Senior Consents Engineer (Sizewell C)

EDF; England; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

EDF is recruiting a Senior Consents Engineer for Sizewell C to lead environmental consenting, regulatory compliance and stakeholder engagement. The role sits within the Civil Works Alliance team and supports the delivery of Sizewell C, coordinating consent submissions and ensuring compliance across phases of the project.

You will work with regulators, planners and design teams to align consents with milestones, manage consent conditions and maintain robust evidence records while enabling safe,

Qualifications

• Degree qualification in Environmental, Engineering or a related discipline - Essential
• IOSH, ISEP or similar accreditation - Desirable

Responsibilities

• Identify consent requirements across a diverse portfolio of construction activities
• Coordinate technical information and supporting documentation for consent submissions
• Work closely with planners and delivery teams to ensure consents align with programme milestones
• Liaise with environmental specialists, designers and supply chain to gather information for applications
• Support engagement with regulators and consent granting bodies through the project consents team
• Monitor compliance with consent conditions and maintain robust evidence records
• Provide clear reporting on consent status, risks and upcoming requirements
• Conduct go/no-go assurance reviews to ensure all required consents are in place before works commence

Skills

Stakeholder management

Regulatory compliance

Data management

Problem solving

Education

Environmental/Engineering degree

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

Contract Partner Company: Civil Works Alliance (CWA)

Employing Company: CWA

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Senior Consents Engineer (Sizewell C)
CWA
Sizewell C

Are you experienced in environmental consenting, regulatory compliance, or stakeholder engagement and looking to play a key role on one of Europe's largest construction programmes?

We are seeking a Senior Consents Engineer to join the team supporting the delivery of the Sizewell C project. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of a nationally significant infrastructure project, ensuring construction activities are delivered in compliance with environmental, regulatory and planning requirements while helping to keep a complex programme moving forward.

Working closely with project teams, planners, designers, environmental specialists, regulators and the wider consents function, you will coordinate consent applications, manage consent conditions and provide assurance that work activities can proceed safely and compliantly.

The Role

• Identify consent requirements across a diverse portfolio of construction activities
• Coordinate technical information and supporting documentation for consent submissions
• Work closely with planners and delivery teams to ensure consents align with programme milestones
• Liaise with environmental specialists, designers, temporary works teams and supply chain partners to gather information required for applications
• Support engagement with regulators and consent granting bodies through the project consents team
• Monitor compliance with consent conditions and maintaining robust evidence records
• Provide clear reporting on consent status, risks and upcoming requirements
• Conduct "go/no-go" assurance reviews to ensure all required consents are in place before works commence

Qualifications

• Degree qualification in Environmental, Engineering or a related discipline - Essential
• IOSH, ISEP or similar professional accreditation - Desirable

Experience

• Experience working with regulators such as the Environment Agency, local authorities or other statutory bodies
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to coordinate information from multiple disciplines
• Experience producing, reviewing or managing technical documentation and compliance records
• Degree qualification in Environmental, Engineering or a related discipline
• The confidence to challenge, influence and communicate effectively across project teams
• Excellent organisation skills and the ability to manage competing priorities
• Strong Microsoft Excel and data management capabilities

• Major infrastructure, civil engineering or utilities projects
• Environmental compliance, permitting or consent management
• Auditing or assurance activities
• Experience working alongside design, engineering or temporary works teams

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Why Join Us?

For more than 60 years, nuclear power stations in the UK have been quietly keeping Britain fuelled with massive amounts of home-grown energy.

Our teams up and down the country are proudly continuing to serve the nation – but they also have an eye on the future.

EDF is leading the UK's nuclear renaissance with the construction of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C and plans for a new power station at Sizewell C in Suffolk.

Nuclear power is the most reliable, low-carbon energy source currently available to the UK. EDF is playing a key role in the development of nuclear sites, while Hinkley Point C will provide low-carbon electricity to meet 7% of the UK demand. The project is already making a positive impact on the local and national economy as well as boosting skills and education.

We’re not just building new nuclear power stations. We’re developing careers, upskilling generations and creating thousands of employment and apprenticeship opportunities across a variety of skills areas.

It takes a special kind of person to work in the nuclear energy industry and although we have thousands of them there’s always a need for more.

Our industry has a mind-boggling range of opportunities and more jobs, and in more places, than you might think. But it’s also an industry which is changing.

We’re a responsible business and proud to be Britain’s biggest generator of zero carbon electricity. With size, age and experience, we believe we can do even more.