Senior Environmental Project Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Lead environmental work streams from initial feasibility and site selection through to consenting, pre-construction, and Final Investment Decision (FID).

• Develop and oversee environmental strategies, scopes, programs, budgets, and delivery plans.

• Coordinate Environmental Impact Assessments along with relevant technical disciplines.

• Manage environmental consultants, survey providers, and specialized subcontractors.

• Supervise the commissioning, execution, and quality assurance of environmental surveys, assessments, and reports.

• Integrate environmental activities with engineering, planning, land use, grid, commercial, and project delivery work streams.

• Identify and manage environmental risks, constraints, dependencies, and opportunities.

• Monitor progress in relation to program, budget, and project milestones.

• Assist with consenting strategies across planning frameworks in England, Wales, and Scotland.

• Coordinate environmental contributions to Development Consent Orders (DCO), Development of National Significance (DNS), Section 36, Town and Country Planning Act (TCPA), and other consent applications.

• Engage with planning authorities, statutory consultees, regulators, landowners, and community stakeholders.

• Support procurement processes, consultant appointments, and commercial management of environmental work packages.

• Prepare progress reports, risk updates, and recommendations for clients and project governance forums.

• Support projects through due diligence, investment approvals, and readiness for FID.

• Contribute to enhancing the consultancy’s capability in environmental project management.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in managing environmental work streams within major infrastructure, energy, or development projects.

• Familiarity with one or more UK consenting frameworks, including DCO, DNS, Section 36, or TCPA.

• Understanding of environmental requirements linked to project development and consenting processes.

• Experience in coordinating multidisciplinary environmental assessments, surveys, and technical specialists.

• Knowledge of Environmental Impact Assessment procedures.

• Ability to develop and manage programs, budgets, risks, and consultant scopes effectively.

• Experience collaborating with developers, technical consultants, regulators, or statutory stakeholders.

• Capability to identify interfaces and dependencies across environmental, planning, engineering, and commercial work streams.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Confidence in a client-facing consultancy environment.

• Ability to work independently within a remote and geographically dispersed team.

• Full working rights within the UK at the time of application.

• Must currently reside in the UK.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote position allowing work from anywhere in the UK.

• Autonomous, mature, and highly flexible working environment.

• Supportive and entrepreneurial atmosphere.

• Flexibility in career development opportunities.

• Highly competitive remuneration package.

• Profit-related bonus payments.

• Opportunity to collaborate closely with clients and multidisciplinary project teams across the UK.

• Chance to help shape the consultancy’s environmental project management services.