# Principal Land Consultant

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Leeds, West Yorkshire
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Consulting
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are seeking a Principal Land Consultant to join our team in Leeds or Newcastle Upon Tyne. As a Principal Land Consultant, you will play a key role in securing land rights for high-profile, strategic infrastructure projects across various sectors.

Responsibilities:

- Ensure successful delivery of projects securely, on time, within budget, and to high standards

- Be a trusted advisor to clients and manage relationships

- Advise on land issues across the UK and Ireland, including statutory processes to acquire land

- Secure land rights for high-profile, strategic infrastructure projects

- Liaise with landowners, land agents, legal representatives, planning authorities, and clients

- Collaborate with engineering, environmental, and planning teams within WSP and as part of project supply chains

- Support quality and knowledge sharing across regions and projects

- Manage, motivate, mentor, and develop staff

- Contribute to the development and delivery of the business strategy

- Support the writing of bids/tenders to secure opportunities

- Deliver training on technical topics through our CPD-accredited Land Academy

Requirements:

- Expertise in urban and/or rural environments, property, communities, and stakeholders

- Experience in working on infrastructure development schemes with multi-disciplinary teams

- Experience of negotiating commercial terms with landowners and knowledge of the legal process for acquiring wayleaves and easements

- Demonstrable experience of reducing land risk for clients and advising them on land-related matters

- Ability to communicate effectively with strong influencing and negotiating skills

- Ability to work in a team and on own initiative, being able to work under pressure and deliver high-quality outputs

- Strong landowner and public engagement skills

- Good business and IT skills

- Adherence to quality assurance and good document management skills

- A degree in Geography, Land/Estate Management, Agriculture, or similar

- Chartership or membership of a relevant professional body would be advantageous

Benefits:

- Flexible working arrangements, including hybrid working between Leeds and Newcastle offices and from home

- Opportunities for professional development and training through our Land Academy

- Collaborative and supportive work environment

Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, or Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

## Skills

### Required
- Land referencing
- Property development
- Infrastructure development
- Negotiation
- Project management
- Communication
- Leadership

### Nice to have
- Chartership
- Membership of a relevant professional body
- GIS
- Data Management
- Valuations

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