Senior Land & Planning Manager opportunity at Yorkshire Water to lead strategic planning and land acquisition approaches for major infrastructure projects, securing planning permissions and land rights, and managing external consultants.
Requirements
- Professional membership of the RTPI and/or RICS.
- Proven experience securing planning consents and/or land access rights for major infrastructure projects, including under the Town and Country Planning Act, Development Consent Orders (DCOs), Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPOs), and associated statutory powers.
- The ability to undertake complex negotiations and achieve the right outcomes.
- Strong communication and negotiation skills, with the confidence to influence at a senior level.
- A demonstrable ability to build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders to achieve positive, timely results.
- Comfortable working in a fastāpaced, evolving environment, with the ability to reprioritise, adapt, and escalate issues appropriately as project needs change.
- Proven experience of leading teams and/or managing external consultants, driving delivery against clear objectives, milestones, and KPIs.
- A proven track record of identifying, managing, and mitigating planning and/or land access and acquisition risks on largeāscale infrastructure projects.
- Strong IT capability and confidence using systems to manage information, reporting, and performance.
- A solid understanding of property legislation and associated processes.
- Clear evidence of delivering results against challenging targets and deadlines.
Benefits
- Competitive salary up to Ā£95,000
- Company car cash allowance Ā£7,200
- Annual incentive related bonus up to 20% of annual salary
- Private health care (self and partner)
- Attractive pension scheme up to 12% company contribution
- Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Extra wellness day
- Great benefits package including health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex, and partner cover
- Retail savings scheme
- Online GP service
- Cycle to work scheme
- Gym membership discounts
