About this role
There’s something so special about working at the world’s most iconic airport. Its sights. Its sounds. Its constant air of excitement. Heathrow is an amazing backdrop to a career filled with unique opportunities.
Every day, you’ll discover a world full of fresh possibilities and end the day buzzing with stories to tell, as you encounter people from all cultures, nationalities and experiences. A world full of pride for what we do and no end of exciting career prospects to explore.
It brings out the best in all of us. And inspires everyone to deliver on our ambitious plans. Together, we’re working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability.
Join us on that journey and we'll help you achieve your ambitions too. Supporting you to learn, encouraging you to be yourself, backing you to achieve more than you might ever have imagined. Because there’s no place like Heathrow.
Our rewards
We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits that will support you now and in the future. As well as performance-based annual bonuses and our longer-term Share in Success Bonus plans, we also offer generous annual leave allowances and market-leading pensions. With family friendly policies, access to private health insurance and a wide range of wellbeing tools, we’ll support you to be at your best inside and outside work. And of course, we’ll provide varied learning and development opportunities too. Here you’ll find everything you need for a fulfilling career journey that can take you in exciting directions.
Working Location
Our Hybrid working approach offers the opportunity for colleagues in some roles to work from home for an average of two days a week, providing the flexibility to work in an agile way whilst ensuring we deliver for the operational needs of Heathrow. Working arrangements vary from team to team and will be confirmed during the recruitment process. You’ll need to be based in the UK and within a commutable distance to Heathrow.
Sustainable Travel to work
Heathrow’s Sustainable Travel Guide sets out easy and sustainable travel options that everyone can access. Equal Opportunities
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all. We believe that diverse talent makes us stronger – not least because we welcome passengers from all corners of the globe, every single day. Heathrow is an accessible place to work. With five diversity networks, we champion inclusivity and celebrate individuality.
The purpose of the role is to work alongside the Senior Consents Manager – Permits Licences Consents (PLC) Lead to identify, coordinate, submit and assure permits, licences and consents required for the DCO Heathrow expansion project and other HAL capital delivery programmes. The role will include working with the HAL Town Planning and Consenting function, working closely with more technical consenting professionals in the function as well as HAL’s supply chain. The role holder should have good understanding of the process and stages involved in the Town and Country Planning Act (TCPA) and the Development Consent Order (DCO) regimes and in particular have good knowledge and experience of post consent and delivery on major projects. The role holder should demonstrate good experience and skills across programme management, stakeholder management and project controls.
• Lead the identification, management, and delivery of permit, licence, consent, and document requirements associated with the DCO, ensuring compliance with post-consent obligations and programme objectives. • Engage proactively with internal teams, consultants, regulators, and external stakeholders to secure approvals, facilitate effective communication, and obtain required information within agreed timescales. • Maintain robust governance processes, including accurate record keeping, milestone tracking, and the preparation of high-quality reports and documentation to support compliance and decision-making. • Identify, assess, and mitigate consent-related risks, developing strategies to minimise programme impacts and support successful project outcomes. • Collaborate with designers, engineers, project managers, and consenting specialists to integrate consent requirements into project delivery plans while driving continuous improvement and best practice across consents management processes.
• Good understanding of process and stages involved in TCPA and DCO regimes and in particular post consent discharge. • Good knowledge and understanding of post-consent experience on environmental permits, licenses, consents and other compliance matters during construction and operation. • Project management skills, including the ability to prioritise tasks, manage competing deadlines, and coordinate activities across multiple fronts. • Analytical mindset with the ability to assess complex regulatory requirements, identify potential risks, and develop pragmatic solutions. • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders and negotiate effectively to achieve desired outcomes. • Experience of managing and progressing a large scale consenting application (DCO and aviation sector desirable). Ideally, you will also have
• Relevant degree level qualification, e.g., town planning, environment management/geography, project management and major programme, etc. • Recognised professional qualification, e.g. APM, PRINCE, MRTPI, MRICS, MCIOB, CEnv etc. • Client-side experience, experienced in setting ambitious goals for project teams and positively driving the team forward with a result-driven mindset.