Senior Consents Engineer (Sizewell C)

Sizewell C Company; Sizewell; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sizewell C is seeking a Senior Consents Engineer to join the team supporting the construction of one of Europe’s largest infrastructure projects. You will coordinate consent applications, manage consent conditions and assure compliance with environmental and planning requirements across the Sizewell C programme.

Working with regulators, planners and delivery teams, you will gather information, monitor compliance, and provide clear reporting on consent status and risks to keep works moving safely

Qualifications

• Degree in Environmental, Engineering or a related discipline.
• IOSH, ISEP or similar accreditation desirable.
• Experience with regulators such as Environment Agency or local authorities.
• Experience producing or managing technical documentation and compliance records.

Responsibilities

• Identify consent requirements across construction activities.
• Coordinate information for consent submissions.
• Ensure consents align with programme milestones.
• Gather information from regulators, designers and supply chain partners.
• Support engagement with regulators and consent granting bodies.
• Monitor compliance with consent conditions and maintain records.
• Provide reporting on consent status, risks, and upcoming needs.
• Conduct go/no-go assurance reviews before works commence.

Skills

Stakeholder mgmt

Regulatory awareness

Communication

Project coordination

Education

Degree in Environmental/Engineering or related

Tools

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.