Permitting Manager

Location: Southwest England – Hybrid

Type: Permanent

Sector: Nuclear

Description

Our client is a global leader in the nuclear power industry.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced Permitting Manager to develop and maintain the environmental impacts assessment for a significant nuclear sector project in the UK. This role is crucial to the project's success, ensuring high levels of regulatory compliance and environmental protection standards.

Key Responsibilities

Develop comprehensive environmental assessment frameworks, handbooks, and detailed planning schedules

Model, measure, and assess environmental radioactivity and other environmental contaminants

Undertake offsite radiological and environmental impact assessments for discharges and disposal routes

Author technical specifications for environmental baseline studies and regulatory submission reports

Coordinate with technical specialists, engineers, and operations teams to gather input data for environmental assessments

Ensure identification of relevant environmental features, devices, systems, and circuits that are important to environmental protection

Develop processes for Design Reviews, HAZIDs, HAZOPs, and HASANs adequate for environmental compliance

Author and review environmental assessments and reports

Identify relevant environmental impact scenarios and established processes for implementation

Manage environmental scenarios during construction, including impact assessments and change control

Liaise with Environment Agency (EA) and Local Planning Authority (LPA) during the permitting process

Provide subject matter expert guidance on environmental matters to project teams and senior management

Contribute to project environmental assessment workshops, design reviews, and BAT (Best Available Techniques) optioneering

Facilitate understanding of UK environmental regulatory context through briefing and training

Key Requirements

Master's degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, or related field

Experience in environmental assessment in an authoring role

Experience in developing specifications, scopes of work, environmental methodologies, and assessment strategies

Senior-level expertise in one or more specific areas of environmental analysis (e.g., ecology, soil characteristics, aqueous or gaseous discharge, radioactive contaminant management)

Experience in environmental assessment governance, regulatory challenge, review, and regulator liaison

Strong knowledge of UK environmental regulations and permitting processes

Experience within the nuclear sector highly desirable

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced environmental professional to take on a challenging and rewarding role in a cutting-edge nuclear project.

Given current workloads, Simpson Booth regrets to inform that in the instance you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of your application, you should consider yourself unsuccessful at this time.