About the role

At National Grid, we keep people connected and society moving. But it’s so much more than that. National Grid supplies us with the environment to make it happen. As we generate momentum in the energy transition for all, we don’t plan on leaving any of our customers in the dark. So, join us as a Senior Marine Consents Officer and find your superpower.

National Grid is hiring a Senior Marine Consents Officer within National Grid Venture’s Lands & Consents function business. 

Due to an increasing portfolio of emerging UK-based projects in NGV’s business, we are seeking to grow the marine support to the Lands and Consents team (L&C) which operates across NGV’s diverse portfolio of low carbon and renewable energy projects. You’ll play a significant role with expertise in planning and consenting major infrastructure projects.  

As a Senior Marine Consents Officer, you will be responsible for securing the necessary marine permits and consents for our existing subsea assets and those under development.  You will be responsible for the contractual and financial performance of 3rd parties as well as providing oversight on their technical activities.  The Senior Marine Consents Officer must ensure that performance and progress is communicated to the L&C leadership team and respective project team(s). 

Reporting to the Consents Manager, you’ll use your knowledge to support our project teams developing offshore hybrid assets and interconnectors to Europe as well as maintaining our existing portfolio of assets.

We offer flexible hybrid working arrangements. We’d hope to see you in our base office in Warwick and you’ll also need to be flexible to travel to other offices and project sites as required.

What you'll do

• Collaboration with technical specialists within NGV to optimise delivery and ensure risks and issues are identified and mitigated/managed.
• Proactively manage contractual aspects, financial performance and delivery of technical 3rd party suppliers related to the preparation of environmental documentation and permits for both projects under development and our operational assets.
• Lead on consultations with regulatory authorities and statutory nature conservation bodies.  
• Support and participate in (public) stakeholder consultation.
• Manage the delivery of marine permits, consents and environmental assessment documentation to time cost and quality.
• Liaise with the Operations team (where necessary) to ensure the integrity of our existing subsea assets.
• Follow the standard governance processes in the project and workstreams. Review and quality assure technical and reporting outputs from 3rd party suppliers.
• Highlight and identify any risks, issues or off target delivery impacting the critical path on any project. Ensuring high quality reporting and communications as standard.
• Be responsible for financial controls and tracking of third party supplier’s spend across NGV subsea cable assets.
• Represent NGV at industry technical groups and conferences.  Draft and support responses to policy consultations on behalf of NGV.

What you'll need

• Proven track record of delivering marine licence applications in UK waters.
• Experience of consenting major marine or coastal infrastructure projects (TCPA or DCO); preferably cable infrastructure.  
• Current and comprehensive knowledge of the Marine and Coastal Access Act, marine licensing and permitting requirements.
• Working knowledge of supplementary consents such as seabed survey licence, SSSI Assent, river works licence or wildlife licences.
• Awareness of environmental and technical aspects of subsea cable installation
• Experience of participating in multi-disciplinary teams and consents workstreams.
• Demonstrable experience of delivering projects to programme, scope and budget.
• Experience in positively managing stakeholder relationships and contracts with consultants.
• Degree or equivalent in marine environmental topics, Town Planning or Environmental Planning.
• Professional Membership of an accredited body such as (but not limited to) the Energy Institute or the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA). 

What you'll get

A competitive salary between £60,000 - £70,000 per annum– dependent on capability.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.

More Information

National Grid is pioneering ways to decarbonise the energy system; from building interconnectors to allow the UK to share clean energy with our neighbours in Europe, to investing in renewable energy generation in the United States.

As one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the world, National Grid is at the centre of a clean, fair and affordable energy future, where tackling climate change and reaching net zero is a key priority.