Project Consent Lead - Offshore Wind - Major Operator
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great opportunity to work as a Project Consent Lead for a major Operator on a significant offshore wind development project in the North Sea.
The objective of the role includes achieving buildable consent, securing a uniform approach to authorities, regulators and collaborators within the project, and optimising the project consent team management and selection of consultants and contracts.
The Consent Lead ensures the right processes are followed, encourages knowledge transfer and fosters back to the strategic roles to ensure consent risk is minimised.
Responsibilities:
Deliver buildable consent of the project on time and to budget according to the programme
Define project consent strategy, considering company strategic aspects to optimise individual project consent. Consenting strategy includes: partner engagement, authority processes, sequence of activities, project risks, approach to procurement, internal resources
Define and lead consenting risk continually at project level. Clear and proactive communication of risk
Establish Consenting Core Team and processes
Ensure delivery of consent team members
Responsible for statutory customer engagement strategy
Ensure strong collaboration for all packages in relation to consenting risk and deliverables
Responsible for Consenting advice and manage input to due diligence and market activities
Drive continuous improvements and strategic works streams in the Project input and support line manager on resource needs, team structure and personal development for staff working on the Project.
Provide updates on key show stoppers to the strategic workstreams for the UK portfolio to de risk
Required Experience:
Experience with interpreting legal advice, and previous experience of working in the Scottish consenting process
Experience/knowledge of key consenting risks within EIA/HRA in Scotland
Experience with working in a multidisciplinary team and across different cultures
Experience with directing a team in a project context
Experience with developing and implementing QA process