Transmission Land Officer (Policy)

Covering Central and Southern Scotland

Salary from £53,280 to £66,000 (dependant on experience)

Full time / Permanent / Hybrid

Closing Date:  01/06/2025

Help us create a better future, quicker

At Scottish Power Energy Networks (SPEN), securing appropriate land rights through voluntary and statutory processes is essential to delivering our transmission and distribution network expansion across Scotland, England, and Wales. With a strong focus on pipeline growth through 2030 and beyond, the Land & Planning Team plays a crucial role in developing regulatory frameworks and policies that enable efficient land rights acquisition from landowners or government entities.

What You'll Be Doing

Working closely with the Land Solutions, Policy & Performance Manager, and supporting the Head of Land & Planning, you will take responsibility for:

• Identifying, developing, and coordinating responses to national land rights legislation and guidance.

• Managing internal land policies and procedures, ensuring a streamlined approach across the Land & Planning team.

• Aligning SPEN’s land rights strategy with business objectives and regulatory requirements.

• Developing engagement strategies to influence key stakeholders and legislative reforms.

• Overseeing statutory land reform processes, ensuring consistency across SPEN’s transmission and distribution license areas.

• Acting as a bridge between internal stakeholders and national land policy discussions.

• Coordinating external workstreams and managing internal processes to ensure timely compliance.

• Assisting in the creation of briefings and reports for senior leadership, supporting decision-making at the highest level.

What You'll Bring

• Strong experience in project management, preferably within the utility sector.

• In-depth knowledge of the Electricity Act and transmission/distribution networks, including overhead lines, underground cables, and substations.

• Advanced expertise in land policy, including agricultural & forestry practices, property law, land valuations, and the Compensation Code.

• Understanding of Energy Networks policies, procedures, and regulatory frameworks, including health & safety, planning, and environmental legislation (e.g., Town & Country Planning Act & Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations).

• Proven experience negotiating large-scale land agreements, balancing financial, regulatory, and operational priorities.

• Strategic problem-solving skills, capable of addressing complex policy and legislative challenges.

• Ability to manage high-profile stakeholder relationships, influencing regulatory reforms and policy direction.

• Sound planning and analytical skills, anticipating potential challenges and developing solutions.

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Commercial awareness, IT literacy, and customer service expertise.

• Experience with SAP, GIS, and Salesforce systems.

Minimum Requirements

• Fluent spoken & written English.

• UK Driving Licence.

• Relevant experience in land, surveying, planning, property, rural, agricultural, or utility sectors (either in project delivery or a policy context).

• Candidates with demonstrable experience and key skills will be considered, even if they do not meet all listed criteria.

What’s in it for you

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%. 

At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave

• Holiday purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave

• Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme

• Payroll giving and charity matched funding

• Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes

• Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change

• Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving

• Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans

• Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments

• Life Assurance (4x salary)

• Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support

• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why SP Energy Networks

SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and in the North West of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make-up the transmission network – connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It’s a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland’s ambition to be Net Zero by 2044. And we’re taking it very seriously. We’re investing >£5.5 billion into our transmission network, directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.

We are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to careers@scottishpower.com.