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Fyba Talent are seeking a strategic and experienced Associate Director - Consents Management to lead and develop a high-performing consents team, oversee operations, and support the delivery of high-quality infrastructure projects.
This senior role blends technical leadership, commercial management, and team development. You will oversee a team of consents managers, ensure robust project delivery, and play a central role in business planning, work-winning, and client relationship management.
What You'll Do
- Lead the promotion and delivery of Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects through Development Consent Order (DCO) legislation.
- Manage technical engagement programmes with stakeholders, including local authorities, statutory and non-statutory bodies, and the public.
- Oversee the preparation and submission of planning documents, such as Environmental Statements, Planning Statements, and Statements of Community Consultation.
- Provide planning and consents advice throughout the lifecycle of infrastructure projects—from site selection and scoping through to examination and consent.
- Coordinate input from technical disciplines to inform planning strategy and project design.
- Support post-DCO consent requirements, including Section 106 agreements and environmental permits.
- Champion collaborative and cross-disciplinary working, ensuring alignment with best practice, H&S, quality assurance, and compliance with legislation.
- Lead, mentor, and manage a team of consents managers and town planners, ensuring resourcing aligns with project demands.
- Drive practice growth, business development, and strategic initiatives, including tenders, fee proposals, and client engagement.
- Act as a senior point of contact for clients, regulators, and stakeholders, representing the discipline at industry events and forums.
- Significant experience in delivering projects through Town & Country Planning legislation.
- Prior experience of Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects under the Planning Act 2008 or similar, including large EIA projects.
- Up-to-date knowledge of Professional Competence requirements.
- Strong interpersonal, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Demonstrable experience in managing multi-disciplinary teams and delivering stakeholder engagement programmes.
- Commercial acumen and strategic thinking.
- Experience across energy, water, and transport sectors.
- Membership of the RITP and either fully chartered or actively working towards chartership is essential.
This role provides a unique opportunity to work on large-scale, high-profile infrastructure projects, leading a talented consents team and shaping the successful delivery of complex developments in highly regulated environments.
