Consent and EIA Manager / Germany

Are you looking to work for a dynamic, high growth company with a motivated, diverse and skilled workforce within the renewable sector? Then look no further.

We are looking to hire a Consent Manager to take the lead and responsibility for all permitting and EIA related activities on offshore wind tenders and projects in Germany.

Location:Germany (Hamburg)

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Lead the consent and permitting processes for new wind farm projects in Germany.
• Lead the process of applying for and securing offshore wind farm Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA’s) in Germany while liaison closely with the development technical and commercial teams.
• Provide advice to technical project team on environmental and consenting matters related to Offshore Wind Farm projects.
• Represent the company in meetings with external stakeholders, such as authorities at all levels, NGO’s, consultants, universities, and researchers. involved in the environmental studies, the impact assessment and consenting work.
• Prepare proposals, documents, and presentation materials required to progress EIA’s and consents, meet obligations and manage external stakeholders.
• Manage engineering companies and consultancies and monitoring activities.

Ideally required experience/ qualifications:

• A degree in engineering, environmental management or similar.
• 5+ years in permitting of large scale infrastructure projects or from the offshore wind industry.
• Experienced project engineer, environmental or regulatory manager, preferably within large infrastructure projects.
• Practical experience from similar consenting process of offshore projects in Germany.
• Experience working with EIAs.
• Detailed insight into the German offshore consenting procedures and regulatory landscape.
• Preferably good relations with authorities at different levels and in different institutions.
• A global mind-set with an ability to communicate clearly and being responsive to local and remote sparring, inputs and requests.
• Perseverance and an ability to prioritise and execute tasks in order to meet deadlines.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Strong relationship management and networking skills. Proactive and co-operative way of working and high attention to detail.
• Good team player with a desire to work in an international team.
• Excellent communication skills and speak and write both German and English.