Senior Consents Manager - Town Planning

Assystem GmbH; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international company seeking a Senior Town Planning Consultant to manage consenting activities for major infrastructure projects. The successful applicant will possess a strong background in Town Planning, showcasing expertise in environmental permitting regulations and demonstrated leadership in stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• 5+ years delivering projects through Town & Country Planning Act legislation.
• Experience with Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects and Environmental Impact Assessments.
• Strong understanding of consenting processes and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Promoting Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects via Development Consent Orders.
• Delivering technical engagement programmes for stakeholders.
• Coordinating large, multi-disciplinary teams to prepare and submit consent applications.

Skills

Health and safety ethics

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Project management

Education

Professional membership with the Royal Town Planning Institute (MRTPI)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Assystem is an international company with one mission: accelerate the energy transition around the world.

Every day, our 6,500 switchers located in 12 countries (Europe, Middle East, Pacific Asia & Africa) connect their six thousand billion neurons to tackle the task of the century: switching to low-carbon energy.

We are a collective committed to the actors who are making the energy switch. Sharing our knowledge, expertise and values allows us to innovate and think differently about the energy transition.

To ensure a viable, efficient, and reliable energy future for all, the UK government has made a pledge to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 and, as such, is pushing ahead with significant investment in nuclear and renewable energies.

Assystem, as a leading provider of project management, design & construction supervision services within the nuclear industry, has aligned its own strategy to support this switch to low-carbon energy, whilst also recognising transport and infrastructure systems to be a major factor in influencing the outcome of government policy.

By acquiring Schofield Lothian in 2021, Assystem reaffirmed their commitment to the UK’s energy transition in combining strengths with a long-established provider of consultancy services to the transport and infrastructure sectors, through the delivery of sustainable performance improvements within four practice areas: Consents & Engagement; Commercial Management; Project Management; and Environment & Sustainability.

Job Description

We are seeking to identify a Senior Town Planning Consultant.

We would expect candidates to have a strong Town Planning background and knowledge of wider consents permits and licenses required to implement new developments. We specifically seek somebody with experience of working with environment permitting regulations and marine licencing.

You are to be responsible for a variety consenting activities across the major Infrastructure Projects and support the preparation and submission of deliverables to enable necessary local planning authority consents and marine licences to be obtained.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Promotion and delivery of Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects through Development Consent Order (DCO) legislation
• Delivery of technical engagement programmes for stakeholders including local authorities, statutory and non-statutory bodies and the general public
• Stakeholder facilitation, negotiation and mediation
• Planning and consenting legislation
• Statutory planning policy advice and appraisal
• Strategic management of consents deliverables
• Consents application preparation
• Collaborative and cross disciplinary working
• Knowledge of wider consenting regimes e.g. Environmental permits
• Project management and co-ordination of large, multi-disciplinary teams

Skills & Experience:

• A strong health, safety and environmental ethic.
• Demonstrable experience and knowledge of delivery successful submissions under the Town and Country Planning regime; and or Environmental Permitting; and or Marine Licensing.
• Demonstrable understanding of the Environmental Impact Assessment process in the context of town and country planning; and or marine works.
• Demonstrable experience of coordinating consenting documentation for a variety of projects.
• Demonstrable experience of preparing relevant application documents and reviewing documentation prepared by environmental technical specialists to support applications for planning consent, and or other licenses, permits or authorisations.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills and the ability to produce high quality deliverables.
• Effective oral and written communication skills, including chairing and minuting meetings and proof reading.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to establish strong working relationships.
• Professional membership with the Royal Town Planning Institute or a relevant environmental organisation.

Behavioural Qualities:

We place great emphasis on both written and verbal communication; those that flourish within our organisation are naturally inclined to engage with their colleagues & stakeholders alike and to be proactive in reaching out to others in overcoming hurdles.

In common with many places of work, we seek personnel that are professional, positive, open and honest. We would expect the successful candidate to exhibit the following behavioural traits:

• Ability to see things differently – prepared to question standard approaches in order to manage consenting risks and programme deadlines
• Support and develop – create a local leadership team by delegation, coaching and mentoring
• Decisiveness – makes day-to-day business choices that have commercial implications, knowing when to inform others or ask for support.

My profile

Person profile:

• Member of Professional Body (MRTPI)
• 5+ years knowledge of delivering projects through the Town & Country Planning Act legislation
• Prior experience of delivering a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project through the Planning Act 2008 legislation or similar including large EIA projects
• Up to date with latest developments in Professional Competence

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.

Are you a prospective or recent graduate?

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Be part of the challenge of the century; accelerating the switch to low carbon energy!