Consents Officer
National Grid, Radford Semele, Warwickshire
Consents Officer
£68500
National Grid, Radford Semele, Warwickshire
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 2 weeks ago, 17 Sep | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: a611cd4359ba4d249146f65f0ddbea42
Full Job Description
- You will be joining a growing team of over 70 consents and environmental specialists that is responding to the challenge to deliver at least 17 major projects worth more than £16bn by 2031 as part of the Great Grid Upgrade.
- You will help us obtain the best permissions possible for our projects through a variety of planning consents including Development Consent Orders, Town and Country Planning applications, Section 37 Electricity Act Consents and permitted development. You will also deal with the delivery phase of projects discharging conditions/requirements, obtaining secondary consents, and compliance monitoring contractors on site.
- You will take responsibility for challenging, advising and guiding project teams in relation to the design and development of projects ensuring the implementation of effective project consents strategies to ensure that all risks are captured and managed and that reputational impacts of making changes are understood.
- You will develop, lead and manage technical engagement strategies for strategic stakeholders and drive effective relationship management through the projects.
- Working with senior colleagues you will be responsible for ensuring that project resource requirements (internal and external) are identified, procured and sufficiently embedded within the project team ahead of need, and that these resources are coached and mentored to perform effectively in relation to the delivery of consents and environmental related activities.
- You will be proactive in capturing and sharing lessons learned so that they can be communicated within the wider consents team to drive a culture of continuous improvement.
- You may act as an expert witness at DCO hearings and/or public inquiries and CPO hearings.
What we do isn't just important - it's essential. That's why we look to recruit experts in their field. For these roles we're looking for people who are/have: - Extensive experience planning and consenting complex projects including major infrastructure, and a strong grasp of TCPA and DCO consenting regimes
- Experience preparing planning and DCO applications and coordinating environmental impact assessments (EIA) in support of complex construction projects, delivering high quality outputs to programme throughout both development and delivery phases.
- Capability in effectively leading and managing a multi-disciplinary consents and environmental team comprising both internal and external team members, to achieve consents, undertake stakeholder engagement, and deliver EIA-related activities.
- Strategic understanding of energy infrastructure planning and policy to support project development and delivery.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills with an ability to present complex and contentious information to large and/or challenging external audiences.
- Strong project management skills, specifically in relation to time, cost, risk, scope, procurement and managing consents and environmental resources.
- You will be flexible, proactive and enthusiastic, as well as keen to develop your knowledge whilst supporting the more senior members of your team.
- You might have a degree or masters in a planning or environment specialism, or equivalent experience, and ideally membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) or Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA)
- You'll ideally need a UK driving licence to engage with other colleagues and community stakeholders easily around the UK.
The UK has set out its ambition to be net zero by 2050 and the energy industry is responding - together we are building a cleaner, greener Britain - Bonus
- Pension
- Company Car
- Annual Leave
- Share plans
- Family Care
- Additonal Benefits
National Grid is at the very heart of the green energy transition. We're the ones joining the dots; connecting the energy created from renewable sources, to the main electricity network. Over the next five years we're investing £13bn into green energy.
We are continuing to seek experienced Planning and Environmental Specialists to work as both Consents Officers and Lead Consents Officers to plan and consent the Onshore and Offshore electrical infrastructure that will make net zero a reality.
Joining our growing team, you will be responsible for achieving consents efficiently, economically and in accordance with current legislation, regulations, policy and National Grid's internal best practice.
As a Consents Officer or Lead Consents Officer you will develop and execute consenting strategies, manage the delivery of environmental impact assessments, and achieve critical consents across a variety of major infrastructure projects. You will work across Onshore and Offshore projects throughout England and Wales, seeing projects from development through to consent and delivery. This includes delivering new overhead lines, substations, underground and subsea cables to connect new generation as wel as upgrades and replacement of existing infrastructure to keep the grid working. Every day you'll be playing a crucial role in our ability to deliver a greener energy future. Please view our video to learn more about what it's like to work in our teams.
Our main HQ is in Warwick, but we also have offices in Leeds, Chesterfield, Bury St Edmunds and London. We practice truly hybrid working.
National Grid continues to offer hybrid working from office and home and are open to full time and part time applicants, as well as flexible working arrangements., National Grid Strategic Infrastructure is a Business Unit created to propel our grid forward to deliver in 5 years, what has been achieved in the previous 30. By 2030 we aim to have 17 new major infrastructure projects live across England, Scotland and Wales.
Here at National Grid, we connect homes and businesses to power, making sure supply and demand match each other. We make sure the lights are on in schools, operating theatres, and sporting arenas; we're thousands of people working on behalf of millions of people.
Our investment in Strategic Infrastructure via the Great Grid Upgrade will mean more home grown power, greater energy security and a cleaner future.
Whatever your role, wherever you work with us, you'll help us hit stretching targets and achieve our far-reaching goal: to secure, clean energy that supports our world far into the future. Here, you will be at the heart of energy.
A competitive salary of up to £68,500 dependent on capability in addition, this role also attracts an annual allowance of £4,500 which is paid in December.
You will also get;
As well as your base salary, you will receive an annual bonus based on personal and company performance.
We offer a generous pension scheme, where we double match, which means for every £1 you contribute, we'll put in another £2. We will pay a maximum of 12% into your pension when you pay 6%. That gives you a total 18% into your pension every month.
We'll give you a monthly voucher value so you can select a car from the company car choice list. You can trade your company vehicle up or down by a maximum of 25% with a voucher value of £470.
26 days annual leave, alongside the option to buy an additional 5 days.
There is also the option to use up to 3 bank holidays flexibly, With the aim to provide employees the ability to take holidays that are personally meaningful to them. Up to three of the eight public/bank holidays will become "flexible" allowing employees to request to work on a holiday and swap the time off for another day during their leave year
You can share in our potential success through our two share plans. Our Sharesave plan is a three or five year savings scheme where you can buy shares at the end of the period at a reduced price. You can buy Partnership Shares each month through our Share Incentive Plan, and become a shareholder and receive dividends
We offer you a number of family friendly provisions designed to promote your work-life balance needs. Eligible employees are entitled to full pay for the first 26 weeks of maternity, adoption, surrogacy or shared parental leave, or two weeks full pay for paternity leave. If you have caring responsibilities, we offer up to six emergency backup care days each year for when your usual care arrangements fall through. You can also access a free online platform offering support and guidance to best help you combine work and family
You will also have access to a number of additional benefits such as our Proffessional development scheme, technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.