Position summary

Uniper is hiring a Senior Environmental Permitting & Carbon Advisor to join its environment team, leading the coordination and delivery of environmental permits and consents for UK energy generation projects and running the annual UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) monitoring, reporting, and verification cycle for the Uniper UK Generation fleet. You will provide specialist technical advice on environmental permitting and UK ETS requirements, supporting projects and operational sites to ensure regulatory compliance and robust environmental performance.

Why this role matters

Uniper is transforming the energy system while ensuring security of supply, and that depends on getting environmental permits and carbon compliance right across its UK generation fleet. This role secures the permits that let projects proceed and safeguards the integrity of the company’s carbon accounting and ETS compliance.

Key responsibilities

• Lead environmental permitting by coordinating and delivering environmental permits and consents for UK energy generation projects, including applications and variations, with project teams, consultants, and regulators.
• Manage consultants undertaking environmental assessments for permit applications, ensuring outputs are technically robust, aligned with regulatory expectations, and delivered to timelines.
• Advise on permitting and UK ETS by providing specialist technical advice to projects and operational sites for compliance and environmental performance.
• Run the UK ETS cycle by leading the annual monitoring, reporting, and verification for the UK Generation fleet, ensuring data integrity and compliance.
• Improve carbon reporting by maintaining and enhancing carbon reporting processes, monitoring plans, and governance for consistent carbon accounting and audit readiness.
• Engage regulators by maintaining effective relationships and supporting constructive engagement on permitting and carbon compliance, and contributing to regulatory horizon scanning and internal guidance for emerging environmental and carbon regulations.

Team and stakeholders

You will join Uniper’s environment team, working with project teams, external consultants and technical specialists, senior leaders, and regulators including the Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales, local authorities, and other statutory consultees.

Key details

This is a Birmingham-based role within Uniper’s UK Generation business, with the company emphasising working-time flexibility.

Requirements

• Significant practical experience of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS), including permit management, monitoring plans, emissions reporting, verification, and regulator engagement.
• Significant experience leading and managing planning applications and Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR) applications for large industrial or infrastructure projects.
• Proven ability to develop permitting and consent strategies that support project delivery while maintaining compliance.
• Strong understanding of UK environmental legislation, regulatory frameworks, and permitting requirements relevant to the energy, industrial, or infrastructure sectors.
• Demonstrable experience engaging external regulators (Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales, local authorities, statutory consultees).
• Excellent project management and organisational skills across multiple complex workstreams and challenging timescales.
• Experience managing external consultants and technical specialists to programme and budget.
• Strong written and verbal communication, with the ability to prepare and present technical reports, regulatory submissions, and recommendations for senior stakeholders, plus strong commercial awareness.
• Degree, HNC, or equivalent in Environmental Science, Engineering, Geography, Chemistry, or a related discipline.