Estates Surveyor - Glasgow, United Kingdom - Scottish Water

Scottish Water

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Glasgow, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Together we are Trusted to Serve Scotland.

Are you an experienced Estates Surveyor who can help us to successfully deliver Scottish Water's Capital Investment Programme?

At Scottish Water, we are actively pushing ahead with our plans to meet our strategic ambitions in order to transform our future operations.

The effective delivery of our capital programme is absolutely critical to achieving these and we need people who are enthusiastic about playing their part in our success.

We are delighted to say that a rare opportunity to join our nation-wide Land and Estates Team has recently become available to join us here at Scottish Water.

What might this role involve?

As an Estates Surveyor at Scottish Water, your core focus will be to provide professional property advice to our capital programme teams for acquisitions and statutory claims.

You will be responsible for the delivery of land entry and land purchase for projects across your area and you will have the opportunity to work proactively as part of a large multi-disciplinary department.

You should be an enthusiastic and customer-driven Estates Surveyor, whilst also being able to demonstrate the following:

Strong stakeholder management skills
this role involves working closely with our internal and external stakeholders, community groups and external customers and previous experience in a similar role would be beneficial.
Proven team collaboration skills
you must be a team player and be able to proactively work within a large multi-disciplinary department
Time management skills
you must be able to effectively manage your own workload
Keen initiative and an appetite for continuous learning
Proficient IT and numeracy skills
MRICS qualification
Full current driving license

What's in it for you?

Reporting to the Land and Estates Team Leader, this position offers excellent opportunities to those looking to further their experience across a diverse range of projects in a dynamic and results-driven working environment with one of the UK's leading utility companies.

The salary range for this role will be £35,384 to £47,924 (dependent on skills and experience)

You can also expect:

38 days of holiday per year (including public holidays) with the option to buy 5 more Eligibility to join the defined benefit, contributory pension scheme Annual company bonus Life assurance scheme Paid time off for community volunteering Access to "SW Splash", saving you money on holidays, bills and shopping Excellent family friendly policies around Adoption, Maternity, Parental Leave, and Flexible Working

This role will be primarily based at our Glasgow office (The Bridge) in Stepps.

However, we have a long track record of flexible working that predates the pandemic, so you can expect some time working from home and some time in person with colleagues.

Do you have any support needs?

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Working at Scottish Water

Scottish Water is one of the UK's leading water companies, the quality of drinking water and satisfaction with the service we provide our customers has never been higher - but we want to be even better - and you could help play an important part

We take employee engagement very seriously and have an inclusive and collaborative work environment where we respect people's differences. We are committed to creating an engaging environment and a positive experience for our employees.

We were recently recognised as a Top 10 Flexible Employer in Scotland at the Flexibility Works Awards 2021 and by The Times as a Top 50 Employer for Women in 2019.

In 2019 we also won the Age Inclusive Award at The Herald and GenAnalytics Diversity Awards and were winners of the Best Public Sector Employer at the Family Friendly Working Scotland Awards 2020.

We have Carers Positive Exemplary Status and were Silver Award 2019 & Gold Award winners 2020 of the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (DERS).

We aim for work to be an energising and fulfilling experience and everyone plays their part to ensure that Scottish Water is trusted to serve our customers and communities.

We are passionate about creating opportunities for young people and are proud to have achieved the Gold standard in the Investors in Young People accreditation, demonstrating our commitment to creating rewarding opportunities for young people.

You will have access to a host of benefits which include 38 days holiday a year, a defined benefit pension scheme, a discounted medical cash plan and cycle to work, plus a variety of agile working arrangements and family-friendly policies designed to support your wellbeing.

Next Steps

As part of our commitment to developing a flourishing Scotland, it is important that Scottish Water employees are resident in Scotland and contribute to the Scottish economy by paying Scottish income tax on their earnings.

As a result we ask all potential employees to confirm that they are resident in Scotland, or to confirm their intentions to move to Scotland w