Marine Cable Consents Specialist
Marine Cable Consents Specialist
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Job Description
Job Description
Join a global professional services leader committed to solving the worlds biggest challenges across energy transport utilities and urbanisation.
GHD is one of the worlds leading professional services companies operating in the global markets of water energy and resources environment property and buildings and transportation.
Privately owned by our people GHD provides engineering architecture environmental and construction services to private and public sector clients across five continents. Focused on creating lasting community benefit our connected global network of over 12000 people delivers projects with high standards of safety quality and ethics.
The Role
Are you passionate about the marine environment and ready to make an impact on global infrastructure GHD Advisory is seeking a Marine Cable Consents Specialist to join our growing team of environmental professionals. In this pivotal role youll support the delivery of expert consulting services focused on subsea cable permitting and broader marine environmental impact assessments.
This is a dynamic project delivery position where youll collaborate closely with senior specialists and multidisciplinary teams ensuring environmental compliance and contributing to the success of high-profile offshore infrastructure projects. As a key player in our advisory team youll also help expand our presence in the marine consents space by contributing to strategic proposals and client engagement.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead or support Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) and permitting activities for subsea cable projects acting as Project Manager where appropriate.
- Provide technical subject matter expertise to internal teams and clients including pre-application guidance and strategic permitting advice.
- Engage with stakeholders regulatory bodies and industry groups to advocate best practices and represent GHD at key meetings and events.
- Develop and contribute to environmental and social due diligence projects and impact assessments across various offshore sectors.
- Support business growth by participating in bid development proposal writing and proactive client engagement.
- Prepare clear concise and high-quality reports recommendations and presentations tailored to client and project needs.
- Collaborate across technical groups within GHD to share knowledge align best practices and drive innovation in marine permitting solutions.
Key Skills & Experience Required
- A Bachelors degree (or higher) in Environmental Science or a related discipline.
- Minimum 5 years of professional experience in marine environmental consulting with a strong focus on subsea cable permitting.
- Demonstrated experience in delivering EIAs and consents for offshore projects ideally including international subsea cable or offshore wind projects.
- Deep understanding of UK marine environmental regulations and permitting processes.
- Familiarity with environmental and social risk management frameworks such as IFC Performance Standards or Equator Principles is a plus.
- Proven ability to communicate and influence effectively both in writing and in person with regulators clients and multidisciplinary teams.
- Strong technical writing data analysis and project management capabilities.
- Enthusiasm for working on diverse complex projects in a collaborative environment.
Why Join GHD
At GHD were committed to solving the worlds biggest challenges in the areas of water energy and urbanisation. Youll be part of a global team of forward-thinking environmental experts who value integrity collaboration and innovation. If youre ready to shape the future of sustainable offshore infrastructure wed love to hear from you.
Our Commitment to you
Commitmentis a powerful word that defines how we do business how we serve our clients and how we care for one another. We will support your needs by giving you the tools to do your best work and then recognise your achievements. We will set your curiosity free to allow brilliant minds to do their best work. We will invest in new ideas removing barriers where we can. Finally we will encourage you to collaborate with thousands of diverse people across our global business.
Equality diversity and inclusion lies at the heart of our team culture.We operate a flat intellectual hierarchy meaning every voice is heard and has genuine influence. We believe deeply in diversity of race gender sexual orientation religion ethnicity national origin and experience and we recognise the value this brings our collective team approach to solving challenging client problems.
Inclusionis hugely important to us and we want to ensure every team member can balance work around their unique personal circumstances. In addition to a competitive salary we offer a wider variety of benefits to support you including 25 days paid leave with opportunity to purchase additional leave matched pension contributions and family-friendly flexible working. We will advocate for your profession development and provide access to formal education through the GHD Business School and practical application through technical delivery. We actively promote inclusion and equity focussed initiatives with the example of our STEMAZING partnership which offers STEM outreach programmes for women.
Working Location
This is a hybrid role with an expectation of an average of 2 days per week working at one of our offices in London Manchester Chester Guildford or Newcastle.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full Time
