Managing Consultant - Consents and Environment Manager (Mid‑Senior Level)
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Location: Across Scotland, including Highlands (travel between client sites).
ERM is looking to hire someone with the capabilities listed below to work exclusively with one of our clients. This role will require a degree of site / project office attendance to cover activities such as regular site inspections and audits focussed on contractor environmental and planning compliance.
Main duties and responsibilities
* Lead on consents condition discharge, environmental licensing, the preparation of environmental contract specifications and obligations to ensure facilitation of timely project delivery.
* Coordinate and monitor contractor and client environmental and consenting compliance and meet 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 creating an environment of mutually supportive relationships.
* Develop positive and sustainable relationships with contractors and wider project teams to ‘raise the bar’ in environmental and regulatory performance and compliance.
* Conduct scheduled inspections and audits on delegated projects to ensure environmental and planning consent compliance.
Qualifications and Experience
* 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).
* Ability to represent the client’s interests externally, with proven stakeholder‑management skills including engaging, influencing and negotiating to develop effective relationships.
* Ideally an environmental‑related degree, preferably with a postgraduate 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.
* Experience on construction sites and oversight of contractors.
* Good knowledge of site issues including ecology, hydrology and peat management.
* Understands the planning process and discharge of conditions.
ERM is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to thrive. We welcome talent from all backgrounds and provide equal opportunities for every candidate. If you have a disability, are neurodivergent, or need accommodations during the selection process, we’re here to support you.
Seniority Level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment Type
Full‑time
Job Function
Management and Manufacturing
Industries
Environmental Services, Civil Engineering, Oil and Gas
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