Consents & Compliance Manager

Skanska
Description and requirements

Our Skanska Costain STRABAG joint venture team is working in partnership with HS2 to deliver the new London tunnels from Euston to West Ruislip. Our joint venture team is working on sites at Euston, Old Oak Common and West Ruislip, building tunnels 13 miles long and up to 50m deep, supporting delivery of HS2 phase one.

We are looking for A Consents and Compliance Manager to join our team onsite in London.

About the role:

The Consents Compliance Manager (CCM) will support the management and coordination of consenting activities across the project, working seamlessly with environmental, town planning and highways specialists across the three area delivery teams, as well as design and construction colleagues and the functional Consents & Engagement (C&E) team to ensure that all consents requirements are delivered in compliance with the HS2 Act and all other applicable legislation. The CCM will monitor and report on compliance with consents and associated conditions throughout the design, construction, and handover phases of the contract, working in accordance with project-wide policies and procedures.

Main Responsibilities

• Develop consistent consent management, reporting and assurance processes and procedures to support the project-wide Consents Management Plan.
• Report on project-wide progress and performance for consenting activities to the C&E Director and project leadership team
• Manage the coordination and submission of all project-wide consenting deliverables (such as the management plan, consents registers, lookaheads etc) to the client.
• Coordinate with the Consents (P6) Planner and Design House consents resources to monitor and understand impacts of the Design House deliverables programme / progress to help identify and manage risk
• Identify, record, and escalate consents related risks via the risk reduction process and project-wide reporting. Ensure the project level consents risk register is maintained and where required support area consents colleagues in ensuring consenting risks are appropriately recorded within area delivery risk registers.
• Support the C&E Director (and deputise where appropriate) in representing SCS at best practice forums, client-led consenting activities, engaging with and contributing to lessons learnt activities and cascading these across SCS.
• Ensure all consenting plans, procedures, reporting, and systems are fit for purpose and maintained, and work with consenting colleagues to deliver training and/or awareness sessions across the project teams as required.
• Support the development of a project-wide Consents Database (to replace the Registers), including identifying requirements, coordinating user acceptance testing and manage delivery of project-wide system training.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential:

• Demonstrable project or consent management experience, including project controls / reporting experience
• Experience of consenting activities on complex construction projects and/or major infrastructure delivery
• Proven ability to build and maintain excellent working relationships and effective channels of communication in a pressurised and highly time sensitive environment
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills
• Qualification in a relevant subject
• Problem solving, facilitation and negotiation skills

Desirable qualifications, skills, behaviours, and attributes

• Experience of one or more of the key consent specialisms of Town Planning, Environment or Traffic & Highways
• Demonstrable expertise in project controls / data analysis
• Experience of delivering consents under an enabling Act of Parliament (such as HS2 or Crossrail) or a major Development Consent Order
• Membership of relevant association

Equal opportunities

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Flexible working

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More information about the role

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Closing date

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