Project Manager – UK Onshore Wind

Vattenfall’s Onshore Wind Market Development UK team is seeking a dedicated Land Project Manager to accelerate the acquisition of land rights for our growing portfolio of onshore wind projects across England, Scotland and Wales. This role is critical to securing the physical footprint of our future energy infrastructure and enabling the UK’s transition to clean power.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the identification, assessment, and negotiation of land agreements (including Exclusivities, Heads of Terms, Option and Lease) with landowners, agents, and legal representatives.
• Establish and maintain relationships with landowners throughout development process.
• Support early-stage site screening and feasibility assessments in collaboration with GIS, project management, and grid teams.
• Manage relationships with key stakeholders, such as the land agents and legal counterparts and play an active role in representing Vattenfall at major industry and landowner events.
• Coordinate with internal legal, commercial, and project development teams to ensure land rights align with project timelines, risk profiles, and planning requirements.
• Develop and execute land strategy on a project-specific basis, considering each individual project’s needs and restrictions as well as company strategy.
• Maintain accurate records of landowner engagement and contract/negotiation status.
• Contribute to the development of standardised land acquisition processes and templates to support portfolio growth.
  
  

What We’re Looking For

• You bring solid experience in land acquisition or estate management, ideally gained within the renewable energy, infrastructure, or utilities sectors.
• You’re a confident negotiator with excellent interpersonal skills, capable of building lasting relationships with landowners and stakeholders.
• You have a good understanding of UK planning and permitting frameworks for onshore wind—or you're eager to learn and grow in this area.
• Experience with the Compulsory Purchase process is a strong advantage, and you’re comfortable navigating complex legal and regulatory landscapes.
• You thrive both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team, contributing effectively across functions.
• You approach challenges with a proactive, solution-focused mindset, and combine commercial awareness with a keen eye for detail.
  
  

Location

Hexham or Edinburgh.

Company Description

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 21 000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission.

Qualifications

Your profile / who are you?

We’re looking for a candidate with a university degree in Rural Property or a related field, ideally holding a professional accreditation such as RICS. You should bring at least five years of experience in a similar role, with a strong background in land acquisition for infrastructure projects. Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills—both written and verbal—are essential, along with a detail-oriented approach and solid commercial acumen. A proven ability to liaise effectively with landowners and work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams will be key to your success in this role. While not required, a project management accreditation would be a valuable asset.

The successful candidate will need to have the right to work in the UK

Additional Information

Our offer

Good remuneration, a challenging and international work environment, and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues. We offer attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional development.

More Information

We welcome your application in English, no later than, September 3rd 2025. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to process applications that are not made via our website.

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender reassignment, age, disability, race, sex, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or other belief or sexual orientation.

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall. The screening will be performed by a third party, DISA Global Solutions AB.

We look forward to receiving your application!