Offshore Consents & Environment Manager

Job Description

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The opportunity

Take the lead in driving offshore consenting for exciting offshore wind projects across development, construction, and operational phases. You'll be the go-to expert securing vital consents like DCOs and Marine Licenses to keep projects powering ahead.

You'll own the Environmental Impact Assessment process – working with consultancy and internal teams coordinating surveys, managing stakeholder consultations, and representing the company in key policy and regulatory discussions, including influential industry working groups.

As projects move toward operation, you'll craft and implement consent compliance plans, advise on modifications, and deliver sharp, timely environmental support to project teams. Managing consultants and teaming up with HSE experts will keep everything running smoothly.

You'll build strong relationships with regulators, advisors, and NGOs, while shaping internal strategies and backing innovative research initiatives. Your insight and leadership will help shape the future of EDF Renewables UK's offshore wind portfolio.

Pay, benefits and culture

If you're looking to join a company where you can work hard, have fun, and help to create a Net Zero future – then you're in the right place!'

Our passion for embracing new ideas and being open-minded to change helps us continue to grow successfully.

We're committed to helping all of our people thrive during their time with us, recognising and rewarding every person for their hard work and commitment.

Alongside a competitive salary, bonus, and market-leading pension scheme, we offer a range of flexible benefits and employee discounts to help you thrive across all aspects of your life. You can spend your flexible fund on the benefits that matter to you, whether that's an electric vehicle, private healthcare, additional holiday or one or more of our other benefits.

We'll offer you the flexibility, freedom and responsibility to make an impact in your role; whether that's on-site, in the office or hybrid working from home.

We're committed to championing diversity representation across gender, ethnicity, LGBT+, disability and more. This applies to all our roles, underpinned by our Everyone's Welcome inclusion programme.

We're a disability confident employer and we'll do all we can to help with your application, making adjustments as you need.

What you'll be doing

You'll lead all offshore consent and environmental activities for generation, transmission, and ancillary works-driving positive environmental outcomes.

• Manage and prepare consent documentation, compliance, and variations with precision.

• Deliver environmental and consent reports for shareholders, lenders, partners, and regulators.

• Shape project design options and parameters to support thorough environmental assessments.

• Facilitate technical discussions with internal teams and external stakeholders on offshore consenting.

• Lead consultant tendering, procurement, and appointment processes alongside legal teams.

• Oversee Employers' Requirements and review contractor documents related to offshore consents.

• Develop, manage, and control offshore consent budgets within wider project budgets.

• Input into project master programmes to monitor and drive consenting progress.

• Provide strategic input to policy consultations and keep project documentation up to date.

• Oversea offshore baseline survey and pre construction and post construction monitoring campaigns

• Ensure all consent and environment activities, including consultants, uphold EDF Renewables' Zero Harm health & safety commitment.

What do you need to be great at this role?

You'll have a proven track record managing in environment and consent processes for offshore wind or major infrastructure projects, ensuring compliance and delivery.

• Experience with Floating Wind projects is a big plus.

• Skilled in managing external consultants, including procurement, contracts, and budgets.

• Strong stakeholder management with senior external parties-statutory bodies, consenting authorities, and government.

• Self-starter who builds strong relationships across teams and with shareholders at all levels.

• Specialist expertise in key consent areas like compliance systems, underwater noise, ornithology, or other strategic environmental issues is highly valued.

• A bachelor's degree in planning, environmental science, marine biology, engineering, or a related field.

• Deep knowledge of the renewable energy regulatory landscape, with hands-on experience managing consenting, planning, and environmental challenges.

• Proven skills in stakeholder engagement and relationship building.

• Sharp ability to prepare clear reports and deliver impactful presentations on key risks and mitigation strategies.

• Expertise in shaping contractor schedules and defining employer's minimum requirements for consents.

Location: We are flexible, either Edinburgh, Cardiff, London or Durham.

Closing date: 25th July 2025

Why EDF Renewables?

At EDF Renewables UK & Ireland we're committed to tackling climate change. Our rapidly growing team of 500 talented people share an ambition to create a net zero future where clean, green, energy powers all our lives.

It's a huge ambition and time is of the essence if we are to play our full part in meeting the UK and Ireland's challenging net zero targets. With our unique mix of technologies including onshore and offshore wind, solar PV, battery storage and green hydrogen we are the UK & Ireland's most diverse generator of renewable energy.

To achieve our goal of generating a massive 10GW of renewable energy by 2035, we're working with stakeholders and communities throughout the UK and Ireland to unlock the enormous potential of the low carbon energy sector.

If you're passionate about tackling climate change to create the cleaner, greener future we all want, we would love you to come join us.

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