Consents Advisor

Job Description

Is this your chance to join the team constructing one of Scotland's largest offshore wind farms?

Inch Cape is a 1080MW offshore wind farm situated 15km from the Angus coast in the North Sea. The power it generates will be transmitted 85 kilometres to a new substation at Cockenzie, in East Lothian from where it will enter the national transmission system. Inch Cape is a more than £3 billion infrastructure project that will make a significant contribution to the UK's carbon emissions reduction targets. Once complete its 72 turbines will generate enough electricity to power almost half the homes in Scotland.

Summary of Assignment

The aim of the role is to provide support to critical consenting and environmental management activities relating to the offshore elements on the Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm project, currently in the execution phase. The role will involve leading on distinct consenting workstreams and working towards wider project objectives.

Travels required: Mainly WFH with some travels to the Edinburgh office for meetings as and when required (around 3 days a month, normally within the same week and communicated in advanced)

Working hours: Flexible times - Monday to Friday - 7.5h a day (normally between 8am and 6pm)

Responsibilities

• Work with the Offshore Consents Manager, Environmental Lead, Environmental Clerk of Works and wider project team to ensure all offshore consents and licenses are in place and conditions discharged.
• Support the Consents team and packages in managing the compliance with all consent conditions, commitments and relevant legislation in the construction phase of the project.
• Taking ownership of monitoring and tracking of consents commitments.
• Assist with the management of specialist consultancy support to ensure team objectives are met.
• Liaison with internal project stakeholders and supporting engagement with key external stakeholders as required.
• Taking a lead on distinct workstreams within the Consents and Environment area of the project during the construction phase (wind farm and transmission works) and also looking towards the longer-term operations phase.
• Providing support on the management of budgets, programme and risks.
• Engagement with Contractors as required.
• Support the delivery of the project's environmental monitoring commitments.
• Work with the Offshore Consents Manager and wider consents and environment team to deliver applications or variations to existing consents where required.

Skills

• Problem solving and ability to understand consenting and environmental issues
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work effectively as part of a small team to achieve shared goals
• Flexible, adaptable and can-do approach
• Ability to engage with internal stakeholders

Knowledge

• Good knowledge and experience of environmental management and consenting for infrastructure projects, ideally with marine experience.
• 3-5 years post graduate experience within the renewable energy industry, ideally offshore wind.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in a relevant discipline (e.g. marine biology, environmental science/engineering, planning, geography, law)
• Relevant training courses in consents, permitting, environmental management

If you wish to make a big impact in renewables and being involved in this innovative project do not hesitate to apply.

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Any questions please reach out to Oscar Martos HR team at Inch Cape offshore wind.