Senior Consents and EIA Manager

The Consents Manager will lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of all statutory consents and approvals required for a major airport expansion project under the Development Consent Order (DCO) regime. This role spans pre application strategy and examination leadership ensuring all consents are robust, deliverable, and fully aligned with the wider programme.

• Mange inputs to the Consents Strategy, covering the DCO and all secondary consents (e.g., environmental permits, highways approvals, flood risk activity permits, s.61 consents, protective provisions).
• Manage development of the Master Consents Register, integrated consents schedule, and associated risk register.
• Drive programme wide alignment on consents pathways, evidence requirements, and critical path items.

• Lead, coordinate, and quality manage all EIA consultant teams on behalf of Bechtel and the customer, ensuring delivery of a legally robust, well structured Environmental Statement (ES) and supporting environmental assessments.
• Set scopes of work, manage schedules and budgets, and ensure EIA outputs integrate with design, engineering, and planning workstreams.
• Chair review meetings, track progress, manage risks, and maintain consistency in environmental reporting across all technical chapters.
• Oversee the quality of EIA evidence used in stakeholder engagement, pre application submissions, and Examination responses.

• Pre Application: Support statutory consultation, oversee Statements of Common Ground, and support engagement with Planning Inspectorate (PINS), regulators, local authorities, and stakeholders.
• Examination: Manage responses to the Examining Authority's Questions (ExQs), hearings, and action trackers to ensure submissions are coherent, timely, and evidence based.
• Post Decision: Implement and manage the requirements discharge framework, ensuring consents and conditions are satisfied prior to works commencing.

• Support liaison with PINS, statutory consultees, planning authorities, and other regulators on Environmental topics.
• Support negotiations on protective provisions, side agreements, and technical approval processes.
• Ensure clear and effective communication channels across the project, including with community engagement teams.

• Produce and maintain a consents look ahead, quarterly updates, and governance reports.
• Ensure all consents deliverables, approvals, and evidence are stored and controlled in accordance with programme requirements.
• Provide supervision, guidance, and technical direction to consents specialists, environmental planners, and other team members.
• Work closely with the Project Manager and Programme Director to align consents delivery with programme milestones.

• Degree in planning, environmental management/law/engineering, or related discipline.
• Proven track record delivering Permits and Consents, ideally on complex transport/aviation projects.

• Strong understanding of the Planning Act, EIA and HRA Regulations, and secondary consents is preferable.
• Demonstrated experience managing Environmental consultants, technical assessments, and environmental evidence bases.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and negotiation skills.
• Ability to manage complex schedules, risks, and reporting frameworks.

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