Land Rights Liaison Officer Castleford (Client Office-Based with Field Travel) Permanent Salary c £27,000 + £4,800 Car/Car Allowance + Flexible Benefits
Summary
Freedom Land & Estates Management Services is seeking a Land Rights Liaison Officer to join our team, based at our client’s offices in Castleford. This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious individual looking to progress toward a Wayleave Officer or Surveyor role.
The Land Rights Liaison Officer plays a key role in delivering a professional, efficient service to customers and grantors, ensuring strong relationships and timely consent acquisition. You will visit customers and landowners to secure standard consents for low complexity connection works involving third party land.
This is a development position with clear progression opportunities to Wayleave Officer or Surveyor.
Starting salary: £27,030
Car or car allowance
Interviews: 12/01/2026, 14/01/2026 and 20/01/2026
Applicants must be available between 10:00–15:30 on the scheduled day.
Some of the key deliverables in this role will include:
Obtain standard consents for low complexity projects, including:
New connections
Grantor/property changes
Payment reassessments
Substation access reviews
Boundary and tenure enquiries
Simple drainage claims
Access arrangements for maintenance requiring site visits
The role requires face to face meetings with customers and grantors
You must be able to maintain strong organisational skills and demonstrate assertiveness
The role is positioned between the Wayleaves Support function and an existing team of Wayleave Officers
Full training and mentoring will be provided
What We’re Looking For
Strong customer service background
Ability to problem solve, prioritise, and perform under pressure
Excellent communication skills
Essential Qualifications:
Full, clean driving licence
Minimum 5 GCSEs (including Maths & English, Grade C or above)
Minimum 2 A-levels or equivalent
Customer service orientation
Desirable Experience:
Wayleaves and consents
Legal processes and electricity industry regulations
Negotiation experience
Benefits:
We're always evolving our benefits to ensure we're attracting and retaining great people. Some of what you can expect includes:
Company Car / Car allowance
Salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid/Electric Vehicle)
Pension with a leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution
Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days
Private Medical Insurance
Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program (including counselling and legal advice)
Flexible benefits including Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Travel Insurance, Tax-Free Bikes
Personal development programme
Next Steps:
As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.
We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.
About Us
Freedom are part of the NG Bailey Group, one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.
You will be working as part of a team where we are committed to creating a culture where we treat each other fairly and with respect, recognising everyone as an individual.
Progression is something we value and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.
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