Consents & Environmental Compliance Advisor

Assystem UK Ltd; West of England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Assystem UK Ltd is seeking a Consents Advisor to strengthen environmental planning and project delivery on major UK infrastructure programmes. You will coordinate consents activities, maintain registers, prepare applications, and monitor compliance with DCOs and statutory requirements.

You will work within multidisciplinary teams across projects, supporting governance, IMS controls, and stakeholder engagement to help meet programme milestones and ensure safe, compliant project execution.

Qualifications

• Minimum two years' relevant post-graduate experience in consents, planning, environmental management or infrastructure delivery.
• Experience working within major infrastructure or construction projects.
• Experience supporting delivery under DCO, Town and Country Planning Act, Highways Act or similar frameworks.
• Experience tracking deliverables within a wider programme environment.
• Experience working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate consents activities and support regulatory requirements across complex projects.
• Maintain Consents and Commitments Registers and track commitments.
• Assist with applications, approvals, appraisals, reports and post-consent activities.
• Monitor compliance with consented scope and flag deviations to project management.
• Apply knowledge of planning, environmental and infrastructure legislation relevant to major projects.
• Ensure outputs align with statutory requirements, industry standards and governance processes.
• Support IMS procedures and controls within project delivery.

Skills

Consents experience

Planning

Environmental management

Infrastructure delivery

Education

Town Planning

Environmental Management

Infrastructure Planning

Engineering

Archaeology

Construction Management

Law

Job description

Assystem UK Ltd is seeking a Consents Advisor to strengthen environmental planning and project delivery on major UK infrastructure programmes. You will coordinate consents activities, maintain registers, prepare applications, and monitor compliance with DCOs and statutory requirements.

You will work within multidisciplinary teams across projects, supporting governance, IMS controls, and stakeholder engagement to help meet programme milestones and ensure safe, compliant project execution.