Senior Consultant - Consents Management

Turner Townsend; Bagstone; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Programme Integration professional to join our Programme Advisory team in the UK. You will work on major transport, utilities and infrastructure programmes, guiding governance, risk, and stakeholder engagement to deliver tangible client outcomes.

You will design workshops, mentor junior staff, and help shape programme integration products. The role requires a track record in complex environments, strong leadership, and the ability to translate strategy

Qualifications

• BSc/MSc in an appropriate degree.
• Strong understanding of consent processes and regulatory pathways.
• Experience coordinating large stakeholder groups.
• Consulting experience or transferability to a consulting skillset.
• Proven delivery of complex projects with a nimble approach.
• Experience in infrastructure, transport or real estate sectors.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of an integrated project team to ensure delivery of client deliverables.
• Design and facilitate client workshops and presentations.
• Manage client relationships and identify opportunities for growth.
• Lead or contribute to bid proposals and major bids.
• Lead internal initiatives, including development of programme integration products.
• Mentor and/or line manage junior staff within the team.
• Coordinate approvals and management plans with stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Workshop facilitation

Commercial awareness

Education

BSc/MSc in an appropriate degree

Job description

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people's lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions. We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Our Programme Advisory team

Our Programme Advisory team specialises in the strategy, set-up and transformation of major programmes and asset owning enterprises within the transport, defence, utilities, and power sectors in the UK and internationally. Since forming in 2018 our growing team of experts have brought innovative thinking to some of the world’s most complex infrastructure challenges - delivering tangible outcomes for clients by bringing the best of our technical excellence and transformational change capability. We are an influential team who share a common passion for making change a reality, continually setting new standards. As a diverse and inclusive team of unique individuals, we inspire one another to do better every day. Our collaborative culture also ensures that everyone’s potential is maximised, constantly learning through experience and close team relationships. Joining the Programme Advisory team will afford you exciting opportunities to directly support world renowned clients, enhance your consulting skills, shape your career, and directly contribute to the teams exciting growth trajectory.

Opportunity

We are looking for enthusiastic, talented, and proactive individuals to join our Programme Integration team, within Programme Advisory. Our growing team needs people with hands on experience working in a major project environment - whether you’re a champion of change, a connoisseur of consents or a perfect PM we’d love to hear from you about how you could help us to deliver tangible results for our clients.

Key responsibilities

• Working as part of an integrated project team to ensure the delivery of key client deliverables
• Designing and facilitating client workshops and presentations
• Managing client relationships
• Identifying and realising business development opportunities
• Leading or contributing towards the preparation of bid proposals or managing key bids
• Leading internal initiatives within the Programme Advisory team, such as the development of programme integration products and methodologies
• Mentoring and/or managing members of the Programme Advisory team
• Line managing junior staff (where applicable)

Qualifications

• BSc/MSc in an appropriate degree
• Excellent knowledge and practical experience of the lifecycle of a consents process from pre to post consent
• Good technical understanding of consents strategy via different consenting routes (i.e. DCO, TWAO, Hybrid Bill)
• Good technical understanding of discharging primary and secondary consents and post-consent deliverables
• Experience of pre-application and liaison with internal and external stakeholders within large and complex organisations
• Experience of coordinating approvals and notifications between all interested parties and managing consent management plans/strategies
• Experience working in, or a familiarity with a consulting environment (other consultancies or as an internal consultant) or be able to demonstrate a consulting skillset
• A proven track record of delivering tangible results on across a range of projects, adopting a nimble approach and a can‑do attitude.
• Experience of programme and/or project management within a complex environment with multiple workstreams
• Experience of designing and facilitating client workshops - or the desire to learn.
• Experience of managing the production of high-quality deliverables within challenging timescales
• Experience developing productive working relationships and the ability to identify new business opportunities
• Experience in some/all of the following sectors: infrastructure, transportation, utilities, defence, natural resources, and real estate

Skills

• Deep understanding of the planning and development of major projects
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and critical thinking skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent responsibilities
• A commitment to your own learning and development
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent presentation skills
• High attention to detail
• Outcomes focussed
• Entrepreneurial mindset
• Passionate and energetic

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community. Please find out more about us at #LI-SM2Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects: TwitterInstagramLinkedInIt is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e‑mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.