Consents Advisor

Consents Advisor for a major Offshore Wind Project based in The Uk

Responsibilities

• Work with the Offshore Consents Manager, Environmental Lead, Environmental Clerk of Works and wider project team to ensure all offshore consents and licenses are in place and conditions discharged.
• Support the Consents team and packages in managing the compliance with all consent conditions, commitments and relevant legislation in the construction phase of the project.
• Taking ownership of monitoring and tracking of consents commitments.
• Assist with the management of specialist consultancy support to ensure team objectives are met.
• Liaison with internal project stakeholders and supporting engagement with key external stakeholders as required.
• Taking a lead on distinct work streams within the Consents and Environment area of the project during the construction phase (wind farm and transmission works) and also looking towards the longer-term operations phase.
• Providing support on the management of budgets, programme and risks.
• Engagement with Contractors as required.
• Support the delivery of the project's environmental monitoring commitments
• Work with the Offshore Consents Manager and wider consents and environment team to deliver applications or variations to existing consents where required.

EXPERIENCE

• Good knowledge and experience of environmental management and consenting for infrastructure projects, ideally with marine experience.
• 3-5 years post graduate experience within the renewable energy industry, ideally offshore wind.
• Degree qualified in a relevant discipline (e.g. marine biology, environmental science/engineering, planning, geography, law)
• Relevant training courses in consents, permitting, environmental management