Job Description
Land & Estates
ScottishPower HQ (St Vincent Street, Glasgow)
Hybrid Working, Permanent
Help us create a better future, quicker
ScottishPower is transforming its Land & Estates functions across our respective business areas! This brings new opportunities for Land & Estate professionals across a range of different experiences and disciplines to join our Energy Networks and Renewables businesses at an exciting period of growth.
Working within the respective business’ Land & Estates teams, we are looking to strengthen our Land & Estates function to support us as we embark on transformation by defining and implementing a successful Land Strategy, Delivery and Management across the entire organisation.
What you’ll be doing
The Land & Estates teams within Scottish Power provide a professional Estates Service across all the Scottish Power Group. The Estates team are responsible for the following delivery:
* Working alongside key stakeholders to develop, refine and implement Real Estate strategy.
* Acquisition of land, property and associated rights by purchase or lease
* Management of Leased property portfolio including complex Landlord and Tenant issues.
* Preparation and management of an appropriate budget with administration of payments to ensure all lease obligations are met.
* Negotiation of compensation claims in compliance with statute and case law without creating precedents for the industry
* Project manage and deliver disposal of all types of property assets at optimal value
* Negotiation & Administration of Property Taxes.
Across a range of different roles, we are looking for Senior leaders to head up the key pillars of our Estates Departments. Leading the strategy, delivery, and Estate Management teams you will play a key role delivering the next stage of development and construction across the ScottishPower Group.
We are also looking to recruit Team managers, responsible for leading a team of Surveyors who will be responsible for meeting the full spectrum of Estates services from defining strategy, delivery of land rights, Estate Management and divestment.
In order to implement our ambitious goals, we need Chartered Surveyors with a range of experience and skillsets to support the respective Estates teams. You will be ambitious with a keen interest in the Energy sector and a desire to grow and develop in an exciting, yet challenging business.
What you’ll bring
We’re looking for candidates who are educated to degree level in a Real Estate discipline, who have a professional membership of RICS and demonstratable PQE experience in a leadership position. Candidates with experience of the Energy Market with a particular focus on the relevant business area desirable.
With prior experience developing and executing a Real Estate strategy, preferably robust land rights strategies for high-profile infrastructure and energy projects across the UK, you’ll have a pro-active approach to everything you do, always considering innovative new approaches to Real Estate strategy and can recognise opportunities to evolve existing ways of working.
Working with teams including Chartered Surveyors, you will have an open, inclusive, and approachable style to encourage collaboration across teams and key stakeholders.
You’ll keep abreast of wider market factors that will influence land delivery including growing and developing a network of key contacts to aid such.
The successful candidates will have excellent stakeholder management skills, able to work collaboratively with senior management, solicitors, and external industry peers to design or implement strategies, policies, and procedures to achieve a star rating land & property portfolio. In senior leader roles, you’ll be able to work autonomously on high-profile, time considerate projects recognising sensitivity where required.
What’s in it for you
As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.
At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include:
* 36 days annual leave
* Holiday Purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
* Share Schemes
* Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding
* Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purchases
* Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving
* Cycle to Work scheme and Public Transport Season Ticket Loans
* Healthcare benefit options including: Dental Insurance, Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan and annual Health Assessments
* Life Assurance (4x salary)
* Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support
* Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more
Why ScottishPower
ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. With a commitment to generate all of our energy from renewable resources and a drive to create the energy infrastructure of the future, we’re at the forefront of the journey to Net Zero and investing over £6m every working day to make this happen. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.
Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.
ScottishPower is committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to careers@scottishpower.com.
Mobility Information
Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country.