Consents Manager
Consents Manager
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Job Description
United Living are recruiting for a Consents Manager to join our growing Major Projects team to provide our clients with a range of consent management services for major infrastructure projects. This role can be a 12 month fix term contract or we are open to a contractor.
As Consents Manager youll support many aspects of project development including supporting and leading internal and external stakeholders in delivering and maintaining the necessary consents in accordance with relevant environmental and planning legislation for various projects.
All of the projects being developed are Nationally Significant Infrastructure projects across the UK all subject to Development Consents Orders. The first being a Carbon Capture Pipeline in the North West.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Consents Management: Responsibility for supporting or leading the management of consents and approvals for infrastructure projects. Typically this will involve managing specialist consultant submissions and managing the application process.
Compliance: Stay abreast of regulatory requirements environmental standards and planning regulations to ensure adherence throughout the project lifecycle.
Stakeholder Engagement: Establish and maintain cooperative relationships with key project stakeholders and statutory bodies through ongoing engagement to successfully deliver consents.
Documentation and Reporting: Maintain accurate records of consents permits and approvals and prepare reports to support project documentation and compliance requirements.
Project Coordination: Work closely with project managers engineers and other stakeholders to integrate consent requirements into project plans and schedules ensuring alignment with project objectives and timelines.
Team Collaboration: Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to share knowledge provide guidance on consentrelated matters and foster a culture of collaboration and excellence.
Team Leadership: Be the leadership of the consents and third party engagement for the project team.
Qualifications :
Skills & Experience:
Proven experience in consents management environmental permitting or regulatory compliance within the infrastructure sector. We particularly seek candidates with experience and understanding of the DCO (Development Consent Order) process.
Project management skills including the ability to prioritize tasks manage competing deadlines and coordinate activities across multiple projects.
Strong understanding of either planning regulations environmental legislation or land rights and regulatory frameworks relevant to infrastructure projects.
Excellent interpersonal skills.
Evidence of success in forming and maintaining working relationships in a multidisciplinary environment.
Good negotiation/collaboration skills to ensure full support within the framework.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team leading where required.
Up to date with the latest developments in Professional Competence.
Behavioural Qualities:
Ability to see things differently prepared to question standard approaches in order to manage consenting risks and programme deadlines.
Support and develop create a local leadership team by delegation coaching and mentoring.
Decisiveness makes daytoday business choices that have commercial implications knowing when to inform others or ask for support.
Qualifications:
Relevant degrees that provide a solid foundation (e.g. Town Planning (or similar) Law Geography Environmental Science or Management Construction Engineering Project Management etc.)
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
