Salary Up to £68,000 per year (depending on experience)

About the role

Working hours Full time 37 hours per week (flexible working arrangements including part time will be considered)

Permanent

Salary up to £68,000 depending on experience

Location Hanningfield, Chelmsford, Essex / Hybrid working

About the role

We have a new opportunity to join the Estates team as our Senior Surveyor, leading on land access and acquisition activities to support Essex and Suffolk Water’s capital projects and estate’s function.

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading on compensation negotiations whilst managing ESW’s non-operational estate and leasehold properties. This includes residential, agricultural and commercial assets.

Building strong relationships with landowners, agents and tenants is key as you’ll facilitate long-term agreements.

You’ll provide essential support to operational teams to resolve land access issues, securing wayleaves and managing land-related constraints. In addition, you’ll advise on land valuations and compensation claims whilst ensuring all statutory land requirements are upheld.

About you

If you are an experienced Surveyor and chartered member of the Royal Institution of Charted Surveyors (RICS) with then we want to hear from you.

You’ll be experienced in land acquisition, access negotiations and compensation settlements. Your strong background in agricultural land use, landowner and tenant negotiations will allow you to negotiate compensation claims and lease agreements.

You’ll use your strong negotiation and stakeholder engagement skills to build relationships and advise landowners, agents and surveyors. Your technical knowledge of land property law, valuation principles and statutory compliance is key as you’ll provide specialist guidance.

We’re also seeking strong financial awareness, including compensation valuations and forecasting for budget setting as you will maximise property income and increase revenue. This will be underpinned by strong organization and project management skills

You may have experience in utilities, infrastructure or water industry estate management. However, we can provide training to support your development in this area too.

Here at Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.

Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.

We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation.

Please note this role will require a DBS to be completed prior to employment

NWG are an inclusive employer who support the rehabilitation of offenders, we will not, however consider candidates who have certain unspent convictions to ensure our commitment to fostering a safe and secure working environment for all OR colleagues, suppliers, customers and third parties.

About us

Here are NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.

We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, however if you have some of the skills listed, we'd encourage you to apply

NWG at a glance:

Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come.We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.

We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.

We’re a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues. Our ‘Tap Into’ benefits include:

• Generous holiday entitlement starting at 26 days plus bank holidays and additional time off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. There’s also the option to buy or sell holidays.
• Company pension scheme, where we’ll double match your contributions up to an employer contribution of 11%.
• Free access to local attractions.
• A fantastic discount scheme, with savings on days out, shopping, travel and more.
• Award winning ‘Living Well’ wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and your family members.
• Support with sustainable travel – through salary sacrifice cars and a cycle to work scheme.
• Financial wellbeing support – access our community savings scheme, financial education and low cost loans through Salary Finance. We also provide 4 x Life Assurance and an Income Protection Scheme.
• Support with your development – we offer a range of development opportunities, can support you through an interest free qualification loan and we’ll even pay for any relevant professional body subscription.

This role has also been defined as a safety or security critical role and as a condition of a formal offer of employment you’ll be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test after the job offer has been made. This will be prior to or within four weeks of their start date.

Prospective employees and agency workers who fail a pre-employment urine drug screen will have their sample analysed by the Company appointed laboratory as a matter of course. Failing a pre-employment drugs or alcohol test may lead to the job offer being revoked.

About us

NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.

We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.

Our values

Our values describe our main principles, qualities and attributes. They are the guiding principles which define who we are, what we do and how we do it. They make us different from our competitors and guide our decisions and actions to drive us towards our vision.

Our values are:

Results Driven

Results Driven

Ethical

Ethical

Customer Focused

Customer Focused

Innovative

One Team

One Team

We’re the great company we are because of you – our people. As our way of saying thanks, we offer you a wide range of benefits and discounts to take advantage of.

To find out more about our benefits, see our benefits bookletattached to this advert.