The Job that Can’t Wait! | £37,700 - £54,500 | Midlands & the South
Plus relocation support, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, annual performance bonus, paid professional membership, flexible working opportunities, generous pension scheme and many more flexible benefits.
National Grid’s award-winning National Consents Team is now looking to recruit enthusiastic individuals with experience of working on Major Infrastructure Projects in the fields of Town Planning, Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Project Development to add to our growing Major Projects Consenting Team.
Major in-flight projects include Hinkley Connection, Richborough Connection and London Power Tunnels 2.
The Major Projects Consents Team are a highly experienced and dedicated team focused on the development and delivery of a range of major, complex, gas and electricity infrastructure projects, using a variety of consenting regimes and Environmental Impact Assessment to achieve positive outcomes. We are working on projects both on land and in the sea. We have a growing and exciting workbook, with increasingly diverse and challenging projects to work on. We are a high-performing team, with a desire to continuously improve our practices and add value. If you’d like to be a part of our team at this critical time in the energy sector, then we want to hear from you!
In this role you will be advising a major projects team on the consenting strategy, programme and approach for achieving the necessary consents, planning permissions and licences to build critical gas and electricity infrastructure, you will be responsible for engaging with statutory consultees in the planning process and managing contractors to provide specialist input to support application submissions.
We are also looking to recruit a Senior Project Development Specialist working as part of the National Consents Team providing planning and environmental advice and support to National Grid on early project inception across all types and scales of electricity and gas infrastructure. You will be the first contact point for our internal engineering colleagues and will work with a number of internal stakeholders to identify the consenting strategy, programme and costs.
National Grid is at the heart of energy in the UK. Connecting millions of customers in England, Scotland and Wales with gas and electricity, our people make sure that the lights are on, homes are heated and businesses powered. You’ll be at the heart of it all.
If you want a challenge, and want to make a difference, apply now! We look forward to receiving your application.
Closing date 24 January 2020. Interviews will be held from 13 January onwards, so please don’t wait for the closing date to make your application.
To apply for the role in the Major Consents Team, click on the following link – https://careers.nationalgrid.com/search/job/0-9506. For further information about this role, please contact Catherine McCloskey on 07770 646416
To apply for the Senior Project Development Specialist role, click on the following link – https://careers.nationalgrid.com/search/job/0-9628.
For further information about this role, please contact Simon Pepper on 07836 234093.
