Estates Surveyor

What you'll be responsible for

As a key member of our Estates Team, you'll play an important part in supporting the continued development of the team within Lands and Habitat, helping us deliver an excellent Estates Management service across Welsh Water.

Your responsibilities will include

1. Managing access arrangements, negotiations, Schedules of Condition and the serving of Statutory Notices.
2. Undertaking compensation negotiations and supporting the acquisition and purchase of land rights required for operational and capital projects.
3. Supporting the smooth delivery of capital schemes, acting as a key point of contact for internal teams and providing regular progress updates and reviews.
4. Building and maintaining strong relationships with landowners, agents, tenants and property partners to encourage cooperation and secure long-term agreements.
5. Supporting operational teams to resolve land access issues, secure wayleaves and address land-related constraints.
6. Ensuring statutory land rights and compulsory purchase powers are exercised in line with relevant legal and regulatory frameworks.
7. Advising on land valuations, compensation claims and rent reviews where applicable.
8. Overseeing title investigations and helping to resolve third-party land interests.
9. Supporting the management of Welsh Water's estate and property portfolio in partnership with internal teams.
10. Building positive working relationships with colleagues and external stakeholders and representing Welsh Water professionally.
11. Responding to customer and stakeholder enquiries in a professional and timely manner.
12. Contributing to the continued development and improvement of the Estates Team and its services.

About you

You'll have:

Essential

• Experience working within a utility infrastructure environment, including liaising with landowners and managing land-related matters (such as access agreements, easements, wayleaves, or land rights).
• Knowledge of property management systems, GIS applications and SAP, or a willingness to develop these skills.
• A customer-focused approach and commitment to delivering excellent service.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing.
• Good IT skills, including Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel.
• The ability to work independently whilst collaborating effectively with colleagues and stakeholders.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise a varied workload.
• Sound judgement and professionalism when handling enquiries and making decisions.
• MRICS or CAAV is desirable or working towards a relevant professional qualification but not essential if experienced in utilities work.

Good to know

A few things that might be helpful before you apply:

• Car allowance: This role comes with a £5,000 annual car allowance.
• Getting out and about: You'll typically spend 2 to 3 days per week travelling to sites within your allocated area, with occasional travel further afield when needed.
• Supporting your development: We'll support you to continue developing professionally, with financial support available towards recognised qualifications including RICS and CAAV.
• Have a question? If you'd like to find out more about the role before applying, please contact Jason Bellis at JASON.BELLIS@DWRCYMRU.COM for an informal conversation.

Pre-employment checks

As part of joining Welsh Water, you'll need to complete satisfactory references, post-offer medical clearance and a Basic Disclosure criminal record check.

Depending on the role, additional checks or security clearance may also be required. We'll explain any checks that apply to you once you've accepted your offer.

Benefits

As well as a market competitive salary, 34 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:

• Variable pay schemes (your salary band will remain the same, but performance depending, you could receive an incremental within-band increase and a yearly incentive)
• Option to buy additional annual leave up to 5 days per year
• Enhanced employer pension contributions - Up to 11% employer contributions
• Free Mortgage Brokering Services
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes
• Gym and fitness discounts as well as high street shopping
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discount off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops
• Car-leasing scheme and free on-site parking at all sites
• Health CashBack scheme and access to an online GP service
• An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family
• Many more can be found on our website.

Who we are

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water keep 3 million people healthy each day with safe, reliable water, and take away wastewater to clean, before returning it safely to our beautiful rivers and seas.

To be able to deliver high quality, essential services which help to protect the health of our customers, colleagues and our environment, we need the right people to deliver on our vision. This is achieved by living our core values and demonstrating the core behaviours that underpin them. The security of our people, assets and information is key to us, so we are looking for people who understand and comply with the company's required security objectives.

We know that the most successful teams are the most diverse teams. Equality, diversity and inclusion provide the very foundation to our culture at Welsh Water. We want every individual to feel confident, proud and able to bring their whole selves to work.

To ensure an improved representation in our workforce, applications are particularly welcome from minority groups including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, Females, LGBT+, Non-binary and people with disabilities. Together we continue to build a workplace that not only celebrates the diverse voices of our colleagues but also represents each customer we serve.

In essence, ours is a company based on trust, openness, respect, commitment and honesty. A company that our colleagues are proud to work for.