Land Specialist

About the role

Be part of the team shaping the future of the UK’s energy network.

At National Grid, we keep people connected and society moving. But right now, we’re doing so much more. We're delivering The Great Grid Upgrade – the largest overhaul of the electricity grid in generations. 

As a Land Specialist, you’ll play a key role in enabling the delivery of our infrastructure projects – providing expert land rights advice and supporting the successful management of our existing assets.

You’ll help secure the rights we need to build and maintain the grid – negotiating with landowners, managing compensation agreements, and navigating complex land challenges.

This role offers hybrid working, with our head office in Warwick and access to hubs in Leeds, Birmingham and London. You’ll also be flexible to weekly travel across England and Wales as projects require.

What you'll do

• Secure land rights and legal agreements to enable maintenance and capital projects, ensuring delivery to time and budget
• Negotiate land access agreements with landowners, occupiers, agents and third parties, acting as the key point of contact for project teams
• Provide a single, consistent point of contact for landowners/occupiers throughout the lifecycle of works
• Manage contractors and third-party suppliers, ensuring delivery through to successful completion
• Oversee contractor delivery on large-scale overhead line and underground cable refurbishment schemes, including access negotiation
• Coordinate with statutory bodies to secure necessary consents and approvals for works
• Deliver regular reporting, including cost forecasting, risks and progress updates to project teams
• Support consents and ecological processes, ensuring applications, licences and assents are secured in line with programme
• Coach and mentor junior colleagues, supporting capability development within the team

About you

We’re looking for someone who can operate at pace and lead with confidence on complex, high-profile infrastructure projects. You will bring:

• Proven experience delivering complex capital projects, ideally within infrastructure or utilities
• Strong ability to negotiate and influence a broad range of stakeholders – from landowners and local communities to developers, contractors and commercial partners
• In-depth understanding of land use planning, rights over land, and compensation principles
• Experience securing land rights to support the development and maintenance of major infrastructure (electricity transmission or similar)
• Ability to analyse data and insights to inform decision-making and drive project outcomes
• Experience managing external contractors, ensuring delivery to quality, time and budget standards
• Degree qualified (or equivalent) and ideally AssocRICS / MRICS (or working towards)

What you'll get

• A competitive salary between £48,000 - £55,000 – dependent on capability.
• Market supplement of £3,000 per annum.
• Job requirement company car.
• An annual performance bonus.
• 26 days annual leave (plus bank holidays).
• The option to buy additional or sell holiday days.
• Generous contributory pension scheme - we will double-match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%.
• A comprehensive internal training programme along with support for relevant external courses.
• Financial support to help cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions, course fees, books, exam fees and time off for study leave - so long as it's relevant to your role.
• Access to flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.
• Family care benefits including a back-up care service for when your usual care arrangements fall through (six paid days each year as standard with the option to purchase further days).
• Access to apps that support health, fitness and wellbeing.

Why join our Lands team?

Be part of something bigger. At National Grid, you’ll help deliver The Great Grid Upgrade – shaping the future energy system and supporting the UK’s transition to a cleaner, more sustainable future.

In our Lands team, your work has real impact. You’ll play a key role in securing land rights and building relationships that make major infrastructure projects possible – working directly with landowners, communities and industry partners on complex, high-profile schemes.

You’ll join a collaborative, supportive team where people are trusted to succeed and encouraged to grow. Whether you want to deepen your technical expertise or step into leadership, we offer genuine career development backed by a culture of learning, innovation and continuous improvement.

We value diverse backgrounds and perspectives – from utilities and property to environmental, planning, legal and stakeholder engagement – because better thinking leads to better outcomes.

If you’re looking for purpose, impact and long-term career growth, this is where you can make a difference.

More information

This role closes on 20 July 2026 at 23:59, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary. 

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We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates – we make appointments purely on merit, assessed against objective selection criteria. We support flexible working and will make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process should you have any physical or mental impairment which may affect your ability to participate in the process.

Please note that in most cases, National Grid is unable to offer sponsorship for employment under the UK points-based immigration system. As such, applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship now or in the future under the UK points-based immigration system. However, in exceptional circumstances where there is a clear and demonstrable need for specialist skills that cannot be sourced from the local labour market, National Grid may consider offering sponsorship. All applications are welcome from candidates who meet these requirements, regardless of race, nationality, or ethnic origin.