Senior Consents & Environment Manager

Senior Consents & Environment Manager (Project delivery focused)

About the Role

Base Location: Perth, Aberdeen or Inverness

Salary: £47,600 - £71,600 + performance-related bonus + car/car allowance and a range of other benefits to support your family, finances and wellbeing

Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available

SSEN Transmission are currently seeking a Senior Consents & Environmental Manager that is highly motivated, experienced and has a genuine passion to help deliver some of the most iconic upcoming National infrastructure projects in Scotland. They will directly facilitate Scotland’s ambitions to meet NetZero through connecting renewable energy and transporting it to the core centres of demand.

Working under a Lead Consents & Environment Manager you will manage and mentor a small team of Consents and Environment Managers to help deliver clusters of projects. In addition, you will bring your experience and expertise in consenting and delivery to lead on specific, high profile and complex projects.

All of this is delivered within a highly professional, experienced, supportive and multi-award-winning team recognised for our sector leading planning and sustainability initiatives (and winners of various awards).

The main duties and responsibilities are:

- Actively manage, develop, mentor and train a small team Consents and Environment Managers and less experienced staff, supporting their individual performance and development within the wider team. Coach staff to improve their knowledge of the business, environmental and planning requirements, role specific processes and procedures, risk management and efficient delivery of tasks.

- Lead on Consents condition discharge, environmental licensing, the preparation of environmental contract specifications and obligations to ensure facilitation of timely project delivery. 

- Coordination and monitoring of Contractor and SSEN environmental and consenting compliance and meeting all statutory and internal obligations and our sector leading environmental and sustainability ambitions.

- Scope, tender, award and manage multiple consultancy contracts to support the delivery of EnvCoW support services and post planning submission surveys and assessments.

- Develop, control and build critical external stakeholder relationships (consenting bodies, statutory authorities, key consultees), communicating the criticality of infrastructure and the project requirements, building consensus around project decision making and create an environment of mutually supportive relationships.  Also develop positive and sustainable relationships with Contractors and wider project teams to ‘raise the bar’ in environmental and regulatory performance and compliance.

What do I need?

To be considered for this role, we would love you to have:

- Demonstrable experience in managing, developing, mentoring and training a team of environmental professionals; actively supporting their individual performance and development within the wider team.

- Demonstrable project management experience and understanding of how to manage all aspects of the delivery of major projects e.g. project set up and delivery, management of consultants, costs, risk, quality and timing, which are essential to the success of this role.

- Ability to represent SSEN’s interests externally at a senior level, with previous provable stakeholder management skills including engaging, influencing and negotiating to develop effective relationships.

- Ideally you will have an Environmental related degree, preferably with post graduate qualification coupled with experience in a relevant industry (e.g. infrastructure, environmental consultancy dealing with consenting and delivery of major and National projects). Membership of an appropriate environmental professional body is also desirable

- A willingness to contribute, adapt, and learn within a busy, fast-moving team, dealing with challenges and opportunities across an extensive workload.  Innovation and new ideas are welcomed where they can add value and improve the consenting approach. Success in the role will be rewarded with good opportunities for long term career progression within a rapidly growing and key infrastructure company.

About our Business

At SSEN Transmission, we take immense pride in owning and operating the high-voltage electricity transmission network across the north of Scotland. We transport energy from where it is generated to wherever it is needed, ensuring a safe and reliable electricity supply for the communities we serve. But that's not all – we're committed to upgrading the grid to deliver cleaner, homegrown energy for the future. By developing, building and maintaining a network for net zero, we're creating secure power for generations to come.

What's in it for you?

We offer an excellent package with 34 days annual leave entitlement. Enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.

As an equal opportunity employer we encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applicants from all protected characteristics and commit to providing any reasonable adjustments you need during the application, assessment and upon joining SSE. Search for 'Inclusion & Diversity at SSE' to find out more.

What happens now?

All applications should be made online, and I'll be back in touch after the vacancy closing date to let you know the outcome.

If you would like to discuss any working flexibly requirements or adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment and selection process, please contact shirley-anne.o’connor@sse.com / 01738 351976.

Before commencing your role with SSE, you'll need to complete our pre-employment screening process. This will consist of a criminality and credit check.

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