Consents & Environment Manager

isepglobal; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

isepglobal is seeking an experienced environmental project manager to lead consents, licensing, and contract specification activities for major infrastructure projects. You will drive timely delivery by coordinating with contractors, clients, and regulatory bodies.

In this role you will scope and manage multiple consultancy contracts, develop critical stakeholder relationships, and conduct scheduled inspections to ensure compliance with planning consent and environmental requirements.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable project management across major projects, including scope, cost, risk and timing.
• Proven stakeholder management, influencing and negotiating to represent client interests externally.
• Environmental degree preferred, with postgraduate qualifications and experience in infrastructure or environmental consultancy.

Responsibilities

• Lead on Consents discharge, environmental licensing, and contract specs to ensure timely delivery.
• Coordinate environmental and consenting compliance with contractors and clients, meeting statutory and internal obligations.
• Scope, tender, award, and manage multiple consultancy contracts to support EnvCoW services and post planning surveys.
• Develop external stakeholder relationships with consenting bodies, authorities, and consultees to build consensus.
• Build positive relationships with contractors and project teams to raise environmental and regulatory performance.
• Conduct inspections and audits on delegated projects to ensure compliance with planning consent and environmental requirements.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Delivery leadership

Education

Environmental related degree

Postgraduate qualification in environment/infrastructure

Job description

The main duties and responsibilities are:

• Lead on Consents condition discharge, environmental licensing, the preparation of environmental contract specifications and obligations to ensure facilitation of timely project delivery.
• Coordination and monitoring of Contractor and client environmental and consenting compliance and meeting all statutory and internal obligations and our sector leading environmental and sustainability ambitions.
• 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.

What do we need?

• 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.
• Ability to represent client's interests externally, with previous provable stakeholder management skills including engaging, influencing and negotiating to develop effective relationships.
• 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.

ersg are an equal opportunities employer; we are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all job applicants. We do not discriminate against applicants on the basis of age, sex, race, disability, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or religious background; all decisions are based on merit.