About the role
Balfour Beatty has an exciting new opportunity for a Landowner Interface Engineer to join the operational team working on our project on the Isle of Skye.
In return we offer you:
Competitive - DOA + excellent benefits including Site Allowances, Company Car and Subsistance Allowances (Subject to T&Cs of role)
What you'll be doing
1. Involvement in the day-to-day running of the projects as instructed by Balfour
Beatty with the purpose of agreeing access onto private land.
2. Work closely with the Balfour Beatty PMO delivery team and other project
subcontractors and consultancy teams to ensure landowners requirements are
communicated and managed during the construction works.
3. Provide advice to government departments, councils, special interest groups
and land users on policy issues.
4. Resolution of landowners & clients. complaints and defects
5. Provide landowner advice to project staff and project consultants as required.
6. Correspondence with land agents, landowners, associated works contractors
etc.
7. The preparation of notices and other formalities for entry on to private land
8. Meetings on site prior to works commencing in order to agree access for works
to be undertaken.
9. Daily site visits to ensure works being carried out are compliant with
landowners requirements.
10. Provide weekly landowner/client update reports to senior project manager and
attending scheme progress meetings as required.
11. Visiting sites during any remediation works to ensure areas are returned to
landowner in required condition.
12. Ability to resolves complex problems that do not have routine solutions.
13. Ability to negotiate tactfully and diplomatically with people at all levels.
14. Provide landowner advice to project staff and project consultants as required.
15. Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm & keep up to date with changes in
legislation.
16. Keep up to date with new national or EU regulations that are likely to affect land
use.
17. An understanding of the distinction between different varieties of crops and
breeds of animals in assessing their economic
18. Excellent communication skills and credibility with farmers, landowners and
clients
19. The preparation of notices and other formalities for entry on to private land
20. Keep up to date with new national or EU regulations that are likely to affect land
use.
21. Provide advice to government departments, councils, special interest groups
and land users on policy issues.
Who we're looking for
22. Experience of working with numerous landowners at one time.
23. Organised and able to manage a busy workload.
24. Excellent communication skills and credibility with farmers, landowners and
clients.
25. Up to date IT skills.
26. Ability to resolves complex problems that do not have routine solutions.
27. Ability to negotiate tactfully and diplomatically with people at all levels.
28. Valid Full Drivers license
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UKs most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasnt rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package thats right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more