Principal Consultant - Offshore Post Consent Compliance Manager

Principal Consultant – Offshore Post-Consent Compliance Manager / Consents Manager Make Your Mark at ERM

ERM is seeking an experienced and motivated Principal Consultant – Offshore Consents Manager to lead the delivery of post-consent environmental compliance services across major infrastructure projects. This role offers the opportunity to support projects through the critical transition from consent to construction, ensuring compliance with consent requirements, environmental commitments, and regulatory obligations. Working across sectors including offshore wind, subsea transmission and distribution, renewable energy and hydrogen, you will play a leading role in helping clients successfully implement consented projects while managing environmental risk and maintaining strong relationships with regulators and stakeholders.

As a senior member of the team, you will provide strategic advice, oversee compliance delivery, manage multidisciplinary project teams, and support the continued growth of ERM’s post-consent services.

As an Offshore Consents Manager, you will lead environmental compliance and consent management activities throughout the post-consent phase of major projects. You will act as a trusted advisor to clients, ensuring that consent requirements, planning conditions, commitments, and legal obligations are effectively managed and discharged.

• Lead and deliver Environmental Consents Manager and Post-Consent Compliance Manager roles on major infrastructure projects from consent through construction.
• Develop and implement consent management and compliance strategies to support project delivery and reduce environmental and regulatory risk.
• Establish and maintain comprehensive consents, commitments, and obligations registers, ensuring requirements are clearly tracked and managed.
• Provide oversight of consent compliance processes and ensure project teams understand and fulfil environmental commitments.
• Coordinate the preparation and submission of applications for the discharge of requirements, planning conditions, and other consent-related obligations.
• Act as the primary point of contact for consent and compliance queries from project teams, clients, contractors, regulators, and other stakeholders.
• Liaise with regulatory bodies, including the Planning Inspectorate, MMO, Natural England, and other statutory consultees.
• Support and lead environmental compliance audits, inspections, and regulatory reviews.
• Prepare clear and concise reports on compliance status, emerging risks, and consent-related matters for clients, regulators, and senior project leadership.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, environmental, planning, legal, and construction teams to ensure effective integration of consent requirements into project delivery.
• Support business development through proposal preparation, client engagement, presentations, and thought leadership initiatives.
• Mentor and develop junior team members, contributing to a positive and collaborative team culture.

The successful delivery of major infrastructure projects depends on effective environmental compliance and robust consent management. As a Principal Consultant, you will help clients navigate complex regulatory frameworks, maintain compliance throughout construction, and deliver projects responsibly and sustainably. Your expertise will play a critical role in managing environmental risk, protecting project programmes, and ensuring projects achieve their objectives while meeting regulatory expectations and environmental commitments.

• In environmental consent management, post-consent compliance, or environmental project delivery within the UK offshore infrastructure sector.
• Degree (or equivalent qualification) in Environmental Management, Environmental Planning, Geography, Ecology, Engineering, Law, or a related discipline.
• Proven experience supporting or leading the discharge of consent requirements, planning conditions, and environmental commitments on major offshore infrastructure projects.
• Strong understanding of UK marine planning and consenting regimes, including:
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