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WSP USA Land Title Searcher in Glasgow, United Kingdom
Our Scotland Land Team is made up of land consultants, property specialists, utility and topographical surveyors and engagement specialists working across our Edinburgh, Glasgow and Perth offices.
We work closely with our Land colleagues across the UK and Ireland delivering land services on a variety of projects across the Transport, Energy, Rail, Active Travel and Local Authority Sectors.
We work locally, making a difference to Scotland projects but also nationally with other WSP teams, using in-house land information and consultation databases alongside GIS systems, with a focus on innovation and quality.
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WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU
Work-life balance?
WSP recognises that work is only one part of your life and making time for other things is important – whether that’s for your families, friends, or yourself.
Our hybrid working policy allows the flexibility to work from the comfort of your own home as well as collaborating in our contemporary offices across the UK.
Inclusivity & Diversity?
We want our people to achieve rewarding careers, bringing their whole selves to work. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP.
Our employee resource groups VIBE (LGBTQ+ employees), CREED (Championing Racial Equality and Ethnic Diversity) and our Gender Balance Group, in tandem with WSP’s Neurodiverse Community Group, WSP Connect Group (visible and non-visible disabilities) help us promote the right environment for you to reach your full potential.
Health & Wellbeing?
We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme.
Med24 gives you and your family unrestricted telephone access to an NHS doctor where you can call day or night or have a face-to-face video consultation.
Flex your time?
For improved work life balance, WSP offers the “WSP Hour” which enables you to take one hour per day to do as you wish and make up the time earlier or later that day. We also offer part time and flexible working arrangements plus the option to flex your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.
Your development?
We appreciate that development and training is important to you and that’s why we have a supportive environment that invests in your development, whether that’s chartership, training or mentoring.
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Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.
Please note WSP reserves the right to close the vacancy before the advertised closing date.
You will have the opportunity to work as part of the largest Land Referencing business in the UK, working on high profile projects with a broad range of clients in the Transport, Energy, Rail, Active Travel and Local Authority Sectors.
The role will involve:
Identification of landowners, occupiers and other parties that hold a legal interest in land, through interpretation and research of the Registers of Scotland Land Register, General Register of Sasines, and National Records of Scotland, as well as other open-source information.
Contribute to the WSP Land Team delivery and success of supporting the delivery of high-profile infrastructure projects within Scotland and the wider UK and Ireland business.
Supporting the Land team and providing clients with appropriate and sound technical advice in the relation to the delivery of information that underpins land access activities, landowner engagement, optioneering and statutory processes.
Training and mentoring of other team members.
Inputs to work-winning activities.
Reporting to a senior member of the Land Team for WSP in Scotland.
Demonstrable experience of Land Referencing and/or land acquisition processes, including researching and identifying landowners/occupiers, land interests and rights, particularly within Scotland.
Demonstrable experience of searching and interpreting the Registers of Scotland Land Register, General Register of Sasines and National Records of Scotland (essential).
An interest in working as part of a multi-disciplinary team across a significant pipeline of infrastructure projects in a front-facing role for clients.
Detailed knowledge and experience of one or more statutory consents requirements (such as CPO, GVD, TWAO, DCO, Hybrid Bill) as well as an understanding of the land and property industry, with a particular focus on Scottish Legislation.
Experience of training, mentoring and transferring technical knowledge to other colleagues and the ability to undertake technical assurance of other colleagues’ work.
Drive and enthusiasm to create strong technical work
Good commercial awareness with an understanding of budget, scope, change control and other project management activities.
Excellent written/verbal communication skills and organisational skills with the ability to comfortably liaise with internal and external clients.
A degree in Geography (or relevant discipline) or relevant technical experience.
A full drivers’ licence would be advantageous.