Renewable Energy Surveyor
Build your renewable energy career with Savills, delivering impactful projects across wind, solar and energy storage while shaping a more sustainable future.
Role Overview
Join Savills as a Renewable Energy Surveyor in Edinburgh or Perth and help deliver impactful energy and infrastructure projects across the UK. As part of Savills Earth, one of the UK’s largest Energy & Sustainability consultancies, you’ll work on a wide range of technologies, including onshore wind, solar PV and energy storage
In this varied role, you’ll advise clients on identifying and delivering renewable energy opportunities across their land portfolios. From feasibility assessments through to negotiating option agreements, leases and land rights, you’ll play a key role in securing commercial outcomes while gaining exposure to valuation, policy research and strategic advisory work.
Working closely with multidisciplinary teams, you’ll build strong client relationships and contribute to business development initiatives. With a high level of autonomy, this opportunity suits someone with at least three years’ experience looking to progress their career in a fast-growing sector.
Savills offers excellent training, structured development and opportunities to get involved in national projects and specialist networks.
We’re seeking a proactive, commercially minded individual with strong negotiation, analytical and communication skills, and a solid understanding of the UK renewable energy sector.
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What we offer you:
Career and Professional Development
25-30 Days Annual Leave, depending on grade
Life Assurance
Private Medical Scheme
Virtual GP
Global Mobility Scheme
Rewards Platform
Company Pension Scheme
Enhanced Incremental Annual Leave
Find out more about Savills offer
Team Overview
Savills provides a full suite of energy and sustainability services across both the built and natural environments. Savills Earth is expanding rapidly with around 100 staff, as such, it is one of the UK’s largest Energy & Sustainability consultancies. At an organisational level we help create the culture, strategies, and direction required to maximise positive contributions to society and the environment, advising on the transparency and governance required to validate and celebrate commitment to sustainability.
We work with clients to implement these strategies, turning sustainability targets and commitments into reality by delivering continual improvement projects across wide portfolios and on individual assets. Our aim is to inspire and enable our clients to have a positive impact on our planet. We bring the knowledge and skills required to deliver this through a holistic, robust and accountable approach.
Recruitment agencies
Savills only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place and that agency has been previously contacted and directed by a member of our recruitment team. We do not pay agency fees when speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to Savills or any of our employees other than via our careers website and through our recruitment process. If this is not adhered to, agency fees will not be paid.
Submission of any unsolicited CVs or proposals to Savills will be deemed evidence of full and unlimited acceptance of this approach.
- Business area
- Energy & Sustainability
- Role
- Savills Earth
- Locations
- Edinburgh, Perth
- Contract Type
- Full time
- Remote Status
- This role offers some working from home
- Salary
- Competitive
Our offer
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Holiday
We understand the importance of a work life balance and offer you a generous holiday entitlement, which increases throughout your career as you progress through our job levels or reach service milestones.
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Health
Your wellbeing and that of your family is as important to us as it is to you. We offer Virtual Gp, Digital Health, Private Medical Scheme and mental health support amongst other benefits.
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Lifestyle
We promote a healthy work life balance, supported by our approach to flexible working and our wide variety of health, wellbeing and social programmes.
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Our Offer
Read more about our benefits and culture in our offer overview below
Values
No matter the role you’re in, we all share one purpose: to help people thrive through places and spaces. This is built into our DNA, shaping the way we behave to deliver the best results. We define it by four key values:
We listen: Tell us your goals and aspirations and we’ll provide the support you need to achieve them. We appreciate the individual value of every team member and create an environment where you can reach your full potential.
We empower: Here, there’s no limit to what you can achieve. We give you opportunities to have a real, positive impact in the community through the work you do, backed by access to our market-leading research and insights.
We challenge: The best results happen when we question the status quo. We create an environment where you can safely challenge our thinking, bringing fresh ideas to the table to innovate as a team.
We collaborate: When you join Savills, you become part of a 40,000-strong network of driven individuals, all sharing their knowledge and experience to push the real estate industry forward.
At the heart of it all, we deliver best-in-class insights and advice to help people make better property decisions. We're looking for colleagues who will help us on this mission. When you join Savills, our ask for you is simple – to be extraordinary, together.
About Savills
Over 42,000 people work for us in more than 70 countries all over the world. This breadth of global coverage, combined with specialist services and market insight, means we'll always have an expert who is local to you.