# Principal Land Consultant

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: London
**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 London or Guildford, Surrey. 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 the land team, engineering, environmental, and planning teams

- 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 bid writing and training delivery

Requirements:

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

- Experience in 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 on land-related matters

- Strong communication, influencing, and negotiating skills

- Ability to work in a team and on own initiative

- Good business and IT skills

- Degree in Geography, Land/Estate Management, Agriculture, or similar

- Chartership or membership of a relevant professional body advantageous

## Skills

### Required
- land referencing
- land acquisition
- infrastructure development
- negotiation
- communication

### Nice to have
- chartership
- membership of a relevant professional body

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