - **Skills and Experience**

**Essential**

You will have:

- 1 year+ experience in a similar role with proven ability in negotiation and compensation.
- Good knowledge of agriculture and rural affairs, including an understanding of Land and Property Rights Management, wayleaves and easement processes and associated legislation.
- Strong communication and organisational skills.
- Self-motivated and organised.
- Good map reading and cartographic skills.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills to accumulate statistics and clean data.
- Full clean drivers’ license and comfortable visiting sites.
- Most importantly, you will need to be able to work collaboratively with colleagues, and external stakeholders.

**Desirable**
- A relevant degree or 3 years+ experience in agriculture, property management, land valuation or surveying.
- Knowledge and experience using mapping software such as ArcGIS, ArcGIS Pro or Google Earth.
- Specific experience in landowner engagement

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