Senior Consents Engineer (Sizewell C) (Any Location, GB)

pofft Technology Inc.; Sizewell; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

pofft Technology Inc. seeks a Senior Consents Engineer to support the Sizewell C project in navigating environmental consenting, regulatory compliance and stakeholder engagement. The role involves coordinating consent submissions, aligning them with project milestones and maintaining robust evidence records.

You will work with regulators, planners, designers, and supply chain partners to ensure compliant and timely progress while enabling delivery of complex infrastructure activities.

Qualifications

• Experience working with regulators such as the Environment Agency or local authorities.
• Proven ability to coordinate information from multiple disciplines and manage documentation.
• Degree in Environmental, Engineering or related discipline required; professional accreditation desired.

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 align consents with programme milestones.
• Liaise with environmental specialists, designers, temporary works teams and supply chain partners 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

Organisation

Regulatory engagement

Documentation management

Compliance knowledge

Education

Degree in Environmental, Engineering or related discipline

Tools

Excel

Job description

Senior Consents Engineer (Sizewell C) (Any Location, GB)

Full Time

United Kingdom

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.