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Candidate should have strong experience with dealing with DNO, EHV and large consultancies and preferably have strong utilities experience on similar project types. Client will consider candidates from other project backgrounds as well. With NEC experience as a prerequisite, you will play a key role in ensuring that our projects meet all regulatory requirements and maintain the highest standards of compliance.
Responsibilities:
- Take overall responsibility for managing the consents and approvals process.
- Liaise with regulatory bodies, local authorities, and stakeholders to secure necessary consents.
- Provide guidance on NEC-related matters to internal project teams.
- Utilize extensive experience with NEC contracts to ensure project compliance and mitigate risks.
- Apply in-depth knowledge to navigate regulatory frameworks and requirements.
- Stay abreast of industry changes and emerging trends related to consents and approvals.
- Establish and maintain effective communication channels with regulatory bodies, local authorities, and other relevant stakeholders.
- Provide regular updates to project teams on consent-related matters.
- Identify and assess potential risks associated with consents and approvals.
- Develop and implement strategies to mitigate risks and ensure project success.
- Maintain accurate and comprehensive records of all consents and approvals.
Experience/qualifications/skills:
- Proven experience as a Consents Manager within the electrical and power field
- Mandatory experience with NEC contracts
- Strong understanding of regulatory requirements
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills
- Ability to collaborate effectively with internal teams and external stakeholders.
- Make expectations clear and set standards.
- Organise, delegate and manage work within the team to include monitoring sickness absence / Standards of performance and sickness absence procedures.
- Assist with 132kV, 66kV and 33kV scheme preparation in terms of site and route selection/acquisition.
- Manage and negotiate complex consents, wayleaves, access routes, easements and agreements in respect of the location of and works to distribution assets (cables/lines/substations).
- Provide a wayleave service to Projects for maintenance (including tree cutting) and construction schemes
Excellent long-term opportunity for an experienced candidate to join this long term project with this fast growing contractor who are turning over £650m this year. Contact Jimmy Holly at Danny Sullivan Group for more details.
