Examination Consent Lead


Job Profile

The Examination Consent Lead is a critical delivery role for a 12-month period, working with the wider team throughout the DCO Examination and determination phases.
This role will work closely with the Strategic Consent Lead and will focus on a range of EIA topics. Candidates with experience in DCO Examinations, linear development, and/or renewable energy are preferred.


Key Responsibilities

• Manage a range of onshore and offshore elements of the DCO application through the Examination.
• Oversee the deliverables of consultants in the responsible areas.
• Lead stakeholder engagement in relevant EIA topics.
• Ensure strong cooperation across the project team regarding consenting risk and deliverables, including legal, stakeholder, and engineering considerations.
• Maintain close coordination with internal leads, advisors, land, and commercial teams to ensure continuity of approach across interfaces between EIA topics.
• Identify and communicate consenting and wider risks as they become known to the Strategic Consent Lead and Workstream Consenting Manager, in order to de-risk the process.
• Support upcoming Ground Investigation Survey works from a consenting perspective, including risk management and advice to the engineering workstream.

Key Tasks

• Deliver Examination Strategy, Statements of Common Ground, as well as written and oral answers to the Examining Authority for relevant topics.
• Contribute to securing a buildable consent for both offshore and onshore elements, on time and to budget.
• Input to and influence examination strategy in relevant EIA areas to minimise risk in line with project expectations.
• Manage consenting risk through clear and proactive communication with the Strategic Consents Manager and wider team to prevent issues and highlight potential risks.
• Lead external stakeholder engagement in relevant EIA topic areas, managing consultants to deliver effective engagement and final Statements of Common Ground.
• Provide expert advice on consent and environmental issues to support delivery.
• Support land access requirements for survey works and landowner liaison.

Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.