Hydrogen Planning (Town & Country) and Consenting Manager

Location Glasgow HQ, G2 5AD / Hybrid

Salary circa £61,000 (dependent on experience) + 20% bonus, car allowance and family health care

Permanent

Help us create a better future, quicker

You'll be a key element of the Green Hydrogen team to support on Planning and Consenting for the successful delivery of our project portfolio and to support a net carbon zero future across Scottish Power. This is a new and exciting opportunity giving the opportunity to shape and influence the role.  You will be leading on environmental planning and Consenting for our Green Hydrogen development pipeline. Working with our Real Estate Team to secure, maintain, and manage robust land and property rights for the construction and operation of green hydrogen facilities. Supporting project delivery teams with expert advice.

What you'll be doing

Responsible for securing all necessary planning consents for Green Hydrogen projects you will create a process to form part of the project development cycle and provide expert guidance and recommendation to support senior management decision making on environmental consenting approach and strategy. As the first point of contact with government planning departments, public offices, and legal representatives you will provide clarity of the company's proposals for green hydrogen projects. You'll work closely with the Green Hydrogen Development Director, Senior Management Team, internal stakeholders and our clients to help meet their expectations and secure consents.

Responsible for the management, co-ordination and delivery of planning consents to enable multi-million-pound Green Hydrogen projects to be delivered. Influencing the various engineering and project activities to recognise the implications of obtaining landowner and planning consents and appropriate behaviours whilst on land or discharging planning conditions.

Providing professional leadership, support, and direction to the Green Hydrogen team to ensure best in class approach and support necessary to secure planning consents across a number of local and national regimes, mitigating where possible all risks associated with escalated consents and appeals processes.

What you'll bring

You'll be degree educated or have equivalent experience along with a relevant qualification or demonstrable experience acquiring consents for projects in the utilities or chemical sectors.   Bringing expert knowledge of Planning and Consenting process's, relevant Property Law, Planning Acts and Codes and Practices.

Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management as well as proven experience planning and managing contracts within complex projects.  You'll bring well-honed commercial and negotiation skills with excellent written and verbal communication skills

What's in it for you

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we'll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%. 

At ScottishPower, we believe it's the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family's wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action - our benefits are designed to help you do just that -  so that you have everything you need to take care of your world - today and tomorrow. That's why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave
• Holiday purchase - perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
• Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme
• Payroll giving and charity matched funding
• Technology Vouchers - save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes
• Count us in - pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change
• Electric Vehicle Schemes - to help you transition to green/clean driving
• Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans
• Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments
• Life Assurance (4x salary)
• Access to nudge' financial wellbeing support
• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why ScottishPower

ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world's largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. With a commitment to generate all of our energy from renewable resources and a drive to create the energy infrastructure of the future, we're at the forefront of the journey to Net Zero and investing over £6m every working day to make this happen. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you'll fit right in.

ScottishPower is committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to careers scottishpower.com .