Agricultural Liaison Officer

We are recruiting for an Agricultural Liaison Officer (ALO) to work on our Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) Framework, based in Peterborough.

About the project
Anglian Water has created a new delivery enterprise - the Strategic Pipeline Alliance. “SPA” is creating hundreds of kilometres of new, interconnecting pipelines to help combat the impact of climate change and keep fresh, clean water flowing across the Anglian Water region. The new network is one of the largest infrastructure projects for a generation and is a complex and challenging major infrastructure project.

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About the role
The Agricultural Liaison Officer plays a key role in the successful delivery of the Strategic Pipeline Alliance, being part of the Engagement team reporting to the Stakeholder Manager and the relevant scheme Project Installation and Assembly Manager (PIAM). The role will be an advocate of Anglian Water Make Today Great behaviours at all times and be a role model for all teams.

The role will cover the North and South of Peterborough (Elsham to Lincoln) & (Bexwell to Bury St Edmunds).

Key Responsibilities
Forming trusting relationships and being the prime contact with third party stakeholders such as landowners, farmers, tenant farmers, IDBs. This would include being the key contact and undertaking discussions where necessary.
Informing the landowners of project requirements and construction matters together with collating the landowner feedback to inform the Project team.
Responsible for coordinating all Pre-Entry assessments/ surveys on the land and collating additional information provided by the landowners / farmers
Liaise with stakeholders regarding land and land drainage matters and assist the project team and land drainage consultant with the post construction drainage design
Carry out pre-entry and access agreements throughout the project with landowners in conjunction with the Lands team and site teams
Record all interactions with stakeholders and will complete data input for monthly reports
Attend necessary project meetings and will continuously monitor for any conflicting information that could cause an impact on the landowner
During construction, maintaining engagement with the landowners and project team about construction matters and project requirements
Undertake site inspections during construction to monitor working practices are compliant to SPA working practices and their obligations to the Landowner
Ensure that the reinstatement works are agreed with the project team and landowner following completion of works
Responsible for the coordination of the required tasks to close out the project and to ensure minimal impact on the landowner

About you
Engaging and enthusiastic with the ability to form good professional relationships
Good communication and collaborative skills
Be flexible and ready to travel and be located at relevant project sites when required
Has previously been part of a large-scale infrastructure programme, in particular ones that have an impact on agricultural businesses as well as knowledge in soils and drainage in challenging terrain and conditions
Has a can-do attitude and enthusiasm to innovate and get the job done!
Computer literate in all Microsoft packages
Is a proactive problem solver keeping the business objective at the heart of every decision

About Costain

Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

Your application

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We welcome all applicants regardless of age, race, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, socioeconomic background and physical or neurological disabilities.

We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need for dynamic working. Such as, working part-time, remote working, or compressed hours. In return, we will explore what is possible.

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https://www.costain.com/our-culture/equality-diversity-and-inclusion/

Right to Work & Security Checks

Understandably given the nature of our business, everyone who is employed at Costain must undergo thorough referencing checks. We will need different information depending on the job we have offered you. For all roles, we’ll carry out a criminal record check and we’ll ask to see evidence that you have the legal right to work in the UK.

For some of our roles, you may be required to obtain and maintain security clearance of at least Security Check level (or SC clearance). To satisfy the requirements, you will need to have been a legal UK resident for a minimum of 5 years and have successfully complete all stages of the vetting process.

Closing date

Please note that Costain reserves the right to bring forward the closing date of any of its job vacancies if we receive a suitable number of quality applications from which to make a shortlist. Therefore, we recommend at you apply as soon as possible rather than wait until the published closing date.

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