Consenting  & Environmental Management Opportunities – SSEN Transmission

Base Location: Flexible Scotland | We're proud to offer a Flexible First approach to work, and this role is no exception. We will however need your base 'home' location to be one of our SSE offices or depots across Scotland.

Salary: £32,900 – circa £55,000 depending on skills and experience + annual bonus + car/car allowance + a range of other benefits to support your family, finances and wellbeing.

Working Pattern: Permanent | Flexible working options available

What is the Role?

We currently have a range of Consenting & Environmental Management opportunities within our Capital Development & Delivery department.

We’re happy to speak with motivated candidates who hold varying levels of experience, including Assistant Consents Managers and highly experienced professionals looking for their next challenge.

You will support the delivery of Major, large-scale terrestrial Transmission infrastructure, working on projects that directly facilitate Scotland's ambitions to meet NetZero.

You will join a multi-award winning team recognised for our sector-leading planning and sustainability initiatives, including RTPI's In-house planning team of the year - Finalist and IEMA's Sustainability Impact Awards - Biodiversity & Environmental Net Gain - Winner.

Key responsibilities for the roles will include:

• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary project team to Secure Planning Permission and Electricity Act consents for Nationally significant electricity infrastructure projects (Planning Permission, Electricity Act and Environmental consents). Negotiate challenging conditions with statutory authorities and submit robust supporting information.
• Lead on and coordinate site appraisals and optioneering studies to ensure all consenting and technical risks are understood and incorporated into the development and refinement of project design.
• Oversee and manage external consultants to deliver proportionate and robust Environmental Impact Assessments and appraisals.
• Develop, control and build mutually beneficial external stakeholder relationships (consenting bodies, statutory authorities, key consultees, and government departments).
• Working under a Lead Consents & Environment Manager, there will be a high level of autonomy for your projects with the benefit of experienced support and guidance where required.

What do I need?

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

• Detailed knowledge of the Scottish Planning Process, Consenting regimes and Environmental Impact Assessment legislation.
• Demonstrable Project Management experience and understanding of how to manage all aspects of the delivery of major projects e.g. project definition and set up, management of consultants, costs, risk, quality and timing is essential to the success of this role.
• 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 and will be rewarded with good opportunities for long term career progressions within this key sector
• IIdeally, you will have a Planning or Environmental related degree, preferably with postgraduate qualification coupled with experience in a relevant industry (e.g. infrastructure, environmental / planning consultancy dealing with major consenting projects). Membership of an appropriate planning or environmental professional body is also desirable.

We are seeking candidates at the senior/associate level, although ambitious highly motivated applicants will also be considered where appropriate.

About our Business

SSEN Transmission owns and operates the electricity transmission network in the north of Scotland, transporting energy from where it is generated to where it is needed, providing a safe and reliable supply of electricity to the communities it serves. Home to some of the UK's greatest resources of renewable energy, SSEN Transmission is playing a critical role in the transition to a low carbon future, developing, building, maintaining and operating a network for net-zero.

Next Steps

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