Senior EIA Manager

Taylor Hopkinson; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 77,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

Taylor Hopkinson is seeking a Senior EIA Manager to lead permitting and environmental activities for a major offshore wind farm project in Germany. The role translates complex regulatory requirements into clear project strategies, secures approvals, and supports delivery across engineering, procurement and construction teams.

You will act as the interface with permitting authorities, regulators and stakeholders, manage external consultants, embed permit conditions into project plans, and develop

Responsibilities

• Manage permitting and environmental workstreams for offshore wind projects.
• Translate regulatory requirements into clear project strategies and deliverables.
• Secure and maintain approvals and ensure permit conditions are embedded in project requirements.
• Coordinate with permitting authorities, environmental regulators and statutory stakeholders.
• Engage constructively with authorities, consultees, NGOs, communities and other stakeholders.
• Identify permit-related risks and opportunities; communicate impacts to schedule and design teams.
• Manage external consultants, scopes of work, budgets, schedules and interfaces.

Job description

Senior EIA Manager for a major offshore wind farm in Germany

To manage permitting and environmental activities of offshore wind projects. You will translate regulatory requirements into clear project strategies, secure and maintain approvals, and help project teams deliver safely, responsibly and on schedule. Skills: Experienced with preparations for offshore construction phase as well as construction and related regulatory requirements, frameworks and legal framing Act as an interface with permitting authorities, environmental regulators and relevant statutory stakeholders Experienced in engaging constructively with authorities, consultees, NGOs, communities, representatives and other stakeholders Ability of understanding complex permit-related issues that have high level of detail and cross-disciplinary interrelationships Coordinate, support and manage permitting and environmental workstreams (e.g. monitoring programs for protected goods, airborne and underwater noise, aviation, navigation, seabed topics, waste and disposal, HSE, impact compensation etc. as relevant to the project) Ensure permit conditions and environmental commitments are embedded in project requirements, contractor scopes, compliance plans and operational controls Develop and maintain integrated permitting strategies, consent schedules, deliverable plans and approval registers aligned with project milestones and business objectives Identify permitting and environmental risks, dependencies and opportunities; define mitigations and communicate impacts to schedule, design, procurement, contracts and construction planning Commercial awareness and experience managing consultants, scopes of work, budgets, contracts, schedules and interfaces Manage external consultants and subject-matter experts, including scope, budget, schedule, interfaces and quality of deliverable