Job Description
Lead and manage land acquisition and statutory consenting projects for large-scale rail infrastructure developments, ensuring timely delivery, budget compliance, and adherence to health & safety standards.
Responsibilities
* Lead a project team for the acquisition of land rights, wayleaves, and easements for major projects.
* Manage statutory processes including Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPO), Development Consent Orders (DCO), and Transport & Works Act Orders (TWAO).
* Negotiate Heads of Terms and compensation settlements with landowners and their agents.
* Prepare and review consent documentation, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation.
* Act as a trusted advisor to clients, providing strategic guidance.
* Project‑manage land projects on time, within budget and to high standards.
* Ensure WSP H&S procedures are adhered to for all site work.
* Liaise with key stakeholders, landowners, land agents, auctioneers, legal representatives, planning authorities, contractors and clients.
* Collaborate with Land team colleagues and WSP teams in engineering, environmental, and planning disciplines.
* Manage and develop a team of early‑career professionals, providing technical training and career development support.
* Contribute to business development and the delivery of the business strategy.
* Provide UK travel as required.
* Location: Oxfordshire & Cambridgeshire (desired).
Qualifications
* Successfully led a technical team of land consultants to deliver land consenting or land assembly services on rail infrastructure projects.
* Strong knowledge and experience of UK statutory consent requirements, such as the Hybrid Bill, DCO, CPO, and Vesting Orders; an understanding of the land and property industry is beneficial.
* Good commercial awareness with understanding of budget, scope, change control, and other project management activities.
* Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment on major infrastructure projects in multidisciplinary teams.
* Evidence of leading teams to deliver complex work.
* Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills, with the ability to liaise at all levels with internal and external stakeholders.
* Demonstrable experience of reducing land risk for clients and advising them on land‑related matters throughout all stages of a project lifecycle.
* Enthusiasm for continuous professional development and professional accreditation.
* General IT skills, Microsoft Office suite (including Teams), and strong GIS/mapping tool proficiency.
* Membership of a professional body is advantageous.
Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.
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