Title: Site Acquisition Manager

Reports to: Senior Site Acquisition Manager

Remuneration: Salary dependent on experience, 25 days annual leave, pension, healthcare, life cover

Role summary:
​​​​​​​Reporting to the Senior Site Acquisition Manager, the Site Acquisition Manager will be responsible for identifying and securing suitable land areas for Renewable & sustainable Energy development. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Ensuring that health and safety is at the forefront of all decision making. 
  • Maintain a continual review process with the Grid team to evaluate grid connection opportunities for development. 
  • Obtain Signed Letters of Authority (LOA) from landowners or their representatives. 
  • When required, negotiate an exclusivity agreement with landowners.   
  • Negotiate Heads of terms (HOTs) with landowners or their representatives. 
  • Appoint external Land agent services as required to finalise HOTs 
  • Liaise with the Property legal team to ensure HOTs meet or exceed the companies required legal requirements  
  • Liaise with the legal team to ensure exclusivity agreements meet or exceed the companies required legal requirements  
  • Liaise with the Head of asset management to ensure all developments are commercially viable  
  • ​​​​​​​Arrange and attend site visits to assess potential sites for development  
  • Ensure suitable communication is always maintained with landowners or their representatives  
  • Compile and present site development presentations for approval 
  • Ensure that the ArcGIS mapping system is maintained as fit for purpose 

Experience:

  • Experience in the renewables sector preferred 
  • Experience in Land management preferred 
  • GIS systems, not essential  
  • Degree or equivalent qualification 

Skill requirement:

  • MS office proficient 
  • Driving licence 
  • Good people skills  
  • Self-motivated 
  • Excellent communication skills both written and oral 
  • Good Negotiating skills 

Benefits:

  • 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays.
  • ​​​​​​​Auto Enrolment Pension – the Company will contribute 4%.
  • ​​​​​​​Private Healthcare
  • Life cover four times salary;
  • Employee Assistance Programme;
  • ​​​​​​​BSR will pay for one professional membership per year.

Closing date: Monday 17th October 12 noon.

To apply: Please send your cover letter and CV to recruitment@britishrenewables.com