Acquisition Surveyor

M Group Services Limited; Byfleet; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure services provider in the UK is seeking a Site Acquisition Specialist to run site surveys and ensure smooth deployment of telecom networks. The ideal candidate has proven experience in surveying, strong stakeholder management skills, and the ability to handle planning regulations. This role offers excellent benefits including a company vehicle and the opportunity for professional development.

Benefits

Matched or contributory pension scheme

Online GP service

Employee assistance programme

My Rewards portal with retail discounts

Life assurance

Health Care Cash Plan

Discretionary bonus scheme

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Proven experience in site acquisition or surveying within telecoms or infrastructure projects.
• Ability to translate technical and legal requirements into practical, commercial solutions.
• Calm under pressure and able to get deals over the line.

Responsibilities

• Run site surveys to check locations for network deployment.
• Collect site data and produce clear survey reports.
• Work closely with acquisition managers and landlords to solve site-specific problems.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Knowledge of planning regulations

Health & safety standards

Education

Relevant qualification in surveying or telecommunications

Job description

Overview

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career; with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

At M Group Telecom, we’re enabling and enhancing telecom networks, playing a lead role in the delivery of our tech‑enabled future.

Service Scope

We deliver full network cycle services for fixed, private and mobile operators. Mobile networks – we keep the country connected through the survey, design, installation and maintenance of private 5G networks, small cells, supporting Smart Cities & Connected infrastructure.

What will you be doing?

You’ll run site surveys to check if locations are right for network deployment and acquisition, spotting constraints early and flagging practical issues. Collect precise site data, snap photos, and produce clear survey reports for design and planning teams. You’ll make sure sites meet planning rules, health & safety and landlord needs. Work closely with acquisition managers, landlords and internal teams to sort site‑specific problems quickly. Support smooth, on‑time site acquisition and build activities so we hit client programme milestones. You’ll be hands‑on and flexible, communicating clearly with stakeholders and ready to travel between sites and proactively keep projects moving daily.

What you’ll bring

You’ve got proven experience in site acquisition or surveying within telecoms or infrastructure projects, with solid know‑how of planning regulations, property law and health & safety standards. You’re great at stakeholder management and negotiation, calm under pressure and able to get deals over the line. You hold a relevant qualification and can translate technical and legal requirements into practical, commercial solutions that keep projects moving. Happy to travel to sites as required, flexible and hands‑on.

What’s in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include.

• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme

In addition, this role offers;

• Company van/vehicle and fuel card for business use
• Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet.

We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations.

We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life.

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.

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