Graduate Property Manager
Description
Do you want to work to make Power for Good?
We're the world's largest independent renewable energy company. We're driven by a simple yet powerful vision: to create a future where everyone has access to affordable, zero carbon energy. We know that achieving our ambitions would be impossible without our people. Because we're tackling some of the world's toughest problems, we need the very best people to help us. They're our most important asset so that's why we continually invest in them.
RES is a family with a diverse workforce, and we are dedicated to the personal professional growth of our people, no matter what stage of their career they're at. We can promise you rewarding work which makes a real impact, the chance to learn from inspiring colleagues from across a growing, global network and opportunities to grow personally and professionally.
Our competitive package offers rewards and benefits including pension schemes, flexible working, and top-down emphasis on better work-life balance. We also offer private healthcare, discounted green travel, 25 days holiday with options to buy/sell days, enhanced family leave and four volunteering days per year so you can make a difference somewhere else.
The successful applicant will also be fully supported through their RICS Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) process to become a Chartered Surveyor.
Job Purpose
The role will have responsibility for assisting the Property Management team across Scotland whose role is to acquire all property agreements that are required for the development, construction, and hand over at operation of Wind projects. The role will have responsibility for assisting with numerous projects that may be in different stages of their life cycle. This will involve taking the lead role for land referencing, drafting HOTs, assisting with property negotiations and production of agreements from site inception through financial close and construction and into generation. The role will also be responsible for assisting with planning and coordinating internal and external resources as required to secure the required agreements.
Organisational Context
Carry out Land Referencing to establish ownership structures and details
Assist with the production of Exclusivity, Heads of Terms, Option and Lease template documents
Negotiate appropriate terms which balance risk, quality and cost commensurate with the needs of the project
Assist to manage the property transaction process within the framework of the overall project program
Balance in-sourcing and out-sourcing of legal input to the property process to minimise costs
Produce draft documentation
Secure support as required.
Key Accountabilities
Provide support and advice to the Property Managers, New Site Managers and Development Project Managers to meet the needs of the Project
Assist with the delivery and secure negotiated property agreements within the commercial constraints of the project and enable the development, construction, and operation of all projects with a focus on reducing whole life costs.
Develop positive relationships with landowners, landowners’ solicitors and agents to maintain existing opportunities and seek new opportunities through a network of contacts
Instruct and manage external solicitors and agents
Manage relationships with external solicitors and agents to ensure quality and control cost
Maintain an awareness of market rates, trends and influencing factors and devise a strategy to ensure RES’s offering is competitive in the market and appropriate for the returns delivered.
Property support for transactions and closing projects including management of property due diligence
Maintain relationships internally with other property managers to ensure that best practice processes are developed appropriate to the lean business we are driving.
Knowledge you will have
Knowledge of property law and documentation.
Knowledge of option and lease documentation in the UK
Skills you have
A strong team player
Excellent negotiation and influencing skills
Good interpersonal skills
An entrepreneurial approach and problem solving abilities.
Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
Passion for the renewable energy sector
Experience
Experience (practical or theory) in property acquisition & development and/or Landlord & Tenant
Qualifications
Experience (practical or theory) in property acquisition & development and/or Landlord & Tenant
Working towards or a graduate in a degree in property surveying, estates management or equivalent.
At RES we celebrate difference as we know it makes our company a great place to work. Encouraging applicants with different backgrounds, ideas and points of view, we create teams who work together to solve complex problems and design practical solutions for our clients. Our multiple perspectives come from many sources including the diverse ethnicity, culture, gender, nationality, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, marital status, parental status, education, social background and life experience of our people.
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