Property Acquisition Manager (HS2) - London or Birmingham

The market leading infrastructure recruitment specialist is proud to be supporting the HS2 rail project and are requiring a number of Property Acquisition Managers to join the team in either London or Birmingham

Opportunity:

The successful individuals shall be joining an established team to assist with the acquiring and managing the land and property to enable the construction of the project. You shall be working directly for the end client and be liaising largely with framework consultancies who have been appointed to process and negotiate the acquisitions.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for overseeing acquisitions on the route that includes a highly diverse mix of properties, spanning cities and large areas of rural land on behalf of the Acquisition Lead
• Ensure all compensation claims are negotiated to settlement within policy, legal guidelines and budget parameters so that land is available to the project at the right time
• Proactively build relationships with affected property owners, individuals and organisations in a specified area of a region, to enable the negotiation process to be carried out effectively
• Support the relevant aspects of petitions, negotiations and valuations to ensure resulting acquisitions meet forecast and quality requirements
• Lead negotiations for petitions filed within a specified geographical area to minimise petitions reaching select committee, and prepare the evidence for cases that are presented to committee
• Provide relevant technical advice to the delivery function, town planning, environment and petition management stakeholders, to inform decision making in those areas from a property perspective
• Collaborate and communicate with other members of the property acquisition management team to ensure a common and consistent approach is adopted across HS2.
• Actively promote and embed Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work, and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

Key requirements for the roles:

• Ideally RICS qualified or with a good knowledge of surveying or another property related discipline
• An understanding of the compulsory purchase process or other government compensation schemes (beneficial but not essential)
• Good communication skills and ability to build relationships.
• Stakeholder management experience.

Language:

English with the ability to compile detailed reports and negotiations.

Salary Package:

London circa £56,000

Birmingham circa £52,000

Key Words / SEO

Property Surveyor, Land Surveyor, RICS, Rail, HS2, End Client, UK, London, Birmingham.

Closing Statement

ewi is an international consultancy focused on the search & selection of the Worlds leading engineering and construction professionals. We specialize in recruiting expats and local experts for major infrastructure and build projects across the globe.

For more information on this or other positions on the project please contact Oliver Jones at ewi recruitment on o.jones(at)ewi-group.com

EWI Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.