Environmental Manager - Permitting & Consents Lead

Environment Manager - Permitting & Consents Lead

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About The Role

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Environmental Consents Manager to join the Bramford Twinstead Network Optimisation (BTNO) project, within our Power Transmission and Distribution business and lead the projects consents management. The BTNO project is a flagship Power Transmission upgrade for National Grid and enable new wind and nuclear power to connect to the grid.

This is the perfect opportunity for an established Consents Manager to develop their career with a team of Environmental Sustainability professionals managing compliance with our DCO, managing DCO Management documents and ensuring regulatory permissions and licences are in place and conditions followed.

The role will be largely site-based from our new office facilities in Assington, Suffolk. We offer some flexible working and subsistence arrangements for those working away from home.

The BTNO Environmental Sustainability Team has a wide background of team players in Environmental Compliance, Sustainability and Ecology, with a project hands‑on approach, who support each other and the projects on environment to look after the local environment and deliver a sustainable legacy project.

What you'll be doing

• Review compliance with our DCO requirements and conditions, developing actions to address these.
• Develop and update DCO Management Plans, ensuring our works are conducted in line with these plans.
• Identify regulatory consents, permits and licences required, work with our consultants and clients to obtain these.
• Ensure our working practices and methods comply with the conditions of these permissions.
• Provide advice, support and direction to our operational teams to enable them to deliver environmentally compliant projects and sustainable opportunities in line with environmental legislation, BB procedures, client requirements and the Building New Futures Strategy.
• Support and direct a team of ES Advisors.
• Draft environmental sustainability documents for our site ES teams to utilise during project delivery.
• Provide review of ES content in construction methodologies, risk registers, programmes and other project specific deliverables.

Who we're looking for

• A relevant degree or equivalent in an environmental discipline
• Thorough working knowledge of current UK environmental legislation and consenting regimes.
• Strong working knowledge of the construction sector, preferably Utilities
• Previous experience of working with clients and regulators on compliance
• Comprehensive knowledge and experience of Sustainability and how it practically impacts on the ‘built environment’.
• The individual will be comfortable supporting experts in sustainability (carbon, water, waste, materials & responsible sourcing, circular economy, biodiversity, social value, community engagement, BREEAM, CEEQUAL) and potentially has expertise in one or more areas of sustainability.
• Programme management experience with a structured approach to organising and documenting progress.
• Experience in deciphering technical documents and translating into operational terms.
• Strong background in assessing environmental hazards and understanding of the mechanisms of how to mitigate
• Commercial awareness of contracting and experience of managing subcontractors.

The Following Qualities/experience Are Desirable

• Appropriate IEMA level or equivalent professional accreditation
• Working knowledge of E&S Management systems
• GIS knowledge and working experience (ArcGIS, QGIS)
• Experience of delivering against CEEQUAL/BREEAM

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

Benefits

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and…