Infrastructure Services

Working in Infrastructure Services, you could be dealing with:

• Land Access – negotiation of access to private land for installation of infrastructure assets • Rights Over Land – agreement of permanent and temporary rights • Valuation – assessment of losses arising from a scheme • Management – cable management, pipeline maintenance or land acquisition • Stakeholder Management – liaison with all individuals and bodies affected by schemes • Project Management – ensuring successful delivery of infrastructure schemes • GIS & Mapping – expert mapping, location services and data analysis

I joined FG because of the great company values, nice people and great clients. The recruitment process works really well – the in-depth interviews give you the opportunity to show who you are as a person and get to know who you might be working with. I really like the people at FG, it’s a warm and welcoming team who give you lots of responsibility early on. There’s a lot of work to go around, so you’re always busy! The graduate training programme gives you the opportunity to work on a wide range of projects for different people. This allows you to see how different parts of the infrastructure industry works. The APC support is also beneficial, the ‘Doctors’ set up means you have someone out of your office to discuss your work with and make sure you are getting all your competencies. I love being out on site meeting with a range of landowners and utility clients. A lot of my role is negotiating access for maintenance works and ensuring that our clients needs are met, whilst recognising that landowners often have opposing views!

Kate Manners

MSc Rural Land and Business Management University of Reading

The sector offers a diverse and interesting opportunity to those who wish to challenge their perception of what a rural Chartered Surveyor does. Join us and find out!

Clare Phillipson, Divisional Managing Partner - Infrastructure Services

Our highly efficient teams are leading providers of property related management and project services, covering all areas of the sector, including: water, oil, gas, electricity and fibreoptics. We provide project management and advisory services on small and large scale projects to include: land referencing, valuation, access and rights liaison, land acquisitions and disposals, compulsory purchase, including Development Consent Orders, compensation negotiations and dispute resolution. We drive improvement, manage risk and build relationships whilst always striving to add value in everything we do.

Our graduates are given immediate project responsibility with direct interface with our national clients. As such, we are looking to recruit enthusiastic and highly engaged graduates who see the opportunity in every challenge and who will continue our tradition of innovation and exceptional levels of client service. Being a graduate in the utilities and infrastructure sector will provide outstanding opportunities to gain MRICS status following either the rural or land and resources pathway and also FAAV qualification. After this, there is the ability for rapid career progression, with genuine partnership prospects.