Environmental Planning and Delivery Team Leader

About the opportunity

This role combines technical credibility, people leadership and practical delivery judgement. You’ll bring others with you, improve how workflows through the team, and make pragmatic environmental planning decisions when risk, cost, safety, programme and stakeholder needs are in tension.

You’ll lead environmental advisors supporting maintenance, operational and base capital works across the National Grid. Planning and consenting remain important, but the role goes beyond approvals to identify environmental risks and effects early and translate them into practical delivery solutions.

Working closely with field delivery, project, contractor and operational teams, you’ll ensure environmental requirements are understood, proportionate and embedded in day-to-day decisions.

You’ll balance strong people leadership with practical infrastructure experience, weighing environmental outcomes ...