Permitting and Stakeholder Director

Taylor Hopkinson; France; Sur place; EUR 80 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Join a major offshore wind project in France as a Permitting and Stakeholder Director. Responsible for developing stakeholder strategies and securing necessary permits, this full-time role requires expertise in public relations and a strong understanding of the French regulatory environment related to renewable energy projects.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience at Director level or similar in public relations.
• Fluent in French and English.
• Extensive knowledge of French regulatory frameworks related to offshore renewable permitting.
• Experience in offshore wind consent and permitting processes.

Responsabilités

• Develop and implement effective stakeholder and permitting strategies.
• Ensure delivery of permits and manage project compliance with legal obligations.
• Coordinate and engage with stakeholders throughout the project's lifecycle.
• Manage budget and resources effectively.

Connaissances

Leadership

Communication

Public Relations

Stakeholder Engagement

Description du poste

Permitting and Stakeholder Director (Offshore Wind)

Opportunity to join the senior project leadership team of a major offshore wind project in France as Permitting and Stakeholder Director. Reporting to the Project Director, you will be responsible for all permitting and stakeholders aspects across the project including:

• Developing and implementing the most appropriate strategy for effective stakeholder and permitting management
• Monitoring key KPIs for the follow up of STK action.
• Ensuring the delivery of the permits.
• Budget preparation (and preparation input to Capex/Opex budget).
• Maintaining constant relations with key stakeholders.
• Communication towards public and press and coordinating activities with Permitting and Stakeholders team members.

This is a full time, staff role based in Northern France. To be considered for his role you must be fluent in French and English and have a clear understanding of local authorities, permitting and stakeholder engagement at Director level or similar.

Role:

• Ensure that the resources in the team are well coordinated and that the scope of work and deliverables are clearly defined for all resources in the team.
• Be responsible for the budget, planning, quality, HSE of the department, in close collaboration with the other project’s departments and under the responsibility of the Project Director.
• Provide input to the DEVEX, CAPEX and OPEX budgets.
• Ensure that the project complies with its legal, regulatory and contractual obligations, for the department’s scope of work.
• Ensure smooth collaboration for following-up and achieving the project’s undertakings and commitments under the tender rules (Cahier des Charges) such as hours of social insertion, recourse to SMEs.
• Establish and maintain the register of all stakeholders.
• Ensure the statutory and non-statutory consultations with all the stakeholders to the project, in relation to the development, construction and operation of the project.
• Ensure coordination and alignment between the project and RTE’s EIA and permitting activities.
• Define, prepare and implement the consents and permits strategy in collaboration with the
• Consenting and permitting manager
• Ensure that all consents, permits, authorisations and approvals are obtained in due time within the project’s quality and HSE standards and within the budget.
• Follow up of the consents and permits assessment by the Authorities including responding in due time all requests and follow-up engagement with all stakeholders, up to delivery of consents and permits by the Authorities.
• Follow-up of legal recourse (if any) against consents and permits in coordination with Legal team.
• Ensure statutory and non-statutory pro-active consultations with all related stakeholders.
• Contribute to defining and following-up all project’s risks and mitigation related to permitting and stakeholders.

Requirements:

• Substantial experience at Director level or similar in public relations and representations in various context, including with politicians and institutional counterparts at regional and national levels.
• Extensive knowledge of the French legal and regulatory frameworks related to offshore renewable permitting.
• and consenting, and in particular offshore wind.
• Detailed knowledge of the institutional and political French environment
• Experience with consent and permitting processes in the offshore renewable industry is essential.
• Strong leadership skills (integrity, vision/strategy, communication, relationships, persuasiveness,
• influence, adaptability, teamwork, coaching and development, decision-making and planning).
• Effective social and public relation skills.
• Fluent in French and English.

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