New Job Opening: DCO Engagement and Consultation Manager in Heathrow

DCO Engagement and Consultation Manager

Work Location: Heathrow

Contract: Inside IR35

Job Summary:

The DCO Engagement & Consultation Manager supports the Senior DCO Engagement & Consultation Manager in planning, managing and delivering stakeholder engagement and statutory consultation for the Heathrow West Development Consent Order (DCO) programme.

The role ensures community and technical stakeholder engagement and consultation activities are delivered in accordance with project objectives, contractual requirements, the Planning Act 2008, programme milestones and the companies governance.  

The DCO Engagement & Consultation Manager is also responsible for day-to-day project management, integration and oversight of the activities delivered by third-party consultation consultations.

Major Responsibilities:

• Manage day-to-day activities of the Consultation and Engagement team and the delivery 


• Support the Senior DCO Engagement & Consultation Manager with programme planning and reporting. 


• Monitor consultation consultant performance, programme, scope, and contractual deliverables. 


• Review consultant outputs and ensure quality, consistency and compliance with project requirements. 


• Ensure consultation activities are integrated with engineering, environmental, planning and land workstreams to effectively identify and manage issues and to provide timely stakeholder and community feedback.


• Manage delivery of statutory and non-statutory stakeholder engagement and consultation activities. 


• Coordinate engagement with local authorities, statutory consultees, community stakeholders and elected representatives in collaboration with the consultation consultants and other members of the Heathrow West project team. 


• Build effective working relationships with Heathrow West project team, consultation consultations and statutory consultees and other technical and community stakeholders. 


• Support senior stakeholder meetings and provide advice on engagement and consultation matters. 

Governance & Reporting

• Monitor consultation progress, stakeholder risks and consultant performance. 


• Maintain consultation governance, reporting, action tracking and performance dashboards. 


• Ensure consultation records and deliverables are complete, auditable and suitable for DCO submission. 

Risk & Quality Management

• Identify and manage stakeholder and consultation risks and issues. 


• Coordinate mitigation strategies with consultants, technical teams and the client. 


• Ensure consultation materials and reporting meet statutory requirements and the company quality standards. 

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 10-13  years of relevant experience or 14-17 years of relevant work experience.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

Core Competencies

• Strong program coordination and organization capability.


• Stakeholder sensitivity and sound professional judgement.


• Governance-focused with attention to statutory compliance.


• Analytical and detail oriented.


• Collaborative and able to integrate cross-functional inputs.


• Confident in stakeholder-facing environments.

Other Requirements

• UK-based role requiring travel across the Greater London and surrounding areas.


• Availability to attend evening and weekend consultation events as required.


• Ability to deputize for the Senior DCO Engagement & Consultation Manager when necessary.