Land Consultant; levels

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WSP’s Land team in Ireland is seeking talented Land Consultants, at various levels, to join our Belfast based team. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of our Land Team in the delivery of land referencing, landowner engagement, consultation management, land access, formal consents, statutory orders, compensation agreements and land acquisition in support of strategic infrastructure development projects across Ireland and the UK.

We support high-profile infrastructure projects across the Energy, Water, Road, Rail and Local Authority sectors such as the A5, Cookstown Bypass, North South Interconnector, numerous electricity transmission upgrade schemes, NM20 Cork to Limerick, Dublin Metrolink, as well as HS2 and many other high-profile infrastructure development schemes across GB. Many of our Energy projects are critical for the deployment of renewable energy, helping the Ireland and UK economies to achieve net zero carbon emissions.

You will be part of our WSP team based in our modern Belfast Waterfront Office, which is made up of land consultants, Highways engineers, environmental and planning specialists and water engineers.

We are the largest Land Referencing business in the UK and Ireland, with over 250 Land colleagues. As part of the WSP Land Team you will enjoy the support of multi-disciplinary colleagues in our Belfast, Naas and wider GB offices.

Associate Land Consultant role…

• Lead a team of technical specialists to direct successful delivery of projectson time, within budget and to high standards
• Be a trusted advisor to clients (externally and internally) and manage relationships
• Advise on Land issueswithin Ireland and UK, including the relevant statutory processes to acquire land and land rights including Vesting Order, Direction Order, CPO, Motorway Order, Wayleaves etc
• Lead on quality assurance of deliverables in relation to the identification of land interests and rights, negotiation of access to land for surveys, consents and acquisition of land rights for large scale development projects for land acquisition and planning applications.
• Lead delivery of training on technical topics
• Develop efficient working practices and promote innovation in the team to provide industry leading, best value services to our clients
• Ensure that the team has the necessary skills and resources to deliver successful projects and grow the business
• Promote and support adherence to all WSP H&S procedures
• Manage, motivate, mentor and develop staff
• Contribute to the delivery of the business strategy
• Promote Land services and contribute to business development across the electricity, highway, rail, water, telecoms, gas and renewable energy sectors
• Collaborate with other WSP Disciplines including engineering, environmental, and planning teams to optimise WSP’s service to clients
• Support the writing of bids/tenders to secure opportunities from internal and external clients
• Ireland and UK travel

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…

• Successfully led a team of land consultants to deliver land referencing or land assembly services on infrastructure projects to programme and budget
• Detailed knowledge and experience of Statutory Order requirements, such as a CPO, Vesting Order as well as an understanding of the land and property industry
• Evidence of leading teams to deliver complex work
• Experience providing technical guidance and advice to clients and building strong relationships
• Evidence of leadership skills and excellent communication and organisational skills and ability to liaise at all levels…