Consents Consultant / Senior Consultant

Description

We are seeking Consents Consultants and Senior Consents Consultants to support the delivery of major infrastructure projects across a range of regulated sectors, including energy, transport, and nuclear. These roles sit within the Consents discipline and focus on the coordination, management, and delivery of statutory and non-statutory consents in line with project, legislative, and regulatory requirements.

• Prepare, review, and manage consent applications, supporting documentation, and technical reports.
• Interface with internal stakeholders and external bodies as required to progress consents activities.
• Manage own work packages and contribute to multi-disciplinary projects, delivering outputs to time, cost, and quality.
• Work collaboratively with project teams to integrate consents requirements into programme delivery.
• Ensure consents activities comply with relevant legislation, standards, and regulatory frameworks.
• Support the coordination and delivery of consents required to enable project development and delivery.
• Support governance, assurance, and quality review of consents documentation.

Requirements

• Experience working in consents, planning, environmental permitting, or similar regulatory disciplines.
• Candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain appropriate UK security clearance
• Strong organisational and communication skills, with the ability to work independently or as part of a wider project team.
• Comfortable operating within established management systems, processes, and governance frameworks.
• Membership (or working towards membership) of a relevant professional institution (e.g. RTPI, IEMA, RICS).
• Ability to produce clear, accurate, and high-quality technical documentation.
• Experience managing discrete consents work packages or supporting multi-disciplinary project teams.
• Experience working on large or complex infrastructure programmes.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and consent processes within regulated infrastructure environments.
• Roles are suitable for Consents Consultants and Senior Consultants, depending on experience.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance