Senior Land + Estates Surveyor

**Salary from £44,400 - £55,500 per annum**
**15% Bonus**
**Glasgow HQ, St Vincent Street**
**Closing date: 21st October**

**Help us create a better future, quicker**

In respect of the SPR Renewable Business the Senior Land and Estates Surveyor, is responsible, through independently managing a portfolio of work, for assisting the Land and Estates Manager in delivering the professional land and estate management services to the expanding SPR offshore and onshore renewable businesses including wind, battery, solar, and other technologies.

Services cover the capture of land from inception to completion of the process in line with project requirements including provision of setting, reviewing & recommending SPR policy with regard to appropriate & competitive heads of / commercial terms, Land Referencing, negotiation & legal completion of land rights acquisition, Estates Management & Rentals and Landowner Relationship Management.

**_ What you'll be doing_**:

- Assist the Land & Estates Manager with all matters addressed by the Land & Estates Department
- Lead, direct or manage negotiations of commercial Heads of Terms and required land right documents with landowners and their appointed representatives to secure all land rights required to support renewable projects. Interact with Legal and Project teams as appropriate
- Input into review, creation and update of various forms of legal agreements to ensure they are fit for purpose
- Provide valuations of land rights and where necessary specialist advice on matters including but not limited to compulsory purchase, land strategies and interrogation of technical detail to ensure correct rights captured
- Responsible for ensuring parity and avoiding adverse precedents by maintaining input and awareness of projects. Ensure template documents are kept up to date and report to team and business. Obtain authority for any detraction from standard terms
- Be risk aware and identify, advise and report on or find solutions where appropriate
- Responsible for holding a key role within project teams and provide advice and complete tasks as required to ensure land requirements are met within project timescales. Identify shortfalls, mitigation and remedies and pursue to solution as required
- Ensure that rights and obligations are fully understood and transferred across between development, construction and operational functions and where appropriate JV partners
- Where management responsibility lies with a joint venture partner, ensure that project and business obligations continue to be met, putting in place and managing monitoring and quality assurance procedures
- Initiate and complete estate management functions as required to ensure adherence with lease terms and property rights
- Initiate and complete audits of land right adherence (either physically or by document) at appropriate times to ensure compliance with land rights
- Act as a senior point of contact for landowners and project teams
- Responsible for ensuring LMS, SAP RE or other estate management tools kept up to date with site, landowner and payment detail. Extract information and provide detail and reports as necessary
- Assist in discussions with rating consultants over obligations for all facilities related with offshore projects and ensure control functions and project teams aware of financial obligations
- Input into and completion of project due diligence exercises in relation to the acquisition of new renewable projects or entry into new joint ventures
- Mentor, guide, assist and train members of the Land & Estates team as required to allow them to fulfil their duties

**_What you'll bring_**:

- Degree in land related discipline
- Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
- Experience in estates management and acquisition surveying
- Understanding of the Renewables market and Technologies
- Driving licence

**_What's in it for you_**:
As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.

At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action - our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world - today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include:

- 36 days annual leave
- Holiday purchase - perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
- Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme
- Payroll giving and charity matched funding
- Technology Vouchers - save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes
- Count us in - pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change
- Electric Vehicle Schemes - to help you transition to green/clean driving
- Cycle to Work scheme and public transport