Consents Manager

Consents Manager required for major Offshore Wind Farm developer based in England

Responsibilities

• Deliver and maintain the necessary consents for the project
• Contribute to delivery and maintenance of necessary land lease agreements
• Contribute to delivery and maintenance of necessary third party agreements, including any Planning Performance Agreements
• Manage contracts with Lead EIA and Planning Lawyers
• Liaison and co-ordination with project partners, key consultants and other supporting contractors, e.g. National Grid
• Liaison activities with government and other key stakeholders (e.g. regulators, Crown Estate, statutory consultees, relevant sea users) , including support for PR messaging
• Local stakeholder, political and media management working with internal press office and political affairs teams
• Liaison with JV partners as appropriate
• Ensure consent and land risks are identified and appropriately managed
• Manage the consenting budget and deliver work streams on schedule
• Contribute to delivery of an approved supply chain plan for the project
• Facilitate liaison and all required/agreed collaboration with adjacent development projects.
• Delivery of required pre-construction plans and discharge of consent conditions and requirements to enable FID
• Liaison with site construction team, ensuring compliance with necessary consent conditions, statutory reporting requirements and landowner agreements

Requirements

• Excellent people management skills including motivational and support skills
• Well organised and able to manage multiple work streams on a large project
• Proven competencies in project development including proven ability at project manager level
• Experience of UK Grid connection management
• Be highly motivated and have the ability to work to challenging project deadlines
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills at a range of levels internally and externally
• Likely to have at least 10 years relevant experience of consenting, ideally in the offshore wind discipline
• Detailed understanding of offshore and onshore planning issues and all stages of the DCO process including Examination
• Ability to influence and persuade stakeholders