Consents manager

As a consents manager, you’ll make sure that permissions and documentation are in place for a project, such as a wind farm or power line, to be carried out legally and responsibly.

You’ll oversee environmental and regulatory compliance. This role is important in preventing legal issues, delays and fines and helping the project stay on track. 

As a consents manager, you might be involved in: 

• huge projects in offshore or onshore wind farms that make clean energy 

• making sure new buildings are safe on a construction site 

• improving our water systems by checking permissions to build new pipes or reservoirs

Your tasks might include: 

• managing consents and approvals 

• keeping up to date with regulatory requirements 

• collaborating with internal teams and external stakeholders such as local authorities or governmental agencies

• co-ordinating with technical and legal teams to make sure consent applications are correct and legal

• maintaining documents and preparing reports

• conducting risk assessments

Green job 

In this job, you could be doing work to help the environment. Find out more about green jobs. 

• Find out more about working in energy, and the career you could have at My Energy Future 

• Find out more about careers in Scottish renewables 

• Watch a video by RenewablesUK on what consenting is and why we need it 

• Find out about career opportunities in Scotland across offshore wind