East West Rail Company: Job Opportunity
Role: | Principal Surveyor |
Salary: | Competitive Base Salary |
Where: | Milton Keynes |
A little bit about us:
East West Rail is an infrastructure programme linking communities between Oxford and Cambridge. The area is currently let down by a lack of transport choices, and we have a once in a generation opportunity to fix that – improving prosperity for people and places along the way. East West Railway Company (that’s us) was created by the Department for Transport (DfT) to oversee the delivery of East West Rail from construction through to wheels in motion, making sure the railway comes together in the right way. At East West Railway Company, we’re committed to building an inclusive railway for all. We believe that to do that, we must nurture a diverse team that represents the UK communities that we impact. Our approach is simple – to create an environment where everyone is welcome and able to be themselves. We celebrate diversity and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications of all backgrounds and experiences.
Role Summery:
EWR is being championed by the Government as a key driver to economic growth leading to a potential £78 Billion boost to the UK economy: supporting new towns, housing, and regeneration. This key role is to work within the client-side Land & Property Team at EWR Co. reporting to a Land Area Lead (for either the West or East of EWR) to ensure the successful delivery of the DCO and for all the land required for the EWR project secured.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage consultation and engagement with landowners and representatives
- Manage suppliers to meet agreed timescales, cost, budget, and governance processes where necessary initiating corrective actions
- Maintain property cost estimate and registers of land and property risks, issues, and opportunities, working with the EWR risk team and use professional knowledge to advise on risk mitigation
- Report on progress and quality of key land and property deliverables
- Manage land and property held by the project ahead of construction and operation
- Takes responsibility of your own and others’ health and safety by adopting and working to the EWR Co Health and Safety principles.
- Demonstrates a cost-conscious mindset, keeping tax payers’ money at the forefront of decisions.
- Shows a commitment to innovation by proactively seeking creative solutions to challenges and opportunities.
- Act as a role model for EWR Co’s vision and behaviours, working in ways that are aligned with EWR Co’s Ways of Working, as well as encouraging and supporting others to do so too. to do so too.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise:
- Acquisition of land by compulsory purchase for linear infrastructure projects.
- The drafting and approval of strategies and plans as a key step in understanding delivery.
- Financial forecasting including Property Cost Estimates.
- Working client side for a government related organisation, to secure delivery via suppliers and reporting internally to secure approvals.
- Supporting procurement to tender work and on boarding suppliers and supporting contract managers to manage suppliers.
- Supporting & securing support from internal teams of SMEs to deliver outcomes; working in multi-disciplinary teams to deliver an overall programme of activities to acquire, transfer, manage and dispose of land and property.
- Maintaining effective external relationships to understand stakeholders’ needs and priorities; including working with landowners to reach agreement on how their land can be used to support a project.
- Explaining property matters and reports to others who may not have a background in property. Presenting data and explaining reports to stakeholders at all levels.
- Using programmes to manage and drive delivery.
- Experience in demonstrating compliance with Statutory, Regulatory and Professional requirements.
Closing date: 30th June 2025.
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