Graduate Consents Officer, Electricity Transmission Strategic Infrastructure
Location: Leeds, GB, LS15 8ET
Division: Commercial, Stakeholder & Delivery Strategy
Job Type:
Requisition Number: 61078
Department: Graduates
Job Function: Land and Property
National Grid is at the heart of the UK energy network keeping people connected and society moving. We develop, own and maintain the physical infrastructure, such as pylons and cables needed to move the electricity generated from windfarms and power sources around the country. Every time a phone is plugged in, or a switch is turned on, we’ve played a part, connecting you to the electricity you need - and we’re leading the transformation towards a greener future.
But it’s our people that provide our true superpower. They drive and sustain our growth, their unique differences only making us stronger. So, join us and power the future of energy.
About the role
Strategic Infrastructure is a part of National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) and is responsible for delivering 17 major new projects to connect more clean, low-carbon power to the transmission network in England and Wales. These projects play a vital part in achieving the UK Government’s ambition of connecting 50GW of offshore wind by 2030.
As a Graduate Consents Officer, you'll work collaboratively with the Consents team to ensure that project consents are delivered economically and in accordance with current legislation, regulations, and guidance. You'll play a key role in enhancing National Grid's reputation by adhering to specifications, program cost, and established practices.
You'll have the opportunity to lead, manage, and coordinate the delivery of minor project consents and allocated consenting activities for major projects. Your expertise will be crucial in advising and guiding project teams on the design and development of projects, specifically focusing on the program, cost, and reputational impacts of making changes.
In this role, you'll be responsible for preparing, updating, and effectively communicating comprehensive Consents (& Land) Strategies for projects. You'll also ensure that project resource requirements are identified, procured, and embedded within the project team ahead of need. Proactively managing the project consents resource, you'll provide current financial information to the Project Manager, ensuring value for money.
You'll additionally play a vital role in identifying project-specific good practice and lessons learned, recording them for the purposes of consenting process improvement and formulation of positions and guidance for Consents Officers and the wider business.
As you progress in this role, you'll have the opportunity to escalate more complex consents issues to senior colleagues when necessary. You'll also proactively develop relevant skills and consistently build capability in the consenting and environmental assessment disciplines.
Our Graduate Programme
As you’ll be joining our 18-month graduate programme, you’ll have a tailored development pathway to support you as you develop a wide range of leadership, business, and technical skills. You’ll attend in-person and virtual development sessions throughout your programme to equip you with the essential skills required.
All graduates complete the core development programme to develop key skills such as how to make an impact, giving feedback, and presentation skills. Aligned to this role is our Commercial pathway, where you’ll further develop commerciality skills and gain important insight into engineering and electricity.
We believe in the importance of getting as much on-the-job experience as possible and to do this, you will complete three 6-month placements across the UK, designed to deepen your understanding of your speciality but to also broaden your knowledge of our business.
What you'll need to apply
You'll need to achieve a minimum 2:2 in a degree relating to Town & Country Planning, Environment Assessment, or Sustainability. We just need you to be eager to apply your knowledge in a real-world setting.
You’ll need flexibility to travel within the role and throughout your rotations as required.
To be eligible to apply for this role, candidates must be able to demonstrate that they will have the legal right to work in the UK for the duration of the graduate programme.
Location
This role is based in Leeds offering flexible hybrid working, where possible. As part of the role, you will also be expected to travel.
What you’ll get in return
We are proud to offer a graduate starting salary of £34,895. Not only will you receive a tailored development programme to progress your career at National Grid, we also offer some great rewards and benefits too:
* £2,000 bonus, once joined and started on programme
* 26 days holiday
* £2,400 payment on successful completion of the programme
* Up to £200 per month accommodation allowance as you move around the business
* Other benefits include pension and share-option schemes, Flexible Benefits, mentorship, and volunteering opportunities.
Applications & Deadline
We recruit on a rolling basis and reserve the right to close our vacancies once we have enough applications. We encourage you to apply as early as possible.
More Information
At National Grid, it’s our people that provide our true superpower. We pride ourselves on placing diversity, equity, and inclusion at the heart of who we are and what we do. We welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds.
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