Environmental Consents Manager

• Job number:

  BBV02076

• Company/Division:

  HS2

• Career area:

  Administration Support

• Country:

  UK

• Location:

  UK, West Midlands

• Contract type:

  Permanent

About the role

Balfour Beatty VINCI are seeking an Environmental Consents Manager to join the sublot 7 team in Kingsbury.

What you'll be doing

Role purpose:

You will lead the process of acquiring consents, to ensure that they are available in advance of construction programme needs. You will also proactively manage relationships with each Consent Granting Body (CGB) to support the consenting process. Promote in-house awareness of consent requirements, the associated timeframes and compliance with them.

• Lead the process of Identifying and obtaining all Consents required for the project.
• Proactively manage relationships with Consent Granting Bodies to understand and progress the submission processes, inform the CGBs about project demands.
• Manage the preparation of consents applications for submission in line with programme
• Provide feedback to commercial and delivery teams regarding consenting and U&A requirements
• Ensure maintenance of Consents Register and provide clear performance information on the progress with consents.
• Ensure project wide awareness of consent needs and compliance with them
• Ensure recording of all communications with third parties as evidence to support consent process
• Ensure appropriate resources are available for the Consents Team to function efficiently
• Liaise with Senior Management Team to secure specialist resource as necessary to support the consenting process
• Collaborate as necessary with CGBs, HS2 and in-house teams

Who we're looking for

Who we're looking for

• Knowledge of UK planning processes and CGB requirements
• Strong environmental awareness
• Experience of securing Consents and ensuring compliance within construction / infrastructure context.
• Experience of managing multi-disciplinary teams on complex projects

Why work for us

Why work for us?

Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) is responsible for designing and building part of the most exciting and challenging infrastructure project in Europe: HS2.

We are building the West Midlands section of HS2's Phase One route, spanning approximately 90km from Long Itchington in Warwickshire to the centre of Birmingham and on to Handsacre in Staffordshire. We will be employing thousands of people from the region to design and build the civil infrastructure for HS2 and we are looking for a wide range of skills to join the team and support this unique and ground breaking project.

About us

Diversity and Inclusion: We aim to be a leader in equality, diversity and inclusion by creating a safe inclusive working environment for all - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership. We are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging all staff to engage in a diverse range of year round learning opportunities and provide personal development opportunities. Our aim is to attract more people from diverse backgrounds to help us build on our inclusive culture.

Flexible working: Flexible or agile working is encouraged at BBV and we recognise the value and diversity of candidates which this can bring to our business operations. Not every role can provide a variety of working patterns to suit people's personal needs however we are happy to discuss agile working opportunities at BBV with you.

Disability confident: We care about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with diverse set of backgrounds and experiences. BBV is Disability Confident committed and we welcome applications from candidates with a disability.