Consents & Environment Manager

isepglobal; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

isepglobal seeks a seasoned Consents & Environment Manager to lead on environmental licensing, consenting, and contract management for a major Scottish infrastructure project.

You will develop stakeholder relationships, oversee consultant contracts, and conduct compliance inspections to ensure timely delivery and regulatory adherence.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable project management experience delivering major projects.
• Experience with managing consultants, costs, risk, quality and timing.

Responsibilities

• Lead on consents discharge and environmental licensing.
• Scope, tender, award and manage consultancy contracts for EnvCoW support services.
• Develop external stakeholder relationships with consenting bodies and authorities.
• Foster sustainable relationships with Contractors and project teams for regulatory performance.
• Conduct inspections and audits to ensure environmental and planning consent compliance.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Environmental compliance

Contract management

Risk management

Education

Environmental degree

Postgraduate qualification

Job description

Consents & Environment Manager for a major infrastructure project in Scotland

Responsibilities

• Lead on Consents condition discharge, environmental licensing, the preparation of environmental contract specifications and obligations to ensure facilitation of timely project delivery.
• Scope, tender, award and manage multiple consultancy contracts to support the delivery of EnvCoW support services and post planning submission surveys and assessments.
• Develop, control and build critical external stakeholder relationships (consenting bodies, statutory authorities, key consultees), communicating the criticality of infrastructure and the project requirements, building consensus around project decision making and create an environment of mutually supportive relationships.
• Develop positive and sustainable relationships with Contractors and wider project teams to 'raise the bar' in environmental and regulatory performance and compliance.
• Conduct scheduled inspections and audits on delegated projects to ensure environmental and planning consent compliance.

Experience Required

• Demonstrable project management experience and understanding of how to manage all aspects of the delivery of major projects e.g. project set up and delivery, management of consultants, costs, risk, quality and timing, which are essential to the success of this role.
• Ideally an Environmental related degree, preferably with post graduate qualification coupled with experience in a relevant industry (e.g. infrastructure, environmental consultancy dealing with consenting and delivery of major and National projects). Membership of an appropriate environmental professional body is also desirable